Albums

Recorded live from the Kennedy Center by the National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Gianandrea Noseda, this compilation is the first full-length recording of Carlos Simon’s orchestral works. The album features Tales: A Folklore Symphony, The Block, Songs of Separation (featuring J’Nai Bridges), and Wake Up! Concerto for Orchestra. Released in August 2024.

Shame of Chicago is an four-part documentary series uncovering the true stories behind the system of racial segregation and wealth disparity in Chicago. Original soundtrack by Carlos Simon.

Inspired by the poem by Langston Hughes, Hold Fast to Dreams is a work for piano and violin, performed by Carlos Simon and Randall Goosby. The recording is part of the deluxe edition of Randall's album Roots.

The Block was recorded live in concert at the Kennedy Center with the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gianandrea Noseda. The six-minute work is based on the art of Romare Bearden, inspired by six paintings that represent African-American culture in one block in Harlem.

Tales: A Folklore Symphony was recorded live in concert at the Kennedy Center with the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gianandrea Noseda. Tales is the first of a series of Carlos' orchestral compositions to be released by the NSO on its own label, with the full compendium Four Symphonic Works being released later this year, marking the first full-length record of Simon's orchestral works.

Together is a 10-track project that collates and celebrates the multifaceted layers of Carlos Simon's personality, upbringing, and musical understanding, featuring original compositions, improvisations, and arrangements. The album features performances from Carlos as well as some of his closest friends and collaborators, highlighting the joy of shared music-making. Together was released on September 8, 2023 on Decca Classics.

"Arguably the most important commission of Simon's career so far", brea(d)th is a moving, yearning, admonition for repair. This live recording of the work's world premiere performances features commissioners Minnesota Orchestra, conductor Jonathan Taylor Rush, and the work's librettist Marc Bamuthi Joseph.

Carlos' debut album for Decca features a new work for spoken word, ensemble and piano honours the passing of the people bought and sold by university founders during the slave trade years

On his Navona Records debut, composer Carlos Simon masterfully combines influences from jazz, gospel, and neoromanticism. MY ANCESTOR’S GIFT incorporates spoken word and historic recordings to craft a multifaceted program of musical works that are inspired as much by the past as they are the present.