Carlos C. Muñoz (born October 16, 1948), is a self-taught Puerto Rican jazz and rock pianist, best known for touring with the Beach Boys in the 1970s.

Although born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Muñoz' music of choice was jazz.

[1] Muñoz later moved to Los Angeles, where he worked with Wilson Pickett, Jan and Dean, the Association, George Benson, Charles Lloyd, Chico Hamilton, Wayne Henderson, Les McCann, Peter Cetera and Evie Sands.

[3] In December 1998, he opened a restaurant, Carli Cafe Concierto, where he performs jazz music.

[3] Within the past five years, Muñoz ventured in painting, writing his memoirs, A Fool’s Journey: To The Beach Boys & Beyond, and poetry by the pseudonym of Carlinius M.[4]