Ian Carr

Ian Carr (21 April 1933 – 25 February 2009) followed by a diploma in education.

Musical career At the age of 17, Carr started to teach himself trumpet. This led to the release of 12 albums (some under the band's name, some under Carr's), and a successful international career. In their first year Nucleus won first prize at the Montreux Jazz Festival, released their first album, Elastic Rock, and Carr's students Julian Joseph, Sara Dillon and Nikki Yeoh.

Discography Rendell–Carr Quintet As co-leader with Don Rendell Shades of Blue (Columbia, 1964) Dusk Fire (Columbia, 1966) Phase III (Columbia, 1968) Live (Columbia, 1969) – live Change Is (Columbia, 1969) Live in London (Harkit, 2003) – live rec. 1965 Original 1964–68 Recordings / Live from the Antibes Jazz Festival (Spotlite, 2007) – live, compilation Live at the Union 1966 (Reel, 2010) – live rec. 1966 Live at Klooks Kleek (Record Collector Magazine, 2017)[2LP] – live rec. 1963

Nucleus As leader of Nucleus Elastic Rock (Vertigo, 1970) We'll Talk about It Later (Vertigo, 1971) Solar Plexus (Vertigo, 1971) – released as a "Ian Carr with Nucleus" album. Labyrinth (Vertigo, 1973) – released as a "Ian Carr with Nucleus" album Roots (Vertigo, 1973) – released as a "Ian Carr's Nucleus" album Under the Sun (Vertigo, 1974) Snakehips Etcetera (Vertigo, 1975) Alleycat (Vertigo, 1975) In Flagranti Delicto (Capitol, 1977) – released as a "Ian Carr's Nucleus" album Out of the Long Dark (Capitol, 1979) – released as a "Ian Carr's Nucleus" album Awakening (Mood, 1980) – released as a "Ian Carr's Nucleus" album Jazz-London 29 / 30 (BBC Transcription Service, 1983) – live, split album with The Brian Lemon Quartet. Live at the Theaterhaus (Mood, 1985) – live, released as a "Ian Carr's Nucleus" album. Live in Bremen (Cuneiform, 2003)[2CD] – live rec. 1971 The Pretty Redhead (Hux, 2003) – rec. 1971, 1982 Hemispheres (Hux, 2006) – live rec. 1970–71 UK Tour '76 (Major League Productions, 2006)[2CD] – live rec. 1976 at Loughborough University Live in Europe 1970-71 (Hux, 2009) – live rec. 1970–71 Live 1970 with Leon Thomas (Gearbox, 2014)[2LP] – live rec. 1970 at Montreux Jazz Festival

Compilations Direct Hits (Vertigo, 1976) – rec. 1970–74, released as a "Ian Carr's Nucleus" album. Three of a Kind (Gonzo Multimedia, 2015) – rec. 1976–83

As leader Belladonna (Vertigo, 1972) Old Heartland (MMC, 1988) Sounds and Sweet Airs (That Give Delight and Hurt Not) (Celestial Harmonies, 1994) – rec. 1992

As co-leader or sideman Emcee Five – Take Five (Columbia, 1962) Roy Budd – "'Roy Budd" (Pye, 1965)[7"] New Jazz Orchestra – Western Reunion (Decca, 1965) with Jeff Clyne – Springboard (Polydor, 1969) – rec. 1966 New Jazz Orchestra – Le Déjeuner sur l'Herbe (Verve, 1969) The Joe Harriott / Amancio D'Silva Quartet – Hum-Dono (Columbia, 1969) with Neil Ardley & Don Rendell – Variations & Other Aegean Exercises (Columbia, 1970) with Neil Ardley, Mike Gibbs, and Stan Tracey – Power (Argo, 1974)[2LP] with the Algemona Quartetto – Jazz 80 (Mia, 1980) Emcee Five – Bebop 61: Bebop from the East Coast 1960/1962 (Birdland, 1987) – rec. 1961–67 George Russell's Living Time Orchestra, The London Concert (Label Bleu, 1990) – live rec. 1989 Zyklus – Virtual Realities (AMP, 1991) Don Rendell, Reunion (Spotlite Jazz, 2002) with Jon Hiseman, Barbara Thompson and others, Mike Taylor Remembered (Trunk, 2007) – rec. 1973, a tribute to Mike Taylor New Jazz Orchestra – On the Radio: BBC Sessions 1971 (Dusk Fire, 2017)

Publications 1973: Music Outside: Contemporary Jazz in Britain. Latimer New Dimensions. 2008: 2nd edn., with new postscript and photographs. London: Northway Publications. 1982: Miles Davis. Quartet / William Morrow & Co, / . 1988: Jazz: The Essential Companion, with Digby Fairweather & Brian Priestley. Paladin Books, 1991: Keith Jarrett: The Man and His Music. Grafton Books. 1999: Miles Davis: The Definitive Biography. Thunder's Mouth Press. 2004: The Rough Guide to Jazz with Digby Fairweather & Brian Priestley. 3rd ed., Rough Guides Limited.