Ian Carr dies aged 75
Ian Carr, the trumpeter and author whose career encompassed bebop, jazz-rock fusion and the avant garde, died on February 25, 2009.
Ian Carr and his band Nucleus in 2005
Obituaries have appeared in The Times, the Independent, the Daily Telegraph and the Guardian.
While he’s been rightly praised as a teacher, proselyter and critic, it’s Carr’s playing that will outlast him best. Here’s the duo he recorded in Southwark Cathedral with John Taylor on the Cathedral organ.
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