Ian Carr RIP
Posted by: rupert bear on 28 February 2009
Veteran UK jazz/fusion trumpeter Ian Carr has died after a long series of illnesses apparently.
Those of you who remember Colosseum (and the US equivalents - BS&T etc I suppose) will recall that Nucleus were in the same sort of category in 1970-71. When I finally got my hands on 2 or 3 of their Vertigo LPs in the 80s I was astonished, not only by the quality of music composition and ensemble playing for the day, but chiefly by the sound quality (well, this is a hifi site) - I've not heard much else to match the realism of the acoustic instruments reproduced on those Vertigo pressings.
Ian Carr also did some superb BBC jazz programmes in the 80s/90s before his illness.
Those of you who remember Colosseum (and the US equivalents - BS&T etc I suppose) will recall that Nucleus were in the same sort of category in 1970-71. When I finally got my hands on 2 or 3 of their Vertigo LPs in the 80s I was astonished, not only by the quality of music composition and ensemble playing for the day, but chiefly by the sound quality (well, this is a hifi site) - I've not heard much else to match the realism of the acoustic instruments reproduced on those Vertigo pressings.
Ian Carr also did some superb BBC jazz programmes in the 80s/90s before his illness.
He was also well known for writing the book Keith Jarrett - The Man and His Music
