Ian Carr

Scottish trumpeter, composer, educator and author Ian Carr was on the cutting edge of the U.K. jazz scene for over four decades. From 1963 to 1969, the self-trained musician worked in the fabled Don Rendell-Ian Carr Quintet, which released five influential albums including Dusk Fire, Phase III, and Change Is. All are considered pillars of British jazz. During the 1970s, after Carr and Rendell were co-billed as soloists on Neil Ardley's seminal prog rock-cum-modal jazz masterpiece Greek Variations & Other Aegean Exercise, Carr established the groundbreaking jazz-rock fusion ens...