Jazz Articles about Ian Carr

Ian Carr: Torrid Zone - The Vertigo Recordings 1970-1975

by Roger Farbey
April 9, 2019

Cherry Red Records and its subsidiary labels excel in reissues; especially so with their occasional jazz-related box sets. Memorable examples include the 6-CD Jack Bruce collection, Can You Follow?, (Esoteric Recordings, 2008), Turtle Records--Pioneering British Jazz 1970-1971 (RPM, 2015) and most recently Gordon Beck—Jubilation! (Turtle Records, 2018). Now they've done it again with a painstakingly assembled reissue of the first six albums by trumpeter/composer Ian Carr and Nucleus, reflecting their Vertigo Records tenure. In common with other box sets, this ...

Ian Carr: Belladonna

by John Kelman
January 6, 2015

Ian Carr Belladonna Vertigo 1972 Today's Rediscovery? British trumpeter Ian Carr's Belladonna, a gem of an album that's also the coming out party for soon-to-be-legendary guitarist Allan Holdsworth. A album I'd not heard in the decade since I wrote the retrospective Ian Carr And Nucleus: '70s British Jazz Rock Progenitors for All About Jazz in the fall of 2004, listening to it again after all these years brought back all the reasons why ...

Nucleus: UK Tour ‘76

by AAJ Italy Staff
December 5, 2006

Questo album, configurato come doppio CD, ci propone la registrazione, di ottima qualità, di un concerto dei Nucleus che si tenne il 18 febbraio del 1976 alla Università Loughborough di Leicester, nel contesto di un tour inglese della band guidata dal trombettista Ian Carr. Il concerto era rimasto assolutamente inedito e questa pubblicazione ci offre un ulteriore tassello per meglio comprendere gli sviluppi del jazz-rock in Europa. La band è già lontana dal periodo di maggior fasto, quei primissimi anni ...

Nucleus: UK Tour '76

by John Kelman
October 12, 2006

If British jazz/rock progenitor Ian Carr and his Nucleus group had made any kind of splash in the US with early albums like Elastic Rock (Vertigo, 1970), they had become largely forgotten by the mid-1970s. That's unfortunate, because they continued to record and tour in the UK and Europe and, with the exit of keyboardist/reedman/composer Karl Jenkins, became a significantly stronger vehicle for Carr's identity.

Later albums like Alleycat (Vertigo, 1975) lacked the panache of the earlier classics, but a ...

Nucleus: Hemispheres

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 9, 2006

La pubblicazione di questi brani assolutamente inediti dei Nucleus, provenienti da due date europee del 1970 e del 1971, è davvero una delle più belle sorprese discografiche dell’anno. I Nucleus, guidati dal trombettista Ian Carr, sono stati l’equivalente europeo più agguerrito delle band di Miles Davis dell’epoca e hanno battuto con intelligenze le strade del primo jazz-rock, quello che aveva ancora dentro il sacro fuoco della voglia di innovare, di tentare sintesi inconsuete, di esplorare, con gli occhi spalancati e ...

Nucleus: Hemispheres

by John Kelman
August 2, 2006

While general interest in Soft Machine continued long after the seminal British jazz/rock group disbanded, the spotlight on trumpeter Ian Carr's Nucleus seemed to go dark following the band's breakup in the early 1980s. With the reissues of the group's back catalogue that have come out in recent years, that spotlight is back on, reminding listeners that Nucleus was just as seminal a jazz/rock outfit. Hemispheres is the first archival live release to feature the original lineup from Nucleus' first ...

Ian Carr: The Maestro and His Music

by Roger Farbey
July 7, 2005

Ian Carr has been at the forefront of British modern jazz for over 40 years. He started playing trumpet in his brother Mike's band, the EmCee 5 in the very early 1960s. This bebop-influenced band even boasted a young John McLaughlin in its lineup at one point. He moved down to London from his home turf of the North East of England and then met up with various jazz musicians, including saxophonist Don Rendell. He teamed up with Don and ...