Melody Maker Jazz Polls

The full results of the British section of these prestigious jazz polls for fifteen critical years from 1960-1974 are here

Discographies

NEW FOR 2012! - The revised Ian Carr Discography is here

The Ian Carr Discography (originally posted here in 2005) is here

The Complete Ian Carr's Nucleus Discography

The Complete Rendell-Carr Quintet Discography

Alternative Nucleus Discography Number 1 Another Ian Carr + Nucleus discography (from Italy)

Alternative Nucleus Discography Number 2 Yet another Ian Carr + Nucleus discography (from Japan)

A Canterbury Discography (Scroll down the 'N' artists list until you get to the Nucleus albums)

e-Articles

An article entitled 'Ian Carr - The Maestro and His Music' by Roger Farbey (creator and editor of this website) was published on 7 July 2005 on the All About Jazz website and can be found here

Reviews

A review of the concert held at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London on 23 February 2010, to mark the first anniversary of Ian Carr's passing can be viewed here

A review of the 2008 CD release of the New Jazz Orchestra live at Camden, London, 1970 is now available to view here

A review of the Michael Garrick Sextet Revisited concert (10 May 2008) in Darlington is now available to view here

A review of the 2007 release of Mike Taylor Remembered is here

A review of the Sage Gateshead EmCee Five / Nucleus Revisited Ian Carr Tribute concert is here

A review of the Jazzwise to the Power of 10 Nucleus Revisited Ian Carr Tribute concert is here

A review of the tribute concert for Ian Carr which took place as part of the London Jazz Festival at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama on 14 November 2006 is here

A review of the benefit concert for Ian Carr which took place at the 100 Club, London on 26 September 2006 is here

A review of the MLP Records CD "UK Tour '76" is here

A review of the Hux Records CD 'Nucleus - Hemispheres' is here

A review of the Nucleus gig at London's Cargo venue in August 2005 is available here - Photos of the Nucleus gig at Cargo taken by Roger Farbey and Ian Willis-Bentley are here

A review of the new book/CD "Elastic Jazz - Sketches of Britain" is here

A review of The Rendell Carr Quintet Live in London (10th November 1965 at The Highwayman, Camberley) is here

A review of SAQ's 'Kali Yuga' featuring Ian Carr is here

The first review of the Hux Records CD 'Nucleus - The Pretty Redhead'- is here

The first review of the Cuneiform double CD release 'Nucleus Live in Bremen'- please click here

Biographical details

AMG Biography of Ian Carr

Europe Jazz Network entry for Ian Carr Please note that he no longer conducts workshops in North London

Calyx Calyx which also hosts the Canterbury Discography (see above) has profiles on ex-Nucleus members: Roy Babbington, Jeff Clyne, Allan Holdsworth, Karl Jenkins, Dave MacRae, John Marshall and Trevor Tomkins plus an interview with John Marshall: select the 'Musicians' bar at the top of the home page - an excellent site

Interviews

Exclusive web interview with Alyn Shipton author of 'Out of the Long Dark', the biography of Ian Carr

Blind Jukebox with Ian Carr - This is a fascinating interview from 1995 with Tom Callaghan, where he plays Ian several recordings and asks him to guess who they are by and for his opinion of them

Ian Carr + Nucleus related record companies

BGO Records BGO in the UK has already re-released some Ian Carr + Nucleus albums on CD and are in the process of re-releasing most of the rest of their back catalogue as 'two for one' double CDs - 'Solar Plexus/Belladonna' and 'Labyrinth/Roots' were released respectively in November and December 2002

Spotlite Jazz Spotlite Records released some Rendell Carr Quintet live recordings both from the 1960s and the reunion concerts of some 40 years later. They also released several Don Rendell albums

Hux Records Hux released 'The Pretty Redhead' which features two separate Nucleus sessions recorded by the BBC including the title track which had never previously been released

Cuneiform Records Cuneiform Records released in 2003, 'Nucleus Live in Bremen' a double CD which is available to order via the Cuneiform web site (see also the review of this album under 'Reviews' above)

Mood Records Mood Records is the label which has released several really excellent United Jazz and Rock Ensemble CDs. As a member of the UJRE, Ian Carr has also written several tracks on various UJRE albums

Musician Web Site Links (official or unofficial)

The Official Neil Ardley Web Site Long-time Ian Carr and Nucleus associate, the late Neil Ardley has a web site through which it is (hoped it will still be) possible to purchase CDs of long deleted albums by Ardley and the New Jazz Orchestra, such as the classic albums 'Dejeuner Sur L'Herbe' and 'Kaleidoscope of Rainbows' which feature Ian Carr amongst others. It also gives some excellent biographical and other details about the composer who sadly died aged 66, on 23 February 2004.

Gordon Beck Gordon Beck, the brilliant pianist, has appeared on several Nucleus albums

Harry Beckett the great trumpeter who plays such a memorable, spiralling solo on 'Solar Plexus'

Geoff Castle Geoff Castle, a long time stalwart of several Nucleus incarnations, and a great pianist

Amancio d'Silva The late Amancio d'Silva, an electric guitarist with a unique style, recorded several albums in the 1960s/1970s with Ian Carr and others for the EMI Columbia label. This web site was launched by his family.

Bob Downes The great British jazz flautist and saxophonist (and multi-instrumentalist) on whose album 'Electric City', Ian Carr was featured.

Mo Foster Legendary bass player and heard on "Old Heartland"

Michael Garrick This is the web site for the virtuoso pianist, composer, teacher and bandleader Mike Garrick who was a mainstay of the Rendell Carr Quintet and who composed many of their recorded works. He has been leading his own small groups and big bands for over 50 years. He is also a true jazz legend. He has written some of the most important compositions in British jazz including 'Dusk Fire', the title of his autobiography published in 2010. He also has a MySpace site here

Jon Hiseman This is the web site for the great drummer Jon Hiseman who is not only a longstanding friend of Ian Carr - since the days of the New Jazz Orchestra - but who has also produced several of Ian's solo and Nucleus albums and depped for John Marshall at the last Nucleus gig (with Neil Ardley's 'Kaleidoscope of Rainbows')

Allan Holdsworth Official site for Allan Holdsworth

Karl Jenkins Karl Jenkins, who co-founded Nucleus and wrote several of the compositions was a great asset to Jazz music and after Nucleus he joined Soft Machine, leaving a few years later to concentrate on contemporary music of which his 'Adiemus' series has enjoyed phenomenal success

Davide Mantovani Davide Mantovani, bass player with the latest incarnations of Nucleus, also played on the last live performances of Neil Ardley's 'A Kaleidoscope of Rainbows'.

John Marshall Really excellent John Marshall page, including some photographs, from the DrummerWorld site

Ray Russell Ray Russell, the brilliant guitarist, joined Nucleus briefly after Chris Spedding's departure in 1971 and is heard on the Cuneiform double album of Nucleus 'Live in Bremen' recorded at a gig in Germany in 1971. His album 'Rock Workshop' (which features Alex Harvey on vocals) has just been re-issued on CD

Alan Skidmore The official web site of one of the UK's greatest tenor players, who has also played (and toured) with Nucleus

Brian Smith Reeds player Brian Smith is a founder member of Nucleus

Chris Spedding Very comprehensive web site on this ex-Nucleus guitar maestro

Barbara Thompson This is the web site for the saxophonist Barbara Thompson, who like her husband, the drummer and producer Jon Hiseman, is a longstanding friend of Ian Carr, playing alongside Ian in the legendary New Jazz Orchestra and also the United Jazz and Rock Ensemble. Barbara presented Ian with the 'Services to Jazz Award' at the 2006 BBC Jazz Awards

Norma Winstone The web site of one of the UK's greatest jazz vocalists, and who was featured on the Ian Carr and Nucleus album 'Labyrinth'

UJRE The United Jazz and Rock Ensemble official web site

Other useful related links

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