Ian Carr Celebration | Jazz review

Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonIt was a tough task to make a celebration of the life of the gifted trumpeter, composer, author, teacher and broadcaster Ian Carr fit into one night. Carr cut his teeth on the vivid, early-60s Tyneside jazz scene that also spawned John McLaughlin, and he went on to become a key figure in a London modern-jazz world growing increasingly independent of the US. This cast-of-thousands concert, organised by Carr's friend George Foster, was both a tribute and a fundraiser fo...

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