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Out of the Long Dark
Alyn Shipton
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Paperback. A biography of Ian Carr, pioneer bebop player and founding father of jazz rock in the UK. This work also draws a picture of Ian Carr's home region, the North-East of England, of literary influences such as W Somerset Maughan, of post-war continental Europe and its Bohemian arts scene, and of the London jazz world from the 1960s onwards. Series: Popular Music History. Num Pages: 256 pages, 24 b&w photos. BIC Classification: AVGJ; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 13. Weight in Grams: 372.
Few British jazz musicians have been at the cutting edge of as many movements as Ian Carr. A pioneer bebop player in his youth, a colleague of Eric Burdon and John McLaughlin in the R'n'B explosion of the 60s, co-leader of one of Britain's most innovative jazz groups - the Rendell-Carr Quintet, a free-jazz colleague of John Stevens and Trevor Watts, and the founding father of jazz rock in the UK, with his band Nucleus, Carr's musical career alone is truly remarkable, and a one-man history of British jazz in the 60s and 70s. Add to that his work as ... Read more
Few British jazz musicians have been at the cutting edge of as many movements as Ian Carr. A pioneer bebop player in his youth, a colleague of Eric Burdon and John McLaughlin in the R'n'B explosion of the 60s, co-leader of one of Britain's most innovative jazz groups - the Rendell-Carr Quintet, a free-jazz colleague of John Stevens and Trevor Watts, and the founding father of jazz rock in the UK, with his band Nucleus, Carr's musical career alone is truly remarkable, and a one-man history of British jazz in the 60s and 70s. Add to that his work as ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
Popular Music History
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845532222
SKU
V9781845532222
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About Alyn Shipton
Alyn Shipton presents jazz programmes for BBC Radio and is a jazz critic for The Times in London. His interviews with pianists have appeared in several publications including Jazzwise, The Guardian, The Times and Piano Magazine.
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