![]() Pianist Michael Garrick was recruited from their second album Dusk Fire onwards, and penned many of the compositions recorded. Apart from Rendell and Carr, the Quintet also featured Colin Purbrook on piano on their first album Shades of Blue only. The Rendell-Carr Quintet was something of a jazz supergroup, and although they only recorded five albums, for the EMI Columbia Lansdowne series label, these still command high secondhand prices on eBay. He teamed up with Don and together they formed one of the most influential British modern jazz quintets ever heard. He moved down to London from his home turf of the North East of England and then met up with various jazz musicians, including sax player Don Rendell. This bebop-influenced band even boasted a young John McLaughlin in its lineup at one point. He started playing trumpet in his brother Mike’s band, the EmCee 5 in the very early 1960s. ![]() ![]() Ian Carr has been at the forefront of British modern jazz for over 40 years.
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