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Nucleus
Nucleus
British band
1
Neil Ardley
Neil Ardley
British jazz musician
2
Keith Jarrett
Keith Jarrett
American jazz and classical music pianist and composer
3
Trevor Tomkins
Trevor Tomkins
British musician
4
Don Rendell
Don Rendell
British saxophonist
5
Jeff Clyne
Jeff Clyne
British bassist
6
Neville Whitehead
Neville Whitehead
New Zealand bassist
7
Ray Russell
Ray Russell
British musician
8
Centipede
Centipede
British musical group
9
Dave Holland
Dave Holland
British musician
10
Mike Westbrook
Mike Westbrook
English pianist
11
Roy Babbington
Roy Babbington
British bassist
12
Miles Davis
Miles Davis
American jazz musician (1926-1991)
13
Jack DeJohnette
Jack DeJohnette
American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer
14
Tony Coe
Tony Coe
British jazz musician
15
Keith Tippett
Keith Tippett
British pianist
16
Jon Hiseman
Jon Hiseman
English drummer and sound engineer
17
Mike Taylor
Mike Taylor
British jazz composer, pianist and songwriter
18
Dave MacRae
Dave MacRae
New Zealand musician
19
Michael Gibbs
Michael Gibbs
Rhodesian born English jazz composer
20
Wayne Shorter
Wayne Shorter
American jazz saxophonist and composer
21
Don Weller
Don Weller
English jazz musician
22
Graham Bond
Graham Bond
British musician
23
Carlos Garnett
Carlos Garnett
American musician
24
Larry Stabbins
Larry Stabbins
British musician
25
Kenny Wheeler
Kenny Wheeler
Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player
26
Sam Brown
Sam Brown
American jazz guitarist
27
Caleb Quaye
Caleb Quaye
British musician
28
Tubby Hayes
Tubby Hayes
British jazz musician
29
Michael Garrick
Michael Garrick
English pianist
30
Dick Morrissey
Dick Morrissey
British jazz musician
31
Harry Beckett
Harry Beckett
Barbadian musician
32
Ronnie Scott
Ronnie Scott
British musician
33
Ray Draper
Ray Draper
American musician
34
Tony Reeves
Tony Reeves
British musician
35
Tony Oxley
Tony Oxley
British musician
36
Chris Spedding
Chris Spedding
English rock and roll and jazz guitarist
37
Michael White
Michael White
American violinist
38
Chris Karan
Chris Karan
Greek Australian musician
39
Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock
American pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, composer and actor
40
Pharoah Sanders
Pharoah Sanders
American jazz saxophonist
41
Sir Douglas Quintet
Sir Douglas Quintet
band
42
Billy Cobham
Billy Cobham
American jazz drummer
43
Philly Joe Jones
Philly Joe Jones
American jazz drummer
44
Miles Davis Quintet
Miles Davis Quintet
American jazz quintet led by Miles Davis
45
Eric Alexander
Eric Alexander
American saxophonist
46
John Surman
John Surman
British saxophonist and clarinetist
47
Harold McNair
Harold McNair
Jamaican musician
48
Richard James Burgess
Richard James Burgess
English studio drummer, music-computer programmer, recording artist, record producer, composer, author, manager, marketer and inventor
49
Gil Evans
Gil Evans
American pianist
50
Tomasz Stańko
Tomasz Stańko
Polish trumpeter, composer and improviser
51
Daryl Runswick
Daryl Runswick
British musician
52
Norma Winstone
Norma Winstone
English jazz singer
53
Jim Richardson
Jim Richardson
English jazz bassist and session musician]
54
Randy Brecker
Randy Brecker
American flugelhorn and trumpet player (1945-)
55
Soft Machine
Soft Machine
English rock band
56
Joe Harriott
Joe Harriott
Jamaican jazz musician
57
John McLaughlin
John McLaughlin
English guitarist, bandleader, and composer; founder of the Mahavishnu Orchestra
58
Brian Auger
Brian Auger
British jazz and rock keyboardist
59
Joey DeFrancesco
Joey DeFrancesco
American jazz musician
60
The Jazz Messengers
The Jazz Messengers
American jazz band
61
Jack Walrath
Jack Walrath
Jazz Trumpeter, Composer, Bandleader
Intro
British trumpeter
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Ian Carr (21 April 1933 – 25 February 2009) was a Scottish jazz musician, composer, writer, and educator. Carr performed and recorded with the Rendell-Carr quintet and jazz-rock band Nucleus, and was an associate professor at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. He also wrote biographies of musicians Keith Jarrett and Miles Davis.