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Ronnie Stephenson
Ronnie Stephenson
British musician
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Jeff Clyne
Jeff Clyne
British bassist
2
Ian Carr
Ian Carr
British trumpeter
3
Ronnie Scott
Ronnie Scott
British musician
4
Tony Oxley
Tony Oxley
British musician
5
Michael Gibbs
Michael Gibbs
Rhodesian born English jazz composer
6
Dick Morrissey
Dick Morrissey
British jazz musician
7
Dave MacRae
Dave MacRae
New Zealand musician
8
Dave Holland
Dave Holland
British musician
9
Nucleus
Nucleus
British band
10
Mike Westbrook
Mike Westbrook
English pianist
11
John McLaughlin
John McLaughlin
English guitarist, bandleader, and composer; founder of the Mahavishnu Orchestra
12
George Shearing
George Shearing
British-American jazz pianist
13
Harry Beckett
Harry Beckett
Barbadian musician
14
Neil Ardley
Neil Ardley
British jazz musician
15
Maynard Ferguson
Maynard Ferguson
Canadian jazz musician and bandleader
16
Harry South
Harry South
British musician
17
Gary Husband
Gary Husband
British musician
18
Dudu Pukwana
Dudu Pukwana
South African musician
19
Spike Heatley
Spike Heatley
British musician
20
John Dankworth
John Dankworth
British musician (1927-2010)
21
Harold McNair
Harold McNair
Jamaican musician
22
Jimmy Deuchar
Jimmy Deuchar
British musician
23
Norma Winstone
Norma Winstone
English jazz singer
24
Quentin Jackson
Quentin Jackson
American musician
25
Clifford Brown
Clifford Brown
American jazz musician
26
Jack Bruce
Jack Bruce
Scottish musician, bassist of Cream
27
Harold Mabern
Harold Mabern
American pianist
28
Ted Heath
Ted Heath
British musician
29
Sonny Stitt
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
30
Jimmy Cobb
Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
31
Roy Babbington
Roy Babbington
British bassist
32
Joe Zawinul
Joe Zawinul
Austrian composer and pianist
33
John Surman
John Surman
British saxophonist and clarinetist
34
Tony Coe
Tony Coe
British jazz musician
35
Allan Ganley
Allan Ganley
British musician
36
Graham Bond
Graham Bond
British musician
37
Malcolm Cecil
Malcolm Cecil
English musician and record producer
38
Jim Mullen
Jim Mullen
British musician
39
Willie Dennis
Willie Dennis
jazz musician
40
Matt Garrison
Matt Garrison
American musician
41
Tadd Dameron
Tadd Dameron
American pianist
42
Tony Levin
Tony Levin
English jazz drummer
43
Seldon Powell
Seldon Powell
American musician
44
Hugh McCracken
Hugh McCracken
American session musician
45
Dave Green
Dave Green
British bassist
46
Elvin Jones
Elvin Jones
American jazz drummer
47
Alan Skidmore
Alan Skidmore
British saxophonist
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Henry Coker
Henry Coker
American musician
49
Faces
Faces
English rock band
50
Ben Perowsky
Ben Perowsky
American drummer
51
Tubby Hayes
Tubby Hayes
British jazz musician
52
Len Skeat
Len Skeat
British musician
53
Curtis Fuller
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
54
Simon Spillett
Simon Spillett
British musician
55
Colin Purbrook
Colin Purbrook
British pianist
56
Leonard Feather
Leonard Feather
British musician
57
Kenny Dorham
Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
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Gerard Presencer
Gerard Presencer
British musician
59
Don Rendell
Don Rendell
British saxophonist
60
Ed Shaughnessy
Ed Shaughnessy
American jazz drummer
61
Ray Warleigh
Ray Warleigh
Australian musician
62
Iain Ballamy
Iain Ballamy
British musician
63
Martin Drew
Martin Drew
British musician
64
Joe Harriott
Joe Harriott
Jamaican jazz musician
65
Charlie Persip
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
66
Joe Newman
Joe Newman
American musician
67
Mitchel Forman
Mitchel Forman
American pianist
68
Helen Merrill
Helen Merrill
American recording artist; jazz vocalist
69
Wilbur de Paris
Wilbur de Paris
American musician
Mike Carr
British musician

Mike Carr

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British musician
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Music

Mike Carr (born Michael Anthony Carr, 7 December 1937, South Shields, County Durham, England – 22 September 2017) was an English jazz organist, pianist and vibraphonist.

The younger brother of trumpeter Ian Carr, with whom he formed the EmCee Five group, he began playing in Newcastle in the 1960s before leaving for London in the 1970s and appearing regularly at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club. EmCee Five featured some of the UK's leading jazz musicians of the 1960s and 1970s, including John McLaughlin, Ronnie Stephenson, Malcolm Cecil, Spike Heatley and Johnny Butts. In 1976 he was band member of Eric Burdon.

From 1971–1975, Carr was a member of Ronnie Scott's trio, first with Tony Crombie and later with Bobby Gien. In the mid-1980s he led the band Cargo.