Box Set Part Six: Ian Carr Torrid Zones
Musician and educator and writer Ian Carr changed Jazz just as much as anybody we all know and appreciate. Ian Carr's interpretation of Fusion was quite different then Miles Davis's era. He even wrote a biography on Miles. It was not full of twin keyboards, heavy percussion, and atmospheric lengthy passages that were as long as a side of vinyl. Ian said more in less then ten minutes with less people and made a huge statement. It was an issue of The Wire Magazine in July 0f 2009 and possibly an article before that caught my interest. I think my British Jazz rabbit hole started with Keith Tippett playing piano that was very off center on the song " Cat Food ." It was not normal playing by any means. It was also the oddness of King Crimson that made me gravitate to this unusual greatness. I talked about the album Dedicated to You, But You Weren't Listening in a July of 2020 by Keith Tippett and explained how his piano and the rest of the band made my head spin. Be...
