Bruno Carr

Edward "Bruno" Carr (February 9, 1928 – October 25, 1993) was an American jazz drummer. Carr was a frequent collaborator with Ray Charles, and he recorded with Aretha Franklin.[1] He was Herbie Mann's drummer from 1965 through 1969.[2]

Bruno Carr
Birth name	Edward Carr
Born	February 9, 1928 The Bronx, New York, U.S.
Died	October 25, 1993 (aged 65) Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Genres	Jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instruments	Drums

Carr died of lung cancer in Denver, Colorado, at the age of 65.[3]

Discography

With Curtis Amy

• Mustang (Verve, 1967)

With Walter Davis Jr.

• Illumination (Denon, 1989)

With Lou Donaldson

• Cole Slaw (Argo, 1964)

With Herbie Mann

• Herbie Mann Plays The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd (Atlaqntic, 1964)
• Monday Night at the Village Gate (Atlantic, 1965)
• Latin Mann (Columbia, 1965)
• Standing Ovation at Newport (Atlantic, 1965)
• Today! (Atlantic, 1965)
• Our Mann Flute (Atlantic, 1966)
• Impressions of the Middle East (Atlantic, 1966)
• A Mann & a Woman (Atlantic, 1966) with Tamiko Jones
• The Beat Goes On (Atlantic, 1967)
• The Herbie Mann String Album (Atlantic, 1967)
• The Wailing Dervishes (Atlantic, 1967)
• Windows Opened (Atlantic, 1968)
• The Inspiration I Feel (Atlantic, 1968)
• Concerto Grosso in D Blues (Atlantic, 1968)
• Live at the Whisky a Go Go (Atlantic, 1969)
• Stone Flute (Atlantic, 1969)
• Muscle Shoals Nitty Gritty (Embryo, 1969)
• Memphis Two-Step (Embryo, 1970)

With Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson

• The "Clean" Machine (Muse, 1978)

References

1. Wesley, Fred (2002). Hit Me, Fred: Recollections of a Sideman. Duke University Press. pp. 270–77. ISBN 978-0822335481.
2. Ginell, Cary (2014). The Evolution of Mann: Herbie Mann and the Flute in Jazz. The Hal Leonard Jazz Biography Series. Hal Leonard Books. ISBN 978-1480392496.
3. "Bruno Carr Obituary". Variety. December 20, 1993. ISSN 0042-2738.

External links

• Bruno Carr at AllMusic
• Bruno Carr discography at Discogs