Bruno Carr Explained
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]
Carr died of lung cancer in Denver, Colorado, at the age of 65.[3]
Discography
With Curtis Amy
With Walter Davis Jr.
With Lou Donaldson
With Jean DuShon
- Make Way for Jean DuShon (Argo, 1964)
With Aretha Franklin
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)
With Big Joe Turner
- Things That I Used to Do (Pablo, 1977)
With Joe Lee Wilson
- The Shadow (Cheetah, 1990)
Notes and References
- Book: Wesley, Fred . Fred Wesley . Hit Me, Fred: Recollections of a Sideman . registration . 2002 . . 978-0822335481. 270–77.
- Book: Ginell, Cary. The Evolution of Mann: Herbie Mann and the Flute in Jazz. The Hal Leonard Jazz Biography Series. 2014. Hal Leonard Books. 978-1480392496.
- Bruno Carr Obituary . . December 20, 1993 . 0042-2738.
