Mike Carr was born on 7 December 1937 in
South Shields,
County Durham, England. 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, Carr was band member of
Eric Burdon. From 1971 until 1975, Carr was a member of
Ronnie Scott's trio, first with
Tony Crombie and later with
Bobby Gien. In the mid-1980s, Carr led the band Cargo. ==Discography==