Ian Carr, who died on 25 February, 2009, was an influential Scottish trumpeter and writer who documented the lives of jazz’s greats.

During the 1960s he was co-leader of the Rendell-Carr Quintet with saxophonist Don Rendell

In 1970 he founded the pioneering jazz-rock outfit Nucleus who released a dozen albums, toured internationally and were given first prize at the Montreux Jazz Festival.

He also worked as a session musician for a variety of artists including Nico .

He had a regular column in BBC Music Magazine and wrote seven books, including biographies of Miles Davis and Keith Jarrett and several jazz guides and companions. He also contributed to several radio documentaries.

In 1987 he took up the post of associate professor at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London

Ian Carr was born in Dumfries on 21 April, 1933, and studied at King’s College, Newcastle before embarking on his musical career in the early ’60s.

He died at the age of 75 after a long illness and was survived by his daughter Selina.