Nucleus were a pioneering British jazz-rock band that continued in different incarnations from 1969-85. In their first year they won first prize at the Montreux Jazz Festival, released their first albim (Elastic Rock), and performed at both the Newport Jazz Festival and the Village Gate jazz club.
They were led by Ian Carr, who had been in the Rendell-Carr Quintet during the mid and late 1960s, and who has been a respected figure in British jazz for more than 40 years. Nucleus (1985) Ian Carr (b. ...