Mike Carr (musician)

Mike Carr (born Michael Anthony Carr, 7 December 1937, South Shields, County Durham, England) is an English jazz organist, pianist and vibraphonist.

Younger brother of trumpeter Ian Carr, with whom he formed the EmCee Five band, he started out playing in Newcastle in the 1960s before going on to London in the 1970s and appearing regularly at Ronnie Scott's. EmCee Five featured some of the UK's top jazz musicians of the 1960s and 1970s, including John McLaughlin, Ronnie Stephenson, Malcolm Cecil, Spike Heatley and Johnny Butts. In 1976 he was band member of Eric Burdon.

From 1971-5, Carr was a member of Ronnie Scott's trio, first with Tony Crombie and later with Bobby Gien. In the mid-1980s he led the band Cargo.