Carl Grant Orr is an Australian jazz guitarist and composer. Note: For additional work user may have to select 'Search again' and then 'Enter a title:' &/or 'Performer:' He has been based in London since the 1990s. Orr earned a nomination for the 1992

ARIA Award The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (commonly known informally as ARIA Music Awards, ARIA Awards, or simply the ARIAs) is an annual series of awards nights celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Austr ...

for Best Jazz Album for ''Seeking Spirit'' (1991). In 1991 he was a member of Australian contemporary jazz band, Wanderlust, alongside

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on trumpet, James Greening on trombone,

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on piano and keyboards, Adam Armstrong on bass guitar and

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on drums and percussion. Orr has recorded or performed with fellow jazz artists Billy Cobham, George Duke, Bennie Maupin, Eric Bibb, Ernie Watts, Nigel Kennedy, Eric Krasno, T. M. Stevens, Randy Brecker, Gary Husband, Ettienne M'Bappe, Marcus Miller, Mike Stern, Larry Coryell, Ric Fierabracci and Don Grusin. He has also performed with pop musicians Lulu, Anastacia, Doug Parkinson and Marcia Hines. In 2017 Orr was inducted into the South Australian Music Hall of Fame in Adelaide, Australia. In 2018 he played guitar for the UK tour of Sting's "The Last Ship".

Discography

Albums

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

The

ARIA Music Awards The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (commonly known informally as ARIA Music Awards, ARIA Awards, or simply the ARIAs) is an annual series of awards nights celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Austr ...

is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of

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. They commenced in 1987. ! , - ,

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Carl Orr
{{DEFAULTSORT:Orr, Carl Australian jazz guitarists Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Wanderlust (jazz band) members