Jez Nelson continues the monthly sessions of hitherto unrecorded
British jazz with the Stan Tracey Trio. Regarded as Britain's most respected jazz pianist, composer and arranger, Stan Tracey was one of the pioneers of British modern jazz in the fifties and sixties, achieving lasting acclaim for his inspired Under Milk Wood album for Columbia Records.
He has remained at the forefront of British jazz in a variety of settings, from quartet to big band. This session is unusual in that it features Tracey originals spanning the last 15 years and includes Mama Sass , a tribute to his daughter Sarah written in January 1999. The trio - his son, drummer
Clark Tracey , and bass player Andrew Cleyndert - allows Stan Tracey 's piano artistry scope and freedom, often masked in other settings. Producer Steve Shepherd
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