STAN TRACEY
Post Bop / Hard Bop / Avant-Garde Jazz / Big Band / Progressive Big Band / Latin Jazz • United Kingdom
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Stan Tracey, who has died aged 86 in 2013, was Britain’s finest and most original jazz composer; he was also a pianist of rare distinction, whose work drew praise from some of the greatest jazz musicians — the saxophonist Sonny Rollins once demanding: “Does anyone here realise just how good he is?” Tracey, who was entirely self-taught as a musician, possessed a style that was instantly recognisable. Shaped originally by the twin influences of Duke Ellington and Thelonius Monk, it was founded on a deep vein of lyricism only partly concealed beneath a tough, knotty surface. Like both his mentors, he composed not for instruments but for individual players, and his work brought out the best in several generations of jazz musicians.
Stanley William Tracey was born in south London on December 30 1926, the son of a nightclub bartender. His formal education ended at the age of 12, because he refused
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Progressive Big Band
1987
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