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Godfather of British Jazz - The Life and Music of Stan Tracey (Hardcover)
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Godfather of British Jazz - The Life and Music of Stan Tracey (Hardcover)
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This is the first book about the life of jazz pianist and composer
Stan Tracey CBE (1926-2013). Drawn largely from his personal
diaries and some of his many interviews, his son Clark Tracey
pieces together what made the late Stan Tracey a unique character
in jazz music. Stan's wit and wisdom also come shining through in
abundance in this long overdue account of one of the UK's most
important jazz musicians.In a career that spanned 70 years, Stan
Tracey recalls his earliest memories in war torn London and his
first experiences of hearing jazz. As a teenager, he joined ENSA
and the RAF Gang Show and for the next three years played at more
venues than many musicians do in a lifetime. Once demobbed, Stan
befriends pianist Eddie Thomson, vibist and drummer Victor Feldman
and clarinettist Vic Ash and begins his career in music. He toured
with Kenny Baker's band and the Kirchin Band before joining the Ted
Heath Orchestra, then began recording under his own name. He was
asked by Ronnie Scott to be the house pianist at Scott's new club,
where Stan's legendary status grew for the next six years.He
accompanied giants of American jazz such as Stan Getz, Sonny
Rollins, Roland Kirk, Dexter Gordon, Freddie Hubbard and many
others. During this period he wrote and recorded the seminal album
Under Milk Wood, which to this day remains his best selling work.
Stan left Ronnie's club following a drug addiction and in the 1970s
found himself penniless. His wife Jackie employed her skill in the
music business as an A&R from previous years and began
presenting concerts to keep Stan afloat, as he formed new musical
friendships in the free/improvised idiom at that time, such as Mike
Osborne and Keith Tippett. Commissions for suites emerged and
Stan's writing skills found an outlet again through the formation
of his various groups that were to last for nearly 30 years. Stan's
achievements and awards are ample and in many cases unique.
Recipient of an OBE and a CBE, Stan also received several lifetime
achievement awards and in his last year became the first recipient
of the Ivor Novello Jazz Award.
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