Stan Tracey Orchestra at the Appleby Jazz Festival, by Stan Tracey

Stan Tracey Orchestra at the Appleby Jazz Festival

by Stan Tracey

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1.	Feather, Fin And Limb 09:22	buy track
2.	Well You Needn't 05:50	buy track
3.	Festival Junction 08:03	buy track
4.	Round Midnight 07:50	buy track
5.	Too Good 07:50	buy track
6.	Pajaras Exoticas 06:08	buy track
7.	Epistrophy 07:25	buy track
8.	Pulses 06:26	buy track
9.	Passion Flower 05:06	buy track
10.	The Sixth Day 09:54	buy track

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If there were such a thing as a jazz-trivia board game, one likely question might be: ‘On which album did both Evan Parker and Alan Barnes play?’

The answer, naturally, is this album, where both are part of Tracey’s 2004 line-up. Parker’s usual idiomatic preferences are kept heavily under wraps, though it is nevertheless fitting that Tracey and Parker, two of the Appleby Jazz Festival’s cornerstones, should have combined forces.

The real headline however is the music, and as you’d expect with Tracey’s ensembles we get a who’s who of distinctive and instantly recognisable British voices. Compiled with the intention of celebrating the legendary British pianist’s 80th birthday, and comprising of highlights from sets at both the 2004 and 2006 editions of the Cumbrian festival, this disc creates an instantly collectable volume.

A well-balanced programme of original material and compositions by seminal influences Ellington, Strayhorn and Monk is tackled. The up-tempo opener Feather, Fin and Limb is a rousing Ellington-ian chart, showing how much Tracey’s own style has always drawn from his major influences. With lots of room for the soloists to stretch out, it culminates in a spare and angular sequence of choruses from the pianist.

Peter King’s searing alto takes the honours in Monk’s Well, You Needn’t, whilst Festival Junction has the same slow-burning swing as Duke’s classic Newport ’56 version. After trading choruses here, the brass section then turn on the dissonance for a memorable mid-paced interpretation of Monk’s evergreen standard ‘Round Midnight. The backbeat shuffle of Too Good takes us back to the ‘60s, when Tracey was part of the swinging British modern jazz scene, and along with the minor Latin piece, which follows, offers shades of Duke’s Far East Suite.

Despite being culled from two different performances, the warmly engineered sounds mesh seamlessly and capture the relaxed festival groove right through to the closing piece, The Sixth Day (from the Genesis Suite). I was lucky enough to hear the full suite performed several times in the ‘90s, and to me it ranks as one of his greatest achievements. As with all of the best gigs, it inevitably leaves the audience baying for more.

Whether you were at Appleby to hear these either of these sets or not, no Tracey fan should be without this highly recommended new release.

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released January 1, 2007

Guy Barker, Steve Waterman, Noel Langley, Henry Lowther, Mark Armstrong, Nathan Bray (t); Roger Williams, Mark Nightingale, Adrian Fry, Andy Wood (tb); Peter King, Nigel Hitchcock, Andy Panayi, Evan Parker, Alan Barnes, Simon Allen, Mornington Lockett (saxes); Stan Tracey (p); Andrew Cleyndert (b); Clark Tracey (d).

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Clark Tracey London, UK

Clark Tracey BEM, born in London, has led his own bands since 1982. He has won numerous awards for Best Jazz Drummer in the UK. Currently leads his latest quintet and is a busy freelance drummer. Apart from his new label, Stray Horn Records, he also manages Resteamed Records, a label dedicated to his father, Stan Tracey's music.
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