Live Jazz London - Stan Tracey Octet 'Seventy Years In Jazz'

Live Jazz London - Stan Tracey Octet 'Seventy Years In Jazz'. Stan Tracey is an outstanding figure in the jazz world. His career, spanning five decades, has had a huge influence on both his peers and successive generations. As the house pianist at Ronnie Scotts in the 1960s he played with all the visiting American jazz greats. Sonny Rollins said of Stan, does anybody here know how good he really is? His piano-playing combines the percussive melody of Monk with the robust lyricism of Ellington, resulting in a brilliantly idiosyncratic style.

For tonights concert, a fantastic octet comprising the cream of British jazz talent perform compositions from their 2009 CD, The Later Works, including material from the The Amandla Suite and The Hong Kong Suite.

Stan Tracey (piano), Clark Tracey (Drums), Andy Cleyndert (Bass), Mark Armstrong (Trumpet), Mark Nightingale (Trombone), Mornington Lockett (Sax), Sam Mayne (Sax), Simon Allen (Sax).

Artists / Speakers: Simon Allen (Sax)., Sam Mayne (Sax), Mornington Lockett (Sax), Mark Nightingale (Trombone), Mark Armstrong (Trumpet), Andy Cleyndert (Bass), Clark Tracey (Drums), Stan Tracey (piano)