Stan Tracey Quartet Jazz Suite/Under Milk Wood LP
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The Stan Tracey Quartet Jazz Suite inspired by Dylan Thomas’s Under Milk Wood UK 1969 LP Columbia Records Catalogue Number SCX 3589 (This is the 1969 pressing with a boxed Columbia logo and one boxed EMI logo at the bottom of the label), “Under Milk Wood” is considered one of the finest British jazz albums ever made, an effortlessly iconic masterpiece that encapsulates the heady 60s jazz boom. It was awarded 69th place in Jazzwise magazine's recent 'The 100 Jazz Albums That Shook The World'. From which Duncan Heining wrote: 'Tracey is indispensable, a one-man mission statement. Here he showed how much could be achieved within the basic jazz quartet format. Reaction at the time seems to have been along the lines of where on earth did this come from? Coherent, vital and mind-stretching, Tracey's eight pieces provide a remarkable insight into Thomas' great work but also into the creative process itself and the myriad sources jazz could explore for inspiration. With its jaunty, picaresque tunes and assured playing that reflected Thomas' saucy, roguish book, the album is a wonderfully humorous work that
extended the boundaries in a hugely subtle way. After this, there would always be more to jazz than just blowing.'
Personnel:
Stan Tracey - Piano
Bobby Wellins - Tenor Saxophone
Jeff Clyne - Bass
Jack Dougan - Drums
Tracklisting:- Cockle Row/Starless And Bible Black/I Lost My Step In Nantucket/No Good Boyo/Penpals/Llareggub/Under Milk Wood/A. M. Mayhem
EX-/EX- Condition. P&P UK £3.75 Overseas at cost
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