Stan Tracey Trio: The 1959 Sessions – genius brewing
Six years before he defined a new British style of jazz, the pianist and composer was already out on his own
April 2015
The playlist
The playlist: jazz – Billie Holiday, Stan Tracey, Dudley Moore and more
A week of anniversaries brings Lady Day and Cuddly Dudley Moore to mind – as well as an evocative Stan Tracey meditation upon the work of Dylan Thomas
September 2014
Bobby Wellins and SNJO: Culloden Moor Suite review – haunting eloquence
Bobby Wellins’s 1961 suite has finally been recorded as he imagined it, writes Dave Gelly
December 2013
Take 5: John Fordham's month in jazz
Take Five: John Fordham's month in jazz – December
Music blog
Stan Tracey: passion and vigour for jazz right to the last note
Stan Tracey obituary
Stan Tracey, godfather of British jazz, dies aged 86
September 2013
Stan Tracey Quintet: The Flying Pig – review
Stan Tracey: The Flying Pig – review
June 2013
This week's new live music
Pusha T, Stan Tracey, Pissed Jeans: this week's new live music
Pusha T | Hypnotic Brass Ensemble | Pissed Jeans | Stan Tracey | Sarah Gillespie | David Sawer: The Lighthouse Keepers
September 2012
Ben Webster/Stan Tracey: Soho Nights Vol 2 – review
This 1964 collaboration by the tenor saxophonist and the British pianist is a thrilling meeting of musical minds, writes Dave Gelly
July 2012
Evan Parker/Stan Tracey/Clark Tracey – review
These three all-improv sets, as two duos and a trio, were well worth witnessing, writes John Fordham
December 2011
This week's new live music
This week's new live music
Saint Jude | Black Lips | Manic Street Preachers | Stan Tracey Quartet | Christophe Desjardins | St John's, Smith Square Christmas Festival
November 2011
Stan Tracey: A Child's Xmas – Jazz Suite – review
This is a worthy successor to Stan Tracey's other Dylan Thomas project, his famous Under Milk Wood from 1965, writes John Fordham
February 2011
Stan Tracey Duo/Trio: Sound Check – review
Stan and Clark Tracey's quirky piano-drums duets display perfect rapport, says Dave Gelly
January 2011
Stan Tracey Duo/Trio: Sound Check – review
Leeds
Top jazz talent comes to Leeds at Seven Jazz in Chapel Allerton
November 2010
50 great moments in jazz
50 great moments in jazz: Stan Tracey's Under Milk Wood and the rise in British jazz
No 38: By the 60s, British jazz no longer sounded like an American clone. Among the works that took the genre to new heights, Stan Tracey's Under Milk Wood still reigns supreme
May 2010
Stan Tracey Octet: The Later Works
In the kind of ironic contrast jazz musicians love, these two suites for Stan Tracey's octet were written for the last British governor of Hong Kong and for the merger that produced the Unison trade union, writes John Fordham
October 2009
Stan Tracey Quartet: Senior Moment
Tracey never makes contorted efforts to unveil new styles, and this quartet set ostensibly follows familiar routes, says John Fordham
