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Clark Tracey Sextet: Under Milk Wood Suite
As part of the Music in Pinner 25/26 season, the Clark Tracey Sextet brings us a family celebration of Stan Tracey's landmark album Jazz Suite.
In 1965 pianist Stan Tracey, one of the UK's foremost jazz musicians, and his Quartet released the iconic album Jazz Suite Inspired by Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood. Drawing influence from Dylan Thomas' 1953 BBC radio play, Tracey's seminal work is one of the most celebrated and timeless recordings in UK jazz history.
An extract from Benny Green’s sleeve note on the original LP sets it out well: “... when a collaboration between a jazz musician and a writer he has never met is tackled with sincerity, the result can be enlightening both to jazz-lovers and lovers of literature. Stan Tracey’s transposing into jazz of the sensibilities of Dylan Thomas’s Under Milk Wood seems to me to be one of the most successful experiments yet achieved in this genre. Tracey was very much under the bewitching spell of the work when he wrote it, with the phrase ‘starless and bible black’ running through his head – and with characters and focal points in the action suggesting musical patterns or moods to him.”
To celebrate 60 years of Tracey's record, Clark Tracey, award-winning drummer and son of Stan Tracey, pays homage to the quintessential record alongside his son Ben and Sharon White as narrators. Simon Allen and Gareth Williams reprise the roles of Bobby Wellins and Stan himself, with Andrew Cleyndert on bass. 2/3 of this Sextet have played/read alongside Stan in his later performances of the work. The show features readings from Thomas' classic work interspersed with Tracey's compositions, creating a rich synthesis of music and spoken word.
In 1965 pianist Stan Tracey, one of the UK's foremost jazz musicians, and his Quartet released the iconic album Jazz Suite Inspired by Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood. Drawing influence from Dylan Thomas' 1953 BBC radio play, Tracey's seminal work is one of the most celebrated and timeless recordings in UK jazz history.
An extract from Benny Green’s sleeve note on the original LP sets it out well: “... when a collaboration between a jazz musician and a writer he has never met is tackled with sincerity, the result can be enlightening both to jazz-lovers and lovers of literature. Stan Tracey’s transposing into jazz of the sensibilities of Dylan Thomas’s Under Milk Wood seems to me to be one of the most successful experiments yet achieved in this genre. Tracey was very much under the bewitching spell of the work when he wrote it, with the phrase ‘starless and bible black’ running through his head – and with characters and focal points in the action suggesting musical patterns or moods to him.”
To celebrate 60 years of Tracey's record, Clark Tracey, award-winning drummer and son of Stan Tracey, pays homage to the quintessential record alongside his son Ben and Sharon White as narrators. Simon Allen and Gareth Williams reprise the roles of Bobby Wellins and Stan himself, with Andrew Cleyndert on bass. 2/3 of this Sextet have played/read alongside Stan in his later performances of the work. The show features readings from Thomas' classic work interspersed with Tracey's compositions, creating a rich synthesis of music and spoken word.
Saturday 11 October
Pinner Parish Church, Church Lane, Pinner, Middlesex HA5 3AA
7:30pmTickets £17.
Under 19s free when accompanied by a paying adult.
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