Stan Tracey | |
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 Tracey playing in the 100 Club in the 1980s | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Stanley William Tracey |
| Born | 30 December 1926 Denmark Hill, South London, England |
| Died | 6 December 2013 (aged 86) |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer |
| Instrument | Piano |
| Labels | |
| Website | stantracey |
Stanley William Tracey CBE (30 December 1926 – 6 December 2013) was a British jazz pianist and composer, whose most important influences were Duke Ellington and Thelonious Monk. Tracey's best known recording is the 1965 album Jazz Suite Inspired by Dylan Thomas's "Under Milk Wood", which is based on the BBC radio drama Under Milk Wood, by Dylan Thomas.