Stan Tracey - Solo:Trio (2020)

Stan Tracey is one of the foremost British pianists… (in this CD)… we get to hear Tracey as he moves from expressive single note runs which emphasise the rhythm of a composition to lush chords which emphasise the composition’s harmonic basis… a rhythm section… seems to free him up… and allows him to play more rhythmically.
Monk and Ellington are probably his foremost influences, but I hear other pianists too, people like Randy Weston and Abdullah Ibrahim… but this is no mere pastiche of styles, it’s an individual voice. Moreover his ideas are so good, he’s more that just worth listening to, his playing is fun and exciting too…(The rhythm section of Andy Cleyndert, bass and Clark Tracey Drums)… take interesting solos… but they don’t sparkle the way Tracey does.
Stan Tracey is well-known in Britain. After listening to this disc, I wondered why he isn’t better known in the US.
Eric Saidel - Cadence Magazine 1999

Piano: Stan Tracey
Double Bass: Andrew Cleyndert
Drums: Clark Tracey

Tracklist:
1.01 - Stan Tracey - It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing (6:02)
1.02 - Stan Tracey - What's New (7:06)
1.03 - Stan Tracey - N.O. Blues (7:15)
1.04 - Stan Tracey - Angel Eyes (6:36)
1.05 - Stan Tracey - It Could Happen to You (6:16)
1.06 - Stan Tracey - What Is This Thing Called Love (3:59)
1.07 - Stan Tracey - Ask Me Now (6:08)
1.08 - Stan Tracey - Lover's Freeway (4:33)
1.09 - Stan Tracey - Round Midnight (6:00)
1.10 - Stan Tracey - Bye-ya (6:43)
1.11 - Stan Tracey - Body and Soul (7:24)