Clark Tracey

Clark Tracey (* 5. February 1961 in London ) is a British drummer of modern jazz .

Live and act

Clark Tracey is the son of jazz pianist Stan Tracey and initially played piano and vibraphone before switching to drums at the age of 13. He had lessons with Bryan Spring and played in various ensembles of his father from 1978, as heard on his album Genesis from 1989. They also formed a quartet called Fathers and Sons with John and Alec Dankworth in the 1990s . Clark Tracey also played with guest musicians such as Scott Hamilton , Johnny Griffin , Pharoah Sanders and Charlie Rouse . He also worked with Buddy DeFranco and with guitarist Martin Taylor from 1984 to 1986 , then with Alan Skidmore and saxophonist Tommy Smith and in 1992 with Guy Barker .

Since the late 1980s he has also led his own formations in which musicians such as Django Bates , Iain Ballamy , Guy Barker, Jamie Talbot , Mark Nightingale , Dave O'Higgins , Nigel Hitchcock , Gerard Presencer , Mornington Lockett , Jean Toussaint , Simon Allen , Zoe Rahman and Alan Barnes contributed. Tracey was also involved in recordings by Guy Barker, Alan Barnes, Michael Hashim , Brian Lemon , Claire Martin , the Heinz Sauer Quartet with the NDR Bigband , Alan Skidmore, Colin Towns , Warren Vaché , Bob Wellins and Bob Wilber .

During his career, Tracey has won the British Jazz Awards three times for best drummer, and in 2007 he won the Ronnie Scott's Club Award.

Discographic notes

• Suddenly Last Tuesday (1986)
• Stiperstones (1987)
• We've Been Expecting You (1992)
• Full Speed ​​Sideways (33Jazz, 1994)
• Stability (Linn, 2001) with Andy Sheppard, Christine Tobin and the Locrian String Quartet
• British Standard Time (2005)
• The Calling (2005)
• The Mighty Sas (2006)
• Given Time (2008)

literature

• Bielefeld catalog 1988 & 2001.
• Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide of Jazz on CD . 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .

Web links

• Web presence