Origin London, UK Name Clark Tracey Instruments Drums Genres Jazz | Years active 1978 to present Record label TenToTen Records Labels Tentoten Records | |
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Born 2 May 1961 (age 63) ( 1961-05-02 ) Occupation(s) Musician, composer
bandleader, educator Associated acts Stan Tracey, Django Bates, Iain Ballamy, Guy Barker, Jamie Talbot, Mark Nightingale, Dave O'Higgins, Steve Melling, Nigel Hitchcock, Gerard Presencer, Mornington Lockett, Jean Toussaint, Simon Allen, Kit Downes, Zoe Rahman and Alan Barnes Albums Stability, Full Speed Sideways, Let Them Crevulate, I Can't Get Started Parents Jackie Buckland, Stan Tracey Similar People Stan Tracey, Alan Barnes, Bobby Wellins, Peter King, Guy Barker | ||
Clark tracey quartet seven steps to heaven
Clark Tracey (born 5 February 1961) is a British jazz drummer, band leader, and composer.
Contents
- Clark tracey quartet seven steps to heaven
- Live from wakefield jazz clark tracey quintet joshua on 23 05 14
- Life and career
- Stage and film
- Discography
- References
Live from wakefield jazz clark tracey quintet joshua on 23 05 14
Life and career
Tracey first played piano and vibraphone before switching to drums at age 13, studying under Bryan Spring. Tracey played in several ensembles with his father Stan Tracey from 1978 until 2013, including a quartet called Fathers and Sons with John and Alec Dankworth in the 1990s. In addition to his extensive work with his father, Tracey has played with many visiting American musicians such as Scott Hamilton, Johnny Griffin, Red Rodney, Barney Kessell, John Hicks and Pharoah Sanders throughout his career. He also worked and recorded with Buddy DeFranco and Martin Taylor from 1984–86, then with Charlie Rouse (1988), Alan Skidmore in Hong Kong (1989), Tommy Smith (1989), and Guy Barker (1992).
He has led his own ensembles since the early 1980s; in these combos he has played with Django Bates, Iain Ballamy, Guy Barker, Jamie Talbot, Mark Nightingale, Dave O'Higgins, Steve Melling, Nigel Hitchcock, Gerard Presencer, Mornington Lockett, Jean Toussaint, Simon Allen, Kit Downes, Zoe Rahman and Alan Barnes. As a bandleader he has had two tours of the Far East, Yugoslavia, France, Gibraltar and Finland as well as many national UK tours. Following his reputation for hiring highly talented youngsters, his current quintet includes luminaries Chris Maddock, Henry Armburg Jennings, Harry Bolt and Daniel Casimir.
He has been awarded "Best Drums" in the British Jazz Awards three times and in 2007 won "Best Drums" at the Ronnie Scott's Club Awards and his quintet won the Best Performance Award for Birmingham Jazz in 2006.
Clark took over promotions for Herts Jazz in 2009 and now runs a weekly jazz club in Welwyn Garden City and an annual jazz festival. He runs two record labels with his wife, Sylvia Rae Tracey, Tentoten Records and Resteamed Records, the latter dedicated to re-issues on CD of his father's recordings, and a download website Givemejazz. Clark Tracey has written Exploring Jazz Drums for Schott Publishing and he is an educator at the Birmingham Conservatoire and the Purcell School of Music.
Stage and film
Discography
As leader
with Stan Tracey