Tracey, Stan / Mike Osborne - Alone & Together (expanded) 2 x CDs
SKU
SGCCD 014-105
STAN TRACEY, piano
MIKE OSBORNE, alto sax
Recorded at Wigmore Hall, London, June 18, 1974 by Peter Bould & Peter Ball
CD 1: EIGHTY-EIGHT PLUS ONE
(previously released on LP as "Stan Tracey Alone" SGC 1003)
CD 2: TWO-PART INTENTION
(Previouly unreleased)
NEWLY DISCOVERED RECORDING OF TWO BRITISH JAZZ LEGENDS GETS A WELCOME FIRST RELEASE!
This double album consists of, for the first time ever on CD, the Stan Tracey solo recording Live at Wigmore Hall, made for Cadillac Records in 1974. The re-release of this set is valuable enough in itself, but added golddust comes in the shape of the additional material - the previously unreleased second half of the evening - a duo recording with alto saxist Mike Osborne.
Two of the greats of the English jazz scene - in fact two of the finest jazz improvisers of theirs or any time. This is not only highly charged, beautiful music performed by musicians at the top of their game, it's a fascinating and irreplaceable historical snapshot of the jazz scene of the time.
'There can't have been too many duos in the history of jazz that have ever achieved such a rare understanding as Osborne and Tracey achieve here. And one that's all the more gratifying in the light of the knowledge that the alto player was the man responsible for bringing newer forms of jazz to Stan's ears, and dissuading the older musician from jacking it in altogether.' Steve Lake, 1974
“The 42 minutes of Alone crackle with invention, as bright melodies, stumbling Monk-ish tone clusters and avant-garde abstractions fly from Tracey s graceful fingers. The duo set sees chemistry turn to magic, with Osborne weaving freewheeling lines and pinpoint phrases around Tracey s oblique modal forms.”-The List
“By the beginning of the 1980s, Osborne, in the throes of deep mental illness, ceased playing. This record catches him at his zenith alongside the finest British pianist of his epoch stretching into a soundscape which, as he created it, was a new musical world for him. So these twin records are invaluable, staggering and deeply affecting.”-Morning Star Features Chris Searle on Jazz
- LabelCadillac
- UPC5020675971424