Jazz Articles about Jackie Dougan

Stan Tracey Quartet: Jazz Suite Inspired By Dylan Thomas' Under Milk Wood

by Chris May
May 9, 2023

Pianist and composer Stan Tracey's Under Milk Wood, released in 1966, was among the first albums to prove that British jazz could, on a good day, stand as tall as its American parent. Over a decade would pass, however, before that fact was widely accepted by jazz lovers in either America or Britain. Indeed, it is only now, in 2023, following the international breakthrough of London-based stylists such as Nubya Garcia and Shabaka Hutchings, that British jazz has taken its ...