Newton Tracey Band
ASC CD155 Bootleg Eric
Live recording
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David Newton (p)
Clark Tracey (d)
Don Weller (tenor)
Guy Barker (tpt)
Alan Barnes (alto/reeds)
Mark Nightingale (tmb)
Iain Dixon (reeds)
Andrew Clyndert (bs)
Recorded live at Wakefield Jazz Club, April 1998.
"Packing all the ensemble punch of a big band, but flexibly enough to accommodate the plethora of soloing talent available... the octet moves easily and naturally between an almost Mingisian robustness, epitomised by Weller wonderfully bleary tenor, and an elegant gracefulness exemplified by Barnes' agile clarinet and Newton's lambent piano... with Tracey at the top of his considerable form" Chris Parker, The Times.