Party: Clark Tracey Quintet

Party: Clark Tracey Quintet

Clark Tracey has worn many musical hats over his thirty-five year career. Having long been regarded as the UK’s most accomplished straight-ahead jazz drummer, alongside that considerable achievement he’s also a composer, arranger, educator and talent-spotter par excellence. All of these skills come together in another of his passions: band leading. The catalyst for the new group’s formation was Clark’s in-house tenure as a tutor at Birmingham Conservatoire. Of the many students he’s heard there over the past few years, three in particular piqued the drummer’s inter-est: saxophonist Chris Maddock, pianist Harry Bolt and bassist Daniel Casimir. Around this nucleus the new Clark Tracey quintet began to take shape in 2013.

Chris Maddock – sax http://www.musicteachers.co.uk/user/6907b424e4bf4a798c5c/biography
Henry Armburg Jennings – Trumpet, Flugel http://www.henryarmburgjennings.com
Harry Bolt– Piano http://www.bigbearmusic.com/harry-bolt-trio/
Daniel Casimir – Bass http://danielcasimir.com/Home.html
Clark Tracey – Drums http://www.clarktracey.com

Admission Price: Standard £13, Jazzland Members £10

Invited: Dave Cottle, Lisa Doyle, Matthew Bithell, Tom Harris