Podcasts Culture Desert Island Discs: Archive 1996-2000 Stan Tracey

Stan Tracey

Published: April 25, 1999, 10:15 a.m.

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Sue Lawley's guest this week is the jazz musician Stan Tracey. He's been at the heart of the British Jazz scene since the 1960s when he was resident pianist at Ronnie Scotts. It was at that time he wrote what has been called the greatest of all British jazz albums - his Under Milk Wood suite.

[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

Favourite track: Mood Indigo by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra\\nBook: Crazy Like A Fox by S J Perelman\\nLuxury: Film: Oh Mister Porter

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