STAN TRACEY:
THE GODFATHER OF
BRITISH JAZZ
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With its rich sound design and sumptuous digital cinematography, STAN TRACEY: THE GODFATHER OF BRITISH JAZZ is a deeply moving portrait of one musician’s lifetime achievement. In a career spanning 60 years as pianist and composer, Tracey, widely regarded as Britain ’s greatest living arranger, recalls his life with unprecedented honesty. Through its mix of archive, landscape and interviews with musical giants such as saxophonist Courtney Pine, doyenne Cleo Laine and jazz eminence Humphrey Lyttleton, a story of British culture emerges that has never been told.
70 mins, 2003
BBC Four Television
Director: John Akomfrah
Producers: Lina Gopaul, David Lawson
Award:
Nominated for 2003 Grierson Award: Best Arts Documentary
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