Andi ChorleyAlice In Jazz Land by The Stan Tracey Big Band, released on Columbia in 1966.
Nick Reynolds wrote for the BBC:
...Alice In Jazz Land originally released in 1966 is the follow up to Tracey’s Under Milk Wood album, one of the best known British jazz albums...
A crack team of legendary British players was put together for this session. But Stan himself sets the tone in the first thirty seconds of the title cut with an aggressive, audacious piano intro that makes you sit up and go ‘Wow!’. This is an album that exemplifies the classic British big band sound: tart, bright, punchy. But it also pushes the envelope way out with its’ confidence and wild musical invention. It’s full of fantastic loud, huge, wide chords that are big enough to stick your whole head in.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/3gqv/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sFQ9zzB7eU&list=RD0sFQ9zzB7eU&start_radio=1
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