Born in Philadelphia, PA, he became a professional musician at 15, working in the mid-1940s for Jerry Wald, Jimmy Dorsey, Georgie Auld, Elliott Lawrence, Benny Goodman, and Les Brown.
Red Army | International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement | American Red Cross | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Red Sea | Red Star Belgrade | Red | Little Red Riding Hood | Detroit Red Wings | Red Bull | Red River | Red Hat | Red Dwarf | International Committee of the Red Cross | Red River of the North | New York Red Bulls | IUCN Red List | Simply Red | Red Wing, Minnesota | Red Skelton | Red Army Faction | Rodney King | Rodney Crowell | Red Fort | Pokémon Red and Blue | Red Deer, Alberta | Red Deer | International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies | Rodney Bingenheimer | Red Square |
She has performed and toured worldwide with a wide range of artists including Billy Taylor, Kenny Barron, Stephane Grappelli, Frank Wess, Red Rodney, Laurindo Almeida, Art Farmer, Maxine Sullivan, Roy Haynes, and (as principal flautist with the Monterey Bay Symphony) with Luciano Pavarotti.
Tracey has played with visiting American musicians such as Scott Hamilton, Johnny Griffin, Red Rodney, Barney Kessell, John Hicks and Pharoah Sanders throughout his career.
His compositions have been performed and recorded by Hamiet Bluiett, Red Rodney, Larry Willis, Mike Clark, Cecil Brooks III, Ray Mantilla, Hank Jones, Zé Eduardo, and the Manhattan New Music Project.