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Tubby Hayes: The Little Giant (CD: Proper, 4 CDs)Tubby Hayes: The Little Giant (CD: Proper, 4 CDs)
The death of Tubby Hayes in June 1973 brought to a close one of the most remarkable chapters in the history of British jazz. Tubby's multi-talented abilities as a saxophonist, vibraphonist, flautist, composer, arranger and bandleader had been central to the trajectory of jazz in the United Kingdom for close to twenty years. As more than one musician associated with Hayes noted at the time, his death left an almost improbably large gap within a jazz scene which, if robust enough to carry on without him by the early 1970s, was still nevertheless relatively contained.

Only a few years before, the very notion of British jazzmen holding their own at an international level would have been all but risible; yet by the close of the 1960s the news that guitarist John McLaughlin and bassist Dave Holland were being headhunted by Miles Davis was greeted not by surprise, but with a certain amount of jingoistic pride. No one musician had done more to raise the game of the local performers in the preceding decade than Tubby Hayes; his story was as much about the personal cost of his dedication to musical excellence as it was his overcoming the inertia of his surroundings; his story remains one of lasting impact. (Proper Records) 


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Tubby Hayes: Blue Hayes (CD: Jasmine, 2 CDs)
A terrific overview of Hayes' classic Tempo recordings and includes a previously unissued big band session from 1969.  


Price:  £11.99 

Tubby Hayes: Blue Hayes (CD: Jasmine, 2 CDs)


Tubby Hayes: Three Classic Albums Plus (CD: AVID, 2 CDs)Tubby Hayes: Three Classic Albums Plus (CD: AVID, 2 CDs)
AVID Jazz here presents three classic Tubby Hayes albums "The Jazz Couriers - In Concert", "The Couriers Of Jazz", "Tubby’s Groove" plus four tracks from "Pub Crawling with Jimmy Deuchar".

Hailed as "England’s greatest jazz combo", Ronnie Scott and Tubby Hayes formed the Couriers to bring their message to the world that British jazz was alive and kicking! Joined by Terry Shannon on piano, Phil Bates on bass and Bill Eyden on drums we find them on a double bill with Dave Brubeck live at the Dominion Theatre in early February 1958. Wearing their influences on their sleeves, Brubeck was heard to declare "They sound more like an American band than we do". Moving ahead to November 1958 and the Couriers had been joined by Jeff Clyne on bass for a recording in London which clearly shows how British jazz was beginning to take it to their American cousins! For "Tubby’s Groove", Tubs steps out from the Couriers for the first time but is in familiar company with Shannon and Clyne and joining them on drums, the legendary and phenomenal Phil Seamen! Completed by four classic sides featuring the hard hitting, searing sound of Tubby’s tenor alongside trumpeter Jimmy Deuchar from "Pub Crawling" where the band pay tribute to the fine art of beer drinking! All three albums plus, have been digitally re-mastered for probably the finest sound quality ever! (AVID Entertainment) 


Price:  £8.99 


Tubby Hayes: Jazz Genius- The Flamingo Era (CD: Fantastic Voyage, 3 CDs)
‘Jazz Genius’ compiles four albums recorded between 1957 and 1961, plus bonus tracks, and contains over three hours of world-class modern jazz from the best-known and best-loved British jazzman of his generation, Tubby Hayes. It includes two remastered LPs by the legendary Jazz Couriers (featuring the twin-tenor attack of Tubby Hayes and Ronnie Scott) : “The Jazz Couriers” (1957) and “In Concert” (1958) with restored introductions for the first time on CD.

Hayes’ mastery of vibes, flute and alto sax are showcased on the rare “London Jazz Quartet” LP (1959) - here in its entirety - plus “An Evening With Tony Kinsey” (1961) teaming four of the UK’s greatest jazz musicians – Hayes, Kinsey, Bill Le Sage and Jimmy Deuchar. The compilation also dips into the Jazz At The Flamingo album for the two tracks on which Hayes sits in with the Tony Crombie Quintet, and rounds up a couple of studio sides, again with Crombie.

With comprehensive and informative sleeve notes, this is an essential purchase for the many devotees of the exciting late-’50s / early-’60s era when the UK modern jazz scene (with Hayes at the helm) became world-renowned via Soho’s jazz hotspots, The Flamingo and Ronnie Scott’s. (Discovery Records) 


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Tubby Hayes: Jazz Genius- The Flamingo Era (CD: Fantastic Voyage, 3 CDs)


Ronnie Scott & Tubby Hayes: The Couriers Of Jazz (CD: Carlton/ Fresh Sound)Ronnie Scott & Tubby Hayes: The Couriers Of Jazz (CD: Carlton/ Fresh Sound)
with Terry Shannon (piano), Jeff Clyne (bass) & Bill Eyden (drums). Recorded in London, 1958. 


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Tubby Hayes: Night And Day (CD: Ronnie Scott's Jazz House)
 


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Tubby Hayes: Night And Day (CD: Ronnie Scott's Jazz House)


Tubby Hayes: The Swinging Giant Vol.1 (CD: Jasmine)Tubby Hayes: The Swinging Giant Vol.1 (CD: Jasmine)
Undoubtedly one of Britain’s internationally best known Jazz musicians, Edward ‘Tubby’ Hayes was born in 1935 and first learnt violin as a child before switching to tenor sax at the age of twelve. He began playing in Jazz clubs at fourteen and by sixteen was a ‘professional’ with Kenny Baker’s Sextet. Acquiring the nick-name ‘The Little Giant’, in 1955 he set out on a solo career with the start of his own band. The JASMINE CD presented here features all of his TEMPO recordings from four sessions in 1955, either fronting a quartet or an eight piece orchestra, and makes available for the first time in over 30 years some priceless gems of Modern Jazz. (Jasmine Records) 


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Tubby Hayes: The Swinging Giant Vol.2 (CD: Jasmine)
No surprise that this new JASMINE compilation carries on from where Volume One left off. Featuring one of Britain’s internationally best known Jazz musicians, Edward ‘Tubby’ Hayes, Volume Two includes two complete TEMPO sessions, one from July 1956, the other from August 1957. The second session finds Hayes teaming up with that other British Jazz giant, Ronnie Scott, in what was to be the first of several sessions. As with all these JASMINE issues, superbly re-mastered great Jazz which has not been available for many years, 65 plus minutes. (Jasmine Records) 


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Tubby Hayes: The Swinging Giant Vol.2 (CD: Jasmine)


Tubby Hayes: The Eighth Wonder (CD: Jasmine)Tubby Hayes: The Eighth Wonder (CD: Jasmine)
 


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Tubby Hayes: Tubby's New Groove (CD: Candid)
The music contained on this CD is among the most significant pieces of British Jazz history to have been discovered in a long long time. This first time ever release unearths a studio session which has lain forgotten since 1959 and which significantly is an addendum to what has been long seen as Tubby's first masterpiece Tubby's Groove. Tubbs is aided and abetted by the same musicians with Terry Shannon playing piano, Jeff Clyne on bass and the long lamented Phil Seamen adding his very special prodding and pushing percussion skills. Half a century later Tubby's immense talent still stuns listeners who can continue to marvel at his immense musicianship and creative charisma. (Proper Music)

Tracks: Tin Tin Deo / Visa / Supper At Phil's / Hook's Way / The Trolley Song  


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Tubby Hayes: Tubby's New Groove (CD: Candid)


Tubby Hayes: Boppin' And Hoppin' (CD: Jasmine)Tubby Hayes: Boppin' And Hoppin' (CD: Jasmine)
Released alongside the fantastic 'London Pride' - JASCD 689, here we have another tremendous Tubby Hayes CD. This time we focus on his mythically rare session from 1960.

The thirteen tracks on offer here were composed by and feature British jazz and rock and roll legend Tony Crombie and includes an extra track that was not included on the original album.

Wonderfully remastered and with extensive notes by Simon Spillett this is a great and entertaining sidebar to the main development of Britain's Legendary modern jazz icon. (Jasmine Records) 


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Tubby Hayes: London Pride (CD: Jasmine)
Tubby Hayes is Britain's now legendary modern jazz icon and here we offer 23 rare tracks covering the period from 1957 to 1960, 12 of which making their first appearance on CD. Features British jazz giants, Ronnie Scott, Tony Crombie, Eddie Thompson and more! Over 78 minutes playing time with extensive booklet notes by leading Hayes expert Simon Spillet. (Jasmine Records) 


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Tubby Hayes: London Pride (CD: Jasmine)


Tubby Hayes: England's Late Jazz Great (CD: IAJRC- US Import)Tubby Hayes: England's Late Jazz Great (CD: IAJRC- US Import)
This is a fantastic CD culled from broadcasts between 1957 and 1972, with Tubby's Quartet, Quintet, Jazz Couriers, Big Band plus Tony Kinsey Trio and Harry South's band. If you are a fan of Hayes' this is a must. 


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Tubby Hayes Quintet: Tubbs- A Tribute (CD: Spotlite)
"He scared me to death" (Ronnie Scott). Reissue of tenor saxophonist Hayes at 1963 dance hall gig. This predates Hayes' fullest flowering, but his prodigious, virtuoso talent (nickname: "The Little Giant") is already evident. The most fluent, technically adroit and knowledgeable of early British modernists, Hayes is joined by Jimmy Deuchar (mellophonium), Terry Shannon (piano), Freddy Logan (bass) and Allen Ganley (drums) on "All of You" and three Hayes originals. A charismatic player-leader and champion of British jazz, Hayes' untimely death at 38 was---still is---a severe loss. (Andrew Clark, Editor, Riffs & Choruses: A New Jazz Anthology. Continuum Publishing.)

Newly discovered live recordings by Tubby Hayes and his Quintet recorded at the Dancing Slipper, Nottingham, December 1963. With Jimmy Deuchar, Terry Shannon, Freddy Logan and Allan Ganley. 


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Tubby Hayes Quintet: Tubbs- A Tribute (CD: Spotlite)


Paul Gonsalves, Tubby Hayes & The Johnny Scott Orchestra: Just Friends + London Swings (CD: Vocalion)Paul Gonsalves, Tubby Hayes & The Johnny Scott Orchestra: Just Friends + London Swings (CD: Vocalion)
wo tenor sax colossuses – Paul Gonsalves and Tubby Hayes – join forces on ‘Just Friends’, a rare EMI album recorded in 1965, which here makes its first appearance on CD. Gonsalves, best-known as a member of Duke Ellington’s orchestra, and Tubby Hayes, long since regarded as one of the UK’s greatest tenor saxophonists, finally made time in their hectic schedules to record this album, decamping to the Lansdowne Studios in Holland Park to lay down seven superb examples of modern jazz. Apart from one standard number (the title track), the music comes from the pens of several premier British jazzers including Ian Hamer, Stan Tracey, Jimmy Deuchar and Hayes himself. In the band are such luminaries as Jackie Sharpe (baritone sax), Les Condon (trumpet), Stan Tracey (piano), Lennie Bush (bass) and Ronnie Stephenson (drums).

In contrast is ‘London Swings’, the second album compiled on this release, a swinging, jazzy, big band affair conducted and arranged by Johnny Scott, erstwhile leader of British jazz group The Johnny Scott Quintet. Recorded in Abbey Road Studio No.2, the music is centred on the city of London, and Johnny Scott comes up with inspired arrangements of famous numbers including Chelsea Bridge, A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square and London By Night as well as a light sprinkling of original compositions. (Dutton Vocalion) 


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Tubby Hayes: Commonwealth Blues (CD: Art Of Life)
The complete unedited and previously unreleased 1965 BBC transcription recordings. With Gordon Beck, Johnny Butts & Jeff Clyne. A must-have for Tubbs' fans. 


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Tubby Hayes: Commonwealth Blues (CD: Art Of Life)


Tubby Hayes: Inventivity (CD: Candid, 2 CDs)Tubby Hayes: Inventivity (CD: Candid, 2 CDs)
The release of this new double CD volume is a timely reminder of the days when Ronnie Scott's Club - then in its infancy - was functioning as the crucible in which British modern jazzmen met their American opposite numbers, often for the very first time.

Fortunately for the generations of listeners who weren't lucky enough to have been around when Stan Tracey and his resident trio held forth with the likes of Stan Getz, Sonny Rollins, Johnny Griffin, Roland Kirk, Ben Webster and Sonny Stitt, journalist Les Tomkins ensured that at least some of this mythic and exciting music found its way on to tape.

It's these historical recordings by Les Tomkins that compile Candid's Collectors series that encompass performances by many of the leading American visitors to Scott's club on those halcyon nights in the mid-sixties. It is perhaps inevitable that the first issue documents the work of indisputably the great British jazz virtuoso of his generation, the late great saxophonist Tubby Hayes, a performer who has latterly achieved almost iconic status among a new generation of jazz listeners. (Candid Records) 


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Tubby Hayes: Intensity- The 1965 Tapes (CD: Tentoten)
This newly discovered session, which has lain hidden for over 40 years, features multi-instrumentalist Tubby Hayes, one of Britain’s greatest jazz musicians. Recorded at Ronnie Scott’s club in Gerrard Street in 1965, Hayes fronts a quartet featuring Terry Shannon on piano, bassist Jeff Clyne and drummer Benny Goodman. The three lengthy performances represent a typical mid-Sixties Hayes set, featuring Hayes’s typical extended soloing on tenor saxophone and flute. (New Note) 


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Tubby Hayes: Intensity- The 1965 Tapes (CD: Tentoten)


Tubby Hayes Quartet: Addictive Tendencies (CD: Rare Music, 2 CDs)Tubby Hayes Quartet: Addictive Tendencies (CD: Rare Music, 2 CDs)
First time release of the 1966 live recording from Tony Levin's orginal analogue tapes. 


Price:  £18.99 


Tubby Hayes: Live At The Hopbine (CD: Harkit)
A session recorded at The Hopbine in north London in 1966 featuring Tubby Hayes on tenor saxophone, with the guesting of Tommy Whittle on tenor saxophone, Kenny Powell at the piano, Ron Mathewson on bass and Dick Brennan on drums. This stellar combination give their all on six stupendous numbers packing in a whopping 77 minutes. Brilliant sleeve notes by Simon Spillett explain events in detail. (Harkit Records) 


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Tubby Hayes: Live At The Hopbine (CD: Harkit)


Tubby Hayes: Live In London, Vol.2 (CD: Harkit)Tubby Hayes: Live In London, Vol.2 (CD: Harkit)
Companion to our Volume 1, this is even hotter than before! As well as stunning performances, the interview continues, this time with no holds barred. The interview puts the whole Tubby "thing" into a new light. He talks about his recent visit to the U.S. and how it affected him. But the music's the thing! Recorded 'live' at Ronnie Scott's Club, Gerrard Street, London. (Harkit Records)  


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Tubby Hayes: Portrait (CD: Ember)
featuring Tubby with The Jazz Couriers, in August 1957, with Tony Crombie in May, 1959, & with Tony Kinsey in September, 1961. 


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Tubby Hayes: Portrait (CD: Ember)


Tubby Hayes Quartet: For Members Only (CD: Miles Music)Tubby Hayes Quartet: For Members Only (CD: Miles Music)
Live in London, 1967 with Mick Pyne (piano), Ron Mathewson (bass) & Tony Levin (drums). Includes an interview with Humphrey Lyttleton and sleeve notes by Peter King. 


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Tubby Hayes & Tony Coe: Jazz Tete A Tete (CD: Progressive)
Featuring the Tubby Hayes with the Les Condon Quartet, the Tony Coe Quintet, and the Frank Evans Trio. Recorded at Bristol University, November 1966. 


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Tubby Hayes & Tony Coe: Jazz Tete A Tete (CD: Progressive)


Tubby Hayes: Mexican Green (CD: Fontana/ Universal)Tubby Hayes: Mexican Green (CD: Fontana/ Universal)
 


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Tubby Hayes Quartet: Lament (CD: Savage Solweig)
Rare and stunning previously unreleased 1967 live recording from the legendary British tenor saxophonist Tubby Hayes. His quartet featuring pianist Mike Pyne, bassist Ron Matthewson and drummer Tony Levin perform an extended version of the classic Hayes’ original Mexican Green plus three jazz standards.

This release is the first in a unique archive series of Tubby Hayes recordings that will be presented by Savage Solweig Records. The tape archive it comes from belongs to Tubby’s partner, who has kept his original tape collection in perfect order for the last three decades. These tapes represent the peak in Tubby’s playing and performance; the tapes have not been heard until now, and will be not only enjoy delicate remastering but will come with 12 page booklets, rare unseen Tubby photos and extensive sleevenotes by the UK’s leading Tubby academic, Simon Spillett. (Proper Note) 


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Tubby Hayes Quartet: Lament (CD: Savage Solweig)


Tubby Hayes Quintet: Dancing In The Dark (CD: Savage Solweig) Tubby Hayes Quintet: Dancing In The Dark (CD: Savage Solweig)
Legendary British saxophonist Tubby Hayes caught in action in 1964 in Nottingham with his poll-winning quintet featuring Jimmy Deuchar, Terry Shannon, Freddy Logan and Allan Ganley. This stunning live recording has never been released before. This latest Savage-Solweig release is the second volume culled from the saxophonist's own private tape archive and it includes several arrangements and compositions that were never featured elsewhere by Tubby - including an astounding unaccompanied tour-deforce on the title track. It adds considerably to this picture and contains a performance dating from an especially purple patch in his career, indeed from just a few days ahead of his now-legendary appearance with Duke Ellington.

Savage-Solweig Records is dedicated to the release of previously unissued recordings by the late, great British jazz virtuoso Tubby Hayes. With unique access to the tapes left in Hayes personal archive after his death, many hours of recordings have been unearthed and carefully restored to create a series which displays this much-missed genius at the peak of his powers. Each release features extensive booklet notes by Hayes biographer Simon Spillett, contemporary photographs and reminiscence by those directly involved in the actual recordings.

Recorded: The Dancing Slipper Ballroom, West Bridgford, Nottingham, February 12th 1964. (Proper Note) 


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Ronnie Scott: Boppin' With Scott (CD: Proper, 4 CDs)
Ronnie Scott will long be remembered as the co-owner of the club that carries his name, a jazz venue that became renowned throughout the world for the excellence of its setting and the artists on display. Scott was a club proprietor extraordinaire, distinguished for his entrepreneurial courage and artistic vision. He also was a stand-up comedian who could rival anyone on his best nights, of which there were plenty. Ronnie’s prominence as a club owner tended to obscure the fact that he was a world-class tenor saxophonist, whose tone and affinity for the blues recall that other superb white tenorist Zoot Sims, although Ronnie’s phrasing and attack were closer to Sonny Rollins, one of Scott's idols with whom he played on many occasions. Ronnie Scott was also a tireless promoter of fine British musicians, utterly committed to jazz all his life. This 81 track box set focuses on Ronnie's first ten years as a professional musician when he was accompanied by the cream of British jazz at the time. Contains six tracks not available since the days of the 78. (Proper Records) 


Price:  £15.49 

Ronnie Scott: Boppin' With Scott (CD: Proper, 4 CDs)


Ronnie Scott: Boppin' At The Esquire (CD: Indigo)Ronnie Scott: Boppin' At The Esquire (CD: Indigo)
 


Price:  £7.99 


Ronnie Scott: Legacy (CD: Ember)
 


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Ronnie Scott: Legacy (CD: Ember)


Ronnie Scott & Sonny Stitt: The Night Has A Thousand Eyes (CD: Ronnie Scott's Jazz House)Ronnie Scott & Sonny Stitt: The Night Has A Thousand Eyes (CD: Ronnie Scott's Jazz House)
with Stan Tracey (piano), Malcolm Cecil (bass), Jackie Dougan & Ronnie Stephenson (drums). Recorded live at Ronnie Scott's club, May 1964. 


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Ronnie Scott & The Band: Live At Ronnie Scott's (CD: Columbia)
Newly remastered with bonus tracks not on original LP. 


Price:  £9.99 

Ronnie Scott & The Band: Live At Ronnie Scott's (CD: Columbia)


The Jazz Couriers: Some Of My Best Friends (CD: Ember)The Jazz Couriers: Some Of My Best Friends (CD: Ember)
 


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The Jazz Couriers (featuring Tubby Hayes & Ronnie Scott): The First And Last Words (CD: Jasmine)
As the title suggests, this reissue combines The Jazz Couriers' first recordings from August 1957 with their very last sessions in June / July 1959, a real feast for Tubby Hayes and Ronnie Scott fans. Also included are the two incredibly rare titles, "Monk Was Here" and "Last Minute Blues", which were issued on a promotional "give-away" disc in 1958. Almost 66 minutes of Jazz heaven. (Jasmine Records) 


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The Jazz Couriers (featuring Tubby Hayes & Ronnie Scott): The First And Last Words (CD: Jasmine)

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