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Edward Brian " Tubby " Hayes (30 January 1935 [1] – 8 June 1973) [2] was a British jazz multi-instrumentalist, best known for his virtuosic musicianship on tenor saxophone and for performing in jazz groups with fellow sax player Ronnie Scott and trumpeter Jimmy Deuchar. [3] .
Mar 29, 2021 · The Tubby Hayes big band undoubtedly reflected the character of its leader, yet it was also home to some of the finest individual talents on the UK jazz scene at the time.
Perhaps Britain’s most beloved jazz musician, Tubby Hayes was a prodigy who seemed to master nearly every musical task he attempted. Already a technical marvel on the saxophone when he first appeared on the London jazz scene at age 16, Tubby worked with several big bands before starting his own band in the mid-1950s.
Oct 18, 2021 · Saxophonist Tubby Hayes made history in 1961 as the first English jazz soloist to officially perform in an American club. Hayes expert and biographer Simon Spillett tells the story of this one-man jazz invasion
- Simon Spillett
Tubby Hayes: The Long Shadow of the Little Giant (by Simon Spillett) There’s been a flood of Tubby Hayes discs issued in the past dozen years, and nearly all of them contain two consistent elements: brilliant playing by Hayes, and detailed liner notes by Simon Spillett.
Born on 30 th January 1935, and a professional by the age of fifteen, it is not difficult to argue that Edward Brian ‘Tubby’ Hayes became the most complete jazz musician ever to emerge from the British Isles, and certainly one of the most hard-working. His tragically brief career ended on Friday 8 th June 1973 when he died following heart surgery.
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Nov 27, 2015 · A new film on the short life of a long-remembered British jazz great, Tubby Hayes, resets the be-bop dial to London, England.
