Nov 11, 2009

Changing The Jazz At Buckingham Palace - Tubby Hayes / Dizzy Reece


barabara sounds sez:
A tip of the hat to Bacoso over at the awesome Orgy in Rhythm who has delivered several fantastic Tubby posts recently. This one is only half Tubby — on the 2nd side Dizzy Reece takes over — but it's a good'un. You've got to love the tourist-brochure cover too (aimed at the US market?) complete with marching guards and bearskin helmets. Very 1950s kitschy.
This is from the Japanese CD reissue, and is part of the classic Savoy albums series collectively entitled 'Pre-Modern Jazz, (which sounds kind of strange to me).
For a full Tubby discography, how about this bilingual (English and Farsi) blog.

update: now in the comments, scans of the cover art.

dusty sez:
One of the rarest records on the Savoy label — and a crack session of British jazz featuring two of England's best players ever! The album's got a side of work apiece by Hayes and Reece — and the Hayes cuts are two long jammers with a laidback blowing session feel that works perfectly with his gutsy tenor. Players on those tunes include Harry South on piano and Dickie Hawdon on trumpet — and the titles are "Nicole" and "Hall Hears The Blues". The Reece material features a quartet on four tighter tunes, three of them Charlie Parker compositions ("Yardbird", "Blue Bird", and "Bluebird Number 2"), plus a mellow reading of "How Deep Is The Ocean". Reece's quartet features the great Phil Seamen on drums, and piano work by Terry Shannon, who's no slouch either! (HQ -- Hi Quality CD pressing!)

AMG (Ken Dryden) sez:
This compilation pairs two 1956 sessions led separately by tenor saxophonist Tubby Hayes and trumpeter Dizzy Reece. The opening track is pianist Harry South's slinky, extended hard bop blues "Hall Hears the Blues," in which the rhythm section (with bassist Pete Elderfield and drummer Bill Eyden) goes it alone for three minutes before Hayes and trumpeter Dick Hawdon make their presence known with outstanding back-to-back solos. The erroneous liner notes reproduced from the original album repeatedly refer to the leader as "Tubby Hall," making one wonder if the song title is also incorrect! Hayes takes charge from the kickoff of the quintet's midtempo rendition of Howard McGhee's "Nicole" (yet another variation of "I Got Rhythm"), though Hawdon is equal to the task of matching the tenor saxophonist with a superb solo of his own. The remaining four tracks feature Dizzy Reece with a quartet consisting of pianist Terry Shannon, bassist Lennie Bush, and drummer Phil Seamen. Reece focuses on songs composed or performed by Charlie Parker, offering two expressive interpretations of "Bluebird," along with a moving rendition of the standard "How Deep Is the Ocean?" and a spirited take of "Yardbird Suite" that showcases the rhythm section as well. Originally released bySavoy and finally reissued on a Japanese CD in 2000, this long unavailable music is worth investigating by hard bop fans who enjoy British jazz of the mid-'50s.

15 comments:

Anonymous said...

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?jz5m2oyvwq2

Bhowani said...

hayes / Reece

Thank you TN for this tremendous gift ! What a rarity ! eager to hear it ! By the way, your blog is fantastic ! thank you beaucoup !

Bill said...

WOW!! RARE stuff!! THANK YOU!!

taro nombei said...

@ Bhowani
glad you're enjoying.

@ Bill
Thanks for dropping by — I've been enjoying Milk Crate Breaks for a long time now. cheers!

taro nombei said...

@ grumpy
thanks for dropping by.
I need to spend some time around your place too. You have some nice posts. I will certainly follow up on your 'Introducing Tubbs' post.
cheers!

taro nombei said...

cover art scans (including original back cover album notes referring to Tubby Hall.
http://www.mediafire.com/?lnyzo2lykbz

Wallofsound said...

Thanks for sharing. I'm a big TH fan, but I've never managed to find this one before.

taro nombei said...

Hi Wallofsound
Glad you've found your way here.
I'm a big fan of inconstant sol — though I don't know your other blogs ;)

pedda said...

hi
track 5 missing

taro nombei said...

@ pedda
MF playing up Ii suspect... I'll check it out.

taro nombei said...

@ pedda
no problem for me. best to try again a couple of times, as MF can be a bit hit or miss.

Anonymous said...

Just found your blog, and many thanks for the Tubby Hayes, but (like an earlier comment) I can't get track 5 either - says it's corrupt when I unzip. I've downloaded 3 times, but same every time. Could anyone possibly provide the missing track?

bventure

taro nombei said...

@ anon
thanks for checking in. sorry you're experiencing difficulties.
I just checked and it downloads fine for me (on OS 10.5.8)
Perhaps you could use another unzipping application applicable for your platform. VLC often does the trick nicely...
cheers

Anonymous said...

Thanks for your quick response, much appreciated. I tried a few ways of unzipping and eventually managed it with AlZip, which complained track 5 had a CRC error but unzipped it anyway, and it does play. Thanks again for providing a great selection of music.

bventure

taro nombei said...

@ bventure
glad to hear that!