Tubby Hayes on flute! Unbelievable! I rate him up in the top jazz flute chops category. He was an artist who was extremely gifted! Beautiful tone, and virtuosic technique! Thank you so much Tubby! Thank you so much for posting!
Tubby was a wonderful member of the British jazz scene during the sixties, a driving force that left us far too soon - and took with him much of the individual colour of our kind of jazz.
Tubby"fell off the radar" as the last cooment says because he passed away, tragically early. I saw him at Ronnies many times and he was always inovative, trying out new music, new instruments even! A great loss. One can only wonder how he would have progressed in later years.
I loved Tubby on tenor but studying flute at the time I told my teacher I was listening to Roland Kirk. My teacher called Kirk a "circus act" and told me to listen to Tubby Hayes. End of lessons. I continued without lessons on flute and tenor. Four years later Ian Anderson built his band Jethro Tull's sound on a simplification of Roland Kirk's flute style. Tubby's flute playing, like his vibes playing, was a competent revision of what had gone before - Frank Wess and Milt Jackson. Kirk's flute playing consistently extended technique, using circular breathing and vocalisations in a coherent style with an urgency absent in Hayes' playing. Listening to Hayes in John Stevens' "Splinters" group gives us some idea of how he might have developed in the context of a European jazz with players like Evan Parker, Alan Skidmore. Peter Brotzmann and Willem Breuker. A sad loss at such an early age.
Joe Glaysher the thing about tubby is that he could blow frank wess and Roland Kirk out of the water on tenor and flute playing, tubby and Kirk made an album together and tubby shows him who the better player is, the technique and feeling that tubby has is unmatched by any player of the time
I recall lending my flute teacher some CD’s of Yusef Lateef and showing her Harold McNair. She wasn’t impressed!! She was like ‘whatever’!! Lateef’s work is in the ABRSM literature, I think. McNair was voted by jazz flautist in the UK. I had to mention McNair because if you like Hayes and Roland Kirk, you’ll very much enjoy Harold McNair. He played on ‘Kes’ soundtrack, and was Donovan’s flautist.
It was about this time that my flute teacher told me that Roland Kirk was a "circus performer" and I should listen to Tubby Hayes if I wanted to hear jazz flute. I had taken up the instrument after seeing Eric Dolphy in "Jazz on a Summers Day". I realised it was time to change teachers. BBC Jazz tv was more notable for its absences than for the musicians that actually appeared. Where is the footage of Cecil Taylor, who made at least one appearance? Where if Joe Harriott's Free Jazz Quintet? - they appeared once on ITV. Chris McGregor's Blue Notes and Brotherhood of Breath? This is a good band, but if you wanted to hear Tubby Hayes at his best it was in a small group context and his flute and vibes playing were disposable extras.
I love Tubby Hayes on flute.Does anybody happen to know what flute he played? I have tried finding out,in order to buy one myself and try and learn his flute music,but i don't know what flute to look for.
This is simply WONDERFUL!!!
Tubby Hayes on flute! Unbelievable! I rate him up in the top jazz flute chops category. He was an artist who was extremely gifted! Beautiful tone, and virtuosic technique! Thank you so much Tubby! Thank you so much for posting!
I have to agree. This guy really makes his flute sing to me and I am sure anyone else who is lucky enough to be listening.
THIS MAN IS A GENIUS ..SO SAD THAT HE DIED SO YOUNG...
Such awesome skill and sensitivity from Tubby. Like a diamond - small but so valuable. There was nobody like him in England then or now.
I came here from watching a Hammer House of Horror movie he’s in with Roy Castle. His style is very similar to Harold McNair.
Forever loving Tubby
Just magnificent....everyone of them.
Tubby was a wonderful member of the British jazz scene during the sixties, a driving force that left us far too soon - and took with him much of the individual colour of our kind of jazz.
"Our kind of jazz" ?
Thanks for posting, Tubby is awesome, first time hearing him play flute! he kind of fell under the radar in the 60's.
Don't know why this composition by Tubby is never played these days. Great swinging song with a lovely waltz beat.
Tubby Hayes in my brain amazing things you don't understand .
Wonderful!
Beautiful.
Tubby"fell off the radar" as the last cooment says because he passed away, tragically early. I saw him at Ronnies many times and he was always inovative, trying out new music, new instruments even! A great loss. One can only wonder how he would have progressed in later years.
This is a masterpiece!
Tubby's the man!
Great work by Tubby - but don't miss the lovely intro and solo from Terry Shannon.
I loved Tubby on tenor but studying flute at the time I told my teacher I was listening to Roland Kirk.
My teacher called Kirk a "circus act" and told me to listen to Tubby Hayes.
End of lessons.
I continued without lessons on flute and tenor.
Four years later Ian Anderson built his band Jethro Tull's sound on a simplification of Roland Kirk's flute style.
Tubby's flute playing, like his vibes playing, was a competent revision of what had gone before - Frank Wess and Milt Jackson.
Kirk's flute playing consistently extended technique, using circular breathing and vocalisations in a coherent style with an urgency absent in Hayes' playing.
Listening to Hayes in John Stevens' "Splinters" group gives us some idea of how he might have developed in the context of a European jazz with players like Evan Parker, Alan Skidmore. Peter Brotzmann and Willem Breuker. A sad loss at such an early age.
..you should have listened to both on the QT and continued your studies :-)
Joe Glaysher - You missed Jeremy Steig, my man!
Joe Glaysher the thing about tubby is that he could blow frank wess and Roland Kirk out of the water on tenor and flute playing, tubby and Kirk made an album together and tubby shows him who the better player is, the technique and feeling that tubby has is unmatched by any player of the time
I recall lending my flute teacher some CD’s of Yusef Lateef and showing her Harold McNair. She wasn’t impressed!! She was like ‘whatever’!! Lateef’s work is in the ABRSM literature, I think. McNair was voted by jazz flautist in the UK. I had to mention McNair because if you like Hayes and Roland Kirk, you’ll very much enjoy Harold McNair. He played on ‘Kes’ soundtrack, and was Donovan’s flautist.
It was about this time that my flute teacher told me that Roland Kirk was a "circus performer" and I should listen to Tubby Hayes if I wanted to hear jazz flute. I had taken up the instrument after seeing Eric Dolphy in "Jazz on a Summers Day". I realised it was time to change teachers.
BBC Jazz tv was more notable for its absences than for the musicians that actually appeared. Where is the footage of Cecil Taylor, who made at least one appearance? Where if Joe Harriott's Free Jazz Quintet? - they appeared once on ITV. Chris McGregor's Blue Notes and Brotherhood of Breath?
This is a good band, but if you wanted to hear Tubby Hayes at his best it was in a small group context and his flute and vibes playing were disposable extras.
Great band. All now gone except Pete King and I think Terry Shannon may still be around.
It's good to see such recordings as this, which somehow avoided ending up in a skip. Does anyone know who the other players are?
I love Tubby Hayes on flute.Does anybody happen to know what flute he played? I have tried finding out,in order to buy one myself and try and learn his flute music,but i don't know what flute to look for.
I think it was Conn or Boosey and Hawkes
TONE!
More irrefutable evidence that Tubby was and remains our preeminent Jazz Musician