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Among England’s best jazz musicians from the 1950s and ’60s, Tubby Hayes was an excellent hard bop stylist on tenor and occasionally vibes and flute. A specialist at 15, Hayes used Kenny Baker and in the best rings of Ambrose, Vic Lewis, and Jack port Parnell during 1951-1955. He led …

Formed in the united kingdom in 1957, the Jazz Couriers had been a superb hard bop group. They developed a captivating attacking design that provided basics for fine single playing by its two co-founders, tenor saxophonists Tubby Hayes (b. Edward Brian Hayes, 30 January 1935, London, Britain, d. 8 June …

Tenor saxophonist Ronnie Scott looms one of the towering numbers of Britain’s postwar jazz picture, exerting equal impact being a performer so when who owns the world-famous membership bearing his name. He was created Ronald Schatt within the east end of London on January 28, 1927 — his dad, dance …