Tubby Hayes was an Ellingtonian for one night only: two houses at The Royal Festival Hall, 15 February 1964.perhaps because of my location here in the United Kingdom, this solo flight has always had a particular appeal to my imagination.
There is a bootlegged recording of the second of Tubby's sets with the Ellington Orchestra (see here) which has never been made available commercially. The picture of the tape box is Tubby's own copy which was presented to him at the bar of Ronnie Scott's club by the person who had made the recording. In exchange, Tubby bought him a pint!
While the concert itself is not available, there are recordings available from that period, before and during the week of Tubby's appearance at The Royal Festival Hall, including one, Inventivity, recorded the night before, 14 February with bona fide Ellingtonian Cat Anderson.
A week to the day before Tubby's appearance with Ellington on the previous Saturday, 8th February, Tubby's quartet was playing Ronnie's. A recording made of that gig may be heard here, for free, courtesy of the Bandcamp website. Fire up the reel-to-reel!
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