0574 June Christy [The Cool Elephant] WAV 2(5.25)

Contributed by bluebird, who writes:-
This is not the rarest session in the Tubby Hayes discography (that honour goes to singer Teri Thornton who made a single, also for CBS, with him backing) but it is next in line.
The back history is quite interesting.
It was thought at first that the single had been recorded in Los Angeles during one of the periods when Tubby was making one of his exchange visits to the USA.  But it wasn't.  The truth is much simpler.
Firstly, the title of the song on the 'A' side.
Johnny and Cleo Dankworth opened a small club in London's West End called 'The Cool Elephant' early in 1965 with the Dankworth Sextet providing the music and special guests doing a set with their own groups. Membership was ten guineas (remember those) a year and top star vocalists such as Marian Montgomery, Mel Torme, Georgia Brown, Cleo herself, Oscar Brown Jr. and Teri Thornton were booked. The club, described as an elegant music and supper club, had French chefs and Sean Kenny decor in dark blue tweed.
And June Christy was booked in during  January 1965 with her pianist Victor Feldman plus Peter McGurk and Allan Ganley from the house band and it was during this period in the UK that the record was made. Titled no doubt in honour of the Club.
The song, 'The Cool Elephant' was written by Vic Lewis and Don Black (as was the 'B' side of this single, 'Love's Not Only For The Young') and produced by Vic's own Company, Oval Productions.  He was a cricket fan.
BritJazz leaves no stone unturned to bring you this irrelevant detail.
Hayes plays flute on the title track and tenor on the 'B' side. Jimmy Deuchar plays trumpet but the other musicians are not named but I can hear piano, guitar, bass and drums.
And, as a tail piece, the Club went bankrupt in November 1965 after only a few months in business.
WAV from 45 single with a 'cover picture', track details such as they are and a couple of photographs taken at the Club.

June Christy - vocals
Jimmy Deuchar - trumpet
Tubby Hayes - tenor (02), flute (01)
Unknown - piano
Unknown - guitar
Unknown - bass
Unknown - drums

01 The Cool Elephant (Lewis, Black)
02 Love's Not Only For The Young (Lewis, Black)

Label: CBS 201738
Recorded: January 1965
Lineage: Single>WAV
Scans: Some images and front cover