0600 Tubby Hayes [The Orchestra] FLAC 12(33.24)

Contributed by delmonico, who writes:-
This was Tubby's last commercial recording before his death and for some reason it has never seen a cd re-issue.
It was recorded in May 1969 with basically his Big Band, plus strings on some titles, and playing some of the popular music of the day in an attempt to appeal to the more commercially minded audiences. The idea of adding strings to the Big Band was that of Hayes himself though.
It probably fell between two stools at the time, appealing neither to the jazzers or the pop lovers, but Tubby plays quite beautifully and as Simon Spillett commented in his recently published Hayes biography ......'the whole is no more offensive to jazz fans' ears than some of Stan Getz's contemporary productions on the Verve label'.
Judge for yourselves.
For lovers of jazz trivia, the sleeve notes were written by journalist Sylvia Goldberg (the widow of guitarist Dave Goldberg) and with whom Tubby had a brief affair in the summer 1970 shortly after his discharge from a hospital stay of several months following a serious and life-threatening infection.

Tubby Hayes - leader, tenor, flute
Derek Watkins - trumpet
Greg Bowen - trumpet
Tony Fisher - trumpet
Ian Hamer - trumpet
Les Condon - flugelhorn
Keith Christie - trombone
Dave horler - trombone
Bill Geldard - trombone
Roy Willox - alto
Bob Efford - tenor, woodwinds
Alan Branscombe - piano vibes, percussion
Unknown - harp
Louis Stewart - guitar
Ron Mathewson - bass, bass guitar
Spike Wells - drums
Unknown - violin
Unknown - violin
Unknown - violin
Unknown - violin
Unknown - violin
Unknown - violin
Unknown - violin
Unknown - violin
Unknown - viola
Unknown - viola
Unknown - cello
Unknown - cello

01 Up Up And Away
02 The Other Man's Grass Is Always Greener
03 Emily
04 These Boots Were Made For Walking
05 Free Again
06 Here There And Everywhere
07 Song For A Sad Lady
08 Mas Que Nada
09 The Gentle Rain
10 Hey Jude!
11 The Windows Of The World
12 This Guy's In Love With You

Label: Fontana 6309 002
Recorded: May 27 1969
Lineage: LP>FLAC
Scans: Front rear LP cover