saxforth (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Thanks, Moglider. I recognized his sound; I really loved his rendition of "Summer of '42" with Maynard's band. A good buddy of mine said that when Cannonball passed, Pete King was Nat's first choice. I'm not a bit surprised.

MOGLIDER (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

That is the the marvellous Peter King on alto.More clips of his playing are on Youtube.You're welcome.

saxforth (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Legend has it that Tubby Hayes came to NYC in the early 60's as a relatively unknown player, but it about a two week period had sat in all over town and kicked some serious ass...what a loss. Pardon my ignorance of British azzers, but is the lead alto player Peter King? Please past if you know. Thanks for sharing this great video!!

d51386 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

A teacher at my school about 6 years ago, is the brother of Leo Green, owner of Ronnie's today. I remember him saying there were things like this hanging around just waiting to be seen by the masses. How right he was, this is fantastic! And yeah, that is some rapid guitar work. Thank you so much jossydog.

MOGLIDER (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Blues for Pipkins is a Tubby composition. The Sussex Jazz Orch.have it in their book. They play at the Hare & Hounds,Preston Circus, Brighton,3rd Sun every month,4pm. Alan Skidmore was guest soloist yesterday.

MOGLIDER (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

The first piece is Blues for Pipkins. Is it a Tubby composition? It is followed by The Inner Splurge. Thanks for this to the Sussex Jazz Orchestra of which Ian Hamer was a founder member

mojoelem (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Louis Stewart is really moving on this clip! jossydog..thank you so much. This has that uniquely British feel to it. Tubby was just beyond words...a real gentleman. So underrated. I still miss his sound today.

mojoelem (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

chuckdee121: I recall seeing Tubby walking past Soho just before he passed away. I remember vividly his shoes had huge holes in them and his eyes were sunken. He struggled with smack for yrs. His sound was as big as Dexter Gordon or any other American player.

MrNoChops (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Hey Colm! Gald you've shared this with everybody. Pete C.

Rogerviol (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Many thanks jossydog for putting this clip onto You Tube. It's really fantastic and a very rare opportunity for those of us too young (just) to have caught this live performance from his equally rare album 200% Proof. What a brilliant band this was and what a terrible loss to jazz was the untimely demise of Tubby Hayes.