The Jazz Couriers - England Greatest Combo... The Message From Britain

Styles: Jazz
Year: 2014
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 77:41
Size: 179,2 MB
Art: Front

(5:26)  1. Mirage
(2:45)  2. Easy to Love
(3:05)  3. Whisper Not
(4:33)  4. Autumn Leaves
(5:31)  5. Too Close for Comfort
(7:18)  6. Yesterdays
(3:50)  7. Love Walked In
(2:31)  8. Last Minute Blues
(7:52)  9. After Tea
(3:47) 10. Stop the World, I Want to Get Off
(4:01) 11. In Salah
(4:09) 12. Star Eyes
(4:38) 13. The Monk
(6:19) 14. My Funny Valentine
(6:01) 15. Day in, Day Out
(5:45) 16. If This Isn't Love

In April 1957 the formidable British tenor men Tubby Hayes and Ronnie Scott teamed up to form a group which they called The Jazz Couriers. During their more than two and a half years together, the Couriers devel- oped into an extremely close-knit unit, widely acclaimed throughout Britain and the rest of Europe. Tubby Hayes (1935-1973) was born in London, the son of a violinist who started him on that instrument. Switching to tenor at 12, he began playing in jazz clubs when he was 14, and at 16 launched into four years with various name bands. 

He doubled on vibes, baritone and flute and acknowledged Sonny Rollins and Johnny Griffin as major influences. Ronnie Scott (1927-1996), one of the early leaders of the modern jazz movement in England, was also a Londoner with a big-band background. His main influences were Charlie Ventura, Charlie Parker, Stan Getz, Sonny Stitt and Sonny Rollins. Crisp, accurate, inventive and irresistibly swinging, The Jazz Couriers not only boasted of two of the top solo horn players in Europe in Scott and Hayes, it also had the advantage of having a superb rhythm section in which the contribution of master pianist, Terry Shannon, was outstanding.By Editorial Reviews http://www.amazon.com/Couriers-England-Greatest-Message-Britain/dp/B00K9NB4FS