The Long Shadow of the Little Giant

The Life, Work and Legacy of Tubby Hayes

Simon Spillett (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

406 Seiten

2017 | 2nd Revised edition
Equinox Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78179-505-7 (ISBN)

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Over forty years have elapsed since the death of the British jazz legend Tubby Hayes and yet his story still continues to captivate. Beginning as a precociously talented teenage saxophonist, he took first the local and then the international jazz scene by storm, displaying gifts equal to the finest American jazzmen. He appeared with none other than Duke Ellington and proved almost single-handedly that British jazz need not labour under an inferiority complex. Hayes's triumphs during the 1950s and 60s enabled still later generations of English musicians to take their music onto the world stage. However his story, distorted by the folklore surrounding his tragically early death, aged only 38, has rarely been accurately recorded. Much of what has been written, broadcast and recounted about Hayes has added only confusion to our understanding of his short but brilliant life.In this new, expanded paperback edition, award-winning saxophonist and writer Simon Spillett, widely regarded as the world's leading authority on Hayes and his work, painstakingly outlines a career that alternated professional success and personal downfall.
Using credible eye-witness recollection, drawn from conversations with Hayes's family, partners, friends and musical colleagues, unique access to Hayes's own tape, photographic and personal archives - including papers that have only recently come to light - and extensive contemporary research material, Spillett has reconstructed the trajectory of his subject's life both candidly and respectfully.

Simon Spillett is a British jazz saxophonist who leads his own quartet featuring John Critchinson (piano), Alec Dankworth (bass) and Clark Tracey (drums). He has won several awards for his music, including the tenor saxophone category of the British Jazz Awards (2011), Jazz Journal magazine's Critic's Choice CD of the Year (2009) and Rising Star in the BBC Jazz Awards (2007).

Introduction1. A Face not Built for Gloom (1935-1951)2. Boy Wonder Terrorist (1951-1955)3. '56 not '45 (1956-1958)4. The End of the Old Order (1958-1959)5. Now its Who have They Got? (1959-1961)6. Down in the Village (1961-1962)7. Tubby Hayes Loves you Madly (1963-1964)8. The Best of Both Worlds (1964-1965)9. Addictive Tendencies (1966-1967)10. The Other Scene (1967-1968)11. The Beginning of the End (1969-1972)12. It'll be me Next (1972-1973)Afterword: The Lost Leader - The Legacy of Tubby HayesSelected Discography

Erscheinungsdatum	03.07.2017
Reihe/Serie	Popular Music History
Zusatzinfo	42 photos
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	381 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Jazz / Blues
ISBN-10	1-78179-505-3 / 1781795053
ISBN-13	978-1-78179-505-7 / 9781781795057
Zustand	Neuware