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Tubby Hayes: Split Kick

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Marc Myers
Aug 15, 2016
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The year 1972 was the beginning of the end for Tubby Hayes. The British multi-instrumentalist, who most often performed on the tenor saxophone, was a jazz giant, despite coming up in the '50s without the benefit of New York, Chicago or Los Angeles woodshedding. Something of a cross between Stan Getz and Hank Mobely on the tenor sax, with Zoot Sims's kna…

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