The death of Tubby Hayes in June 1973 brought to a close one of the most remarkable chapters in the history of British jazz. Tubby's multi-talented abilities as a saxophonist, vibraphonist, flautist, composer, arranger and bandleader had been central to the trajectory of jazz in the United Kingdom for close to twenty years. As more than one musician associated with Hayes noted at the time, his death left an almost improbably large gap within a jazz scene which, if robust enough to carry on without him by the early 1970s, was still nevertheless relatively contained. Only a few years before, the very notion of British jazzmen holding their own at an international level would have been all but risible; yet by the close of the 1960s the news that guitarist John McLaughlin and bassist Dave Holland were being headhunted by Miles Davis was greeted not by surprise, but with a certain amount of jingoistic pride. No one musician had done more to raise the game of the local performers in the preceding decade than Tubby Hayes; his story was as much about the personal cost of his dedication to musical excellence as it was his overcoming the inertia of his surroundings; his story remains one of lasting impact.

The Little Giant - Hayes, Tubby  

Disc 1

1. Walkin' Shoes
2. Sextet
3. Line For Lyons
4. Nights At The Turntable
5. Bweebida Bobbida
6. Limelight
7. Bark For Barksdale
8. Westwood Walk
9. To Marvellous For Words
10. The Greep
11. Walkin' Shoes
12. Bweebida Bobbida
13. Bark For Barksdale
14. Peanut Vendor
15. Bill's Blues
16. Sextet
17. Limelight
18. Intermission Riff
19. Sure Thing
20. Trip To Mars
21. Jordu
22. Orient Line
23. May Ray
24. Monsoon

Disc 2

1. Treble Gold
2. Basshouse
3. I.P.A Special
4. Final Selection
5. I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
6. Sophisticated Lady
7. Deuces Wild
8. Fidelius
9. Tootsie Roll
10. Now's The Time
11. Please Call
12. Dance Of The Aerophragytes
13. There's No You
14. Imagination
15. Peace Pipe
16. Evil Eyes
17. There'll Never Be Another You
18. Opus De Funk
19. Straight Life

Disc 3

1. Big Top
2. Introduction
3. Cabaletto
4. Maenya
5. He's A Tramp
6. Sophisticated Lady
7. The Yellow Rose Of Texas
8. Almost Like Being In Love
9. Ain't It The Truth
10. The Little Giant/Orient Line
11. Plymouth Rock
12. Room 608
13. Doggin' Around
14. Sophisticated Lady
15. Mambo Tittoro
16. I'll Remember April
17. Ode To Ernie
18. Foolin Myself
19. No I Woodn't

Disc 4

1. Message To The Messengers
2. Hall Hears The Blues
3. Nicole
4. Night In Tunisia
5. Laker's Day
6. Short Circuit
7. Wood Work
8. Blues In Two Modes
9. Karen