Mercury Records Collection: Smash SRS-67026: Tubby's Back In Town

SRS-67026: Tubby's Back In Town / Tubby Hayes

Label Type :	red Smash
Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	SRS67026-A S1 I FF
	SIDE-B	SRS67026-B S1 AI FF

Comments

U.S. equivalent issue of original Fontana [UK] STL-5195.

Inside The Groove

Tubby Hayes' return visit to the US, featuring Roland Kirk and James Moody.

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

Tubby Hayes, Roland Kirk and James Moody - unlike these names suggests, this album is not a sort of "tenor battle jam". Instead, the whole atmosphere is very relaxed and smooth - even featuring Tubby Hayes' vibraphone on several tunes.

The last track, a three ballad medley featuring Moody, Hayes and Kirk respectively, is a nice example for making comparisons among three.

Strictly Personal Rating (to what extent I could enjoy this album)

8 out of 10

Track Listing

SIDE-A
A-1	PB7851 (25193)	Afternoon In Paris (John Lewis)	5:55
A-2	PB7849 (25191)	I See With My Third "I" (Roland Kirk)	9:25
A-3	PB7852 (25194)	Lady "E" (Roland Kirk)	3:17
SIDE-B
B-1	PB7848 (25190)	Stitt's Tune (Sonny Stitt)	10:48
B-2	PB7850 (25192)	Medley:	7:25
		If I Had You (Shapiro, Campbell & Connelly)
		Alone Together (Dietz & Schwartz)
		For Heaven's Sake (Don Meyer, Sherman Edwards & Elsie Bretton)

Personnel

Personnel/recorded date/master numbers confirmed with the Ruppli's discography.
(“The Mercury Labels - A Discography” by Ruppli and Novitsky, Greenwood Press, 1993)

James Moody is credited as “Jimmy Gloomy” on the back cover.

Roland Kirk (ts, manzello, flute, stritch), James Moody (as "Jimmy Gloomy") (ts, fl), Tubby Hayes (ts, vib),
Walter Bishop, Jr. (p), Sam Jones (b), Louis Hayes (ds).
Recorded in New York City on June 23, 1962.