Grits, Beans And Greens (Vinyl LP) 60s 70s Psych Prog Rock

Grits, Beans And Greens (Vinyl LP) 60s 70s Psych Prog RockNewly discovered studio album from legendary british jazz star Tubby Hayes. Tubby Hayes is undoubtedly one of the most important, influential and ground breaking UK jazz musicians of all time. During the '50s and early '60s, Hayes had stood apart from many of his UK based contemporaries, displaying a self confidence and virtuoso musical delivery that placed him neck and neck with many of the leading American jazzmen of the day. He worked with the

Carlos sprinkles his magic on 'Keep It DXy' switching up the drum programming and adding those Balearic flurries that add a considered dose of dreaminess to whatever he touches

They also released a Late Night Tales compilation featuring music from Flying Lotus

" while varying the mood a bit with a ballad reading of Benny Golson's "I Remember Clifford" and a Far East-tinged waltz take on Randy Weston's "Little Niles" (shades of Miles Davis' Birth of the Cool group are heard in the complex

'Times to Die

It's a leap in artistry from a musician who burst forth on the scene with a confident

The songs range from the title track (a cry of protest against the destruction of Australia's native culture and people) to a contemplative study of Houdini and his wife's attempts to contact him after his death

the group never made another album and slipped into obscurity

Augustine" and the oft-covered "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight

And it's this fondness for the music of adolescence - reworked in thoroughly modern

jaunty kazoo and bluesy

full-throttled live shows at their core

all the compositions (except for the Weil/Nash standard "Speak Low") are Hank Mobley originals