Simon Spillett Quartet

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There is nobody more qualified to present such a tribute than Simon Spillett, himself a multi award winning tenor saxist (BBC Jazz Awards, British Jazz Awards, Jazz Journal Album Of The Year, Services To British Jazz) and a musician with a lifelong dedication to Hayes and his music, having also authored the widely praised definitive biography of the man, ‘The Long Shadow of The Little Giant’. Tonight he and the quartet reprise classic Hayes material from such albums as ‘Mexican Green’, ‘Tubbs in N.Y.’ and ‘Down In The Village’, bringing back the no holds barred excitement of the heady days of early Sixties Soho. There’ll be the stories behind the songs too, told by a leader whose sidelong wit brings to life an era when modern jazz, old school glamour and after-hours night life made London W1 the place to be.