Down in the Village
Context
Title track of the album by the Tubby Hayes Quintet recorded live at Ronnie Scott's club in London on May 17 and 18, 1962 and released by Fontana. Hayes plays tenor, soprano and vibraphone in turn, alongside trumpeter Jimmy Deuchar and pianist Gordon Beck; the track runs over ten minutes. The liner notes of the 2019 reissue (Decca) hear in it the influence of John Coltrane's modal approach on the British saxophonist.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to British jazz, Hard bop. Among the origins and influences of British jazz: Traditional revival, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).