The Jazz Couriers were a British jazz quintet formed in April 1957 and which disbanded in August 1959.
The quintet's first line-up consisted of Tubby Hayes and Ronnie Scott on tenor saxophones, with Terry Shannon (piano), Malcolm Cecil (bass) and Bill Eyden (drums) and made their debut on the opening night at the new Flamingo Club in Wardour Street, Soho. They shared the gig with Tony Kinsey's Quintet featuring Joe Harriott.[http://vzone.virgin.net/davidh.taylor/couriers.htm The Jazz Couriers at David Taylor's British jazz... meer
Op 8 juni 1973 overlijdt Tubby Hayesin het Hammersmith Hospital te… meer