The Jazz Couriers

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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. Cecil had been replaced by Phil Bates on bass for their first recording, which also included two tracks with Jimmy Deuchar on trumpet. By August 1958, Bates had been replaced by Jeff Clyne, who would in turn be replaced by Spike Heatley. The band disbanded in August 1959, shortly before Scott opened his own club, Ronnie Scott's, just around the corner in Gerrard Street, in October that year. They recorded four albums and appeared on some BBC radio broadcasts User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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albums

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Some of My Best Friends Are Blues

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The Jazz Couriers. England's Greatest Combo / The Message from Britain

The First and Last Words

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The A-Z Of Jazz

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The Jazz Couriers in Concert Featuring Ronnie Scott and Tubby Hayes

The Jazz Couriers in Concert

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The Very Best of Tubby Hayes

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Jazz Genius: The Flamingo Era (Part 1)

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Couriers of Jazz

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Tubby Hayes And The Jazz Couriers Featuring Ronnie Scott

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Soho After Dark-London's '50s Modern Jazz Scene

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Some Of My Best Friends

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