Blues At The Manor 1959-60 Downbeat Big Band/Tubby Hayes

Formed in 1956 by a group of prominent London-based British modern jazzmen including trumpeter Jimmy Deuchar, The Downbeat Big Band soon entered the annals of UK jazz history as not only the finest unit of its kind but also as a proving ground for the arranging skills of a musician who would eventually rise to be its unofficial 'leader' - Tubby Hayes.