Bleep

It’s safe to say this is Ruby Rushton reeds and woodwind man Ed Cawthorne aka Tenderlonious as we’ve never heard him before. Despite having skirted the edges of contemporary jazz for ages as — quite possibly — the busiest bandleader in UK jazz, The Piccolo - Tender Plays Tubby finds him on unapologetically trad form, imbued with the spirit of his own irreverence. Somehow getting his mitts on legendary jazz multi-instrumentalist Tubby Hayes’ legitimate piccolo, Tenderlonious shows there’s no better way to pay tribute than to re-arrange some swinging Tubby originals, which prove to be as swinging as ever.