when he joined Tubby Hayes ' Quartet (1965-9). He worked with numerous groups and artists, including the Alan Skidmore quintet (1969), Humphrey Lyttelton band (1969), John Taylor (1970s), Ian Carr 's Nucleus (1970s), Stan Sulzmann quartet, Gordon Beck 's Gyroscope , duo with John Surman (1976), European Jazz Ensemble , Third Eye