A Thematic Diary, and Dick Morrissey Tribute

 Humphrey Lyttelton "Best of Jazz" November 27th 2000

1. Sandy Brown, Everybody Loves Saturday Night (1955)

2. Ben Webster, Sunday (1959)

3. Eddie Condon, From Monday On (1955)

4. Louis Armstrong, A Monday Date

5. Booker Little, Sweet & Lovely  (1958)

6. Art Tatum, Medley Tea for Two, Pretty Baby 

7. Dick Morrissey, Red Shoes   (1986)

8. Dick Morrissey, Dancing in the Dark (1961)

9. Dick Morrissey, I'm Walking 

10.Dick Morrissey, Royal Flush (NYJO)

11.Jimmy Witherspoon, Tuffer than Tuff (live Bull at Barnes)

Musical Excellence Here

Humphrey Lyttelton "Best of Jazz" 30th January 2006

The Cutting Edge.. 

"Oh Dear"

Don Ellis, Johnny Come Lately (1962)

Mel Torme, Route 66 (1974)

Art Tatum - Ben Webster, My Ideal  (1956)

Harold Lang, As You Like it (1960)

Teazer No 1 - Who was Stephane's partner (not), Flamingo (2005)

Irvin Mills Blue Rhythm band, Blue Rhythm (1931)

John Taylor, Vaguely Asian  (2003)

Joan Descant, Born to be Blue

Lew Tabackin, I Surrender Dear

January 2006 for January 2020

Humphrey Lyttelton "Best of Jazz" 20th February 2006

"Pick-Me-Ups"

Kenny Davern - Bob Wilber "Soprano Summit" , Panama

Teazer No 1, Singer on, Every Day I Have the Blues

Rick Hannah, Meteor (Farlow)

Blue Mitchell, Portrait of Jennie (1977)

Wilton Bogey Gaynair, Just for Jan

Art Tatum, Jitterbug Waltz (1950)

George Wettling, I Wish I could Shimmy like my Sister Kate (1940)

National Youth Jazz Orchestra, Elise got Rhythm  (1983)

Dakota Staton - George Shearing, In the Night (1958)

Teazer No 2 & playout, Tenor player on "Hey There"

Get PICKED UP

(survived Christmas day, just, time for a rest)

Humphrey Lyttelton on Jazz instruments 2 of 6

These recordings are taken from the BBC Radio 2 long running series

"the Best of Jazz" compiled & produced by Humph himself.

In this series, Humph breaks the Jazz band/Orchestra's instruments

down one by one, with style examples of each in recordings from

1928 up to the 2000's.

Part 2 of 6: The Piano

Intro: Jaki Byard - ATFW

Art Tatum - Talk of the Town

Earl Hines - untitled

Count Basie - Cherry Point

Stan Greig - Honkytonk train Blues

Jessica Williams - Easter Parade

Thelonious Monk - Thelonious

Oscar Peterson - Tenderly

Milt Buckner - Time after Time

Jelly Roll Morton - King Porter Stomp

Errol Garner - Sunny side of the Street

Dick Hyman, Dick Wellstood - Who

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