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" 10th October 2005

"Clarinet Mysteries"

Anthropology (Parker) Who is the Clarinet player?

Time after Time, Lee Gibson

Things aint what they used to Be, Pat McCarthy Qt

Cottontail, Duke Ellington with Ben Webster

Keep it to Yourself, Geoff Gascoyne band

Buck Jumpin', Al Casey - Fats Waller

Teazer No2, The Lady is in love with You - Who is the Clarinet player?

My love is like a Red red rose, Joe Temperley

Chi Chi (Parker) Kelvin Christian

Old Maid Blues, Bill Coleman

Time to leave, Don Menza Big Band

Reed all about it 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" 12th June 2006

Theme  

"Inverted Order"

Starting with a BLAST - Pete Cato band

"Rootie Toots" from Alan Barnes Qt

Teddy Wilson "Laughing on holiday"

A Trio "walking with Chestnut"

Ben Webster "Old Folks"

Tom Scott's "Children of the night"

Benny Goodman - "Airmail special"

Rachel Weston " Isn't it a Pity" (picture below)

"Run for your Life" it's Bob Mintzer Big band 

Hear show and Rachel

 Humphrey Lyttelton on Jazz Instruments 1 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 1 of 6 :  The Saxophone

Coleman Hawkins - Hello Lola

Illinois Jacquet - The King

Ben Webster - Tenderly

Bud Freeman - The Eel

Lester Young (with Fletcher Henderson)

Stan Getz - Waltz for a lovely Wife

Ian Ballamy - Honeysuckle Rose

John Coltrane - Miles Mode

Jim Tomlinson with Stacey Kent - Glad to be Unhappy
Paul Gonsalves - Inuendo & Crescendo in Blue

Saxo-Fun Here