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Showing posts with label Buck Clayton. Show all posts
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Tuesday, 17 November 2020

One Song, Two titles (Again)

Humphrey Lyttelton "Best of Jazz" July 5th 2004



 " Two Titles Again"

"No Teazers"












The Climax Jazz Band, Redwing (2004)
Jack Teagarden, I Guess I'll have to change my plan (1957)
The Ray Sisters, Straighten up and Fly Right 
Buck Clayton, Night Train (Clayton, Forrest)
The Guest Stars, Tin Pan Alley
Tom Fletcher-Dick Hyman, Play Gershwin
Stan Getz Qt, Feijoada
Jimmy Witherspoon, Whisky Drinking Woman
Roy Eldridge, Dales's Wail
John McMurchy, No More Victims

Titlillation Time

Thursday, 11 June 2020

Back in the Swing (We hope)

Humphrey Lyttelton "Best of Jazz" February 14th 2005



"Straight in this week"













Jimmy McGriff, I got a Woman
Teebone Walker, You Don't Love me 
New York Rhythm section, Minor's Club 
Teazer, Who's orchestra etc? Sophisticated Lady
Rosario Guiliani, Blanco et Nero
Ralf Sutton, Tijuana
??? Big Band, (Otto Pearson Trombone) Get out of Town
Kathleen Willinson, Watch What's Happening
Themes from French Cinema-The Pavao Qt, Quel Temps Fait-ll a Paris (2004)
Buck Clayton, I want a little Girl (1967)
Soprano Summit, Lover Come Back to Me

Another Repaired recording, just part of the intro missing..

Get it Straight Here

Friday, 1 November 2019

Humphrey Lyttelton on Jazz Instruments 3 of 6




Part 3 of 6: The Trumpet










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.


Harry James - Blues and Cantabile
Louis Armstrong - West End Blues
Dizzy Gillespie - A Night in Tunisia
Buck Clayton - I Can't get stated
Rex Stewart - Boy Meets Horn
Ken Collier - Swannee River
Cootie Williams - Concerto for Cootie
Maynard Ferguson - Maynard
Miles Davis - Funny Valentine
Roy Eldridge & Charlie Shavers - Trumpet Battle

Hear the Trumpet Battle