Jump on a boat

Humphrey Lyttelton "Best  of Jazz" 22nd December 2003

 

"Jump on a boat Ala Francaise"

[a French theme tonight]

1.Bruce Turner with Humph, Stomp l'elephant (1953)

2.Keely Smith, April in Paris (2002)

3.Stephane Grappelli-Django Rheinhardt, After you've gone

4.Tuxedo Big Band, The Thrill is Gone 

5.MJQ, Delaunay's Dilemma  (1952) 

6.Sidney Bechet, Souvenir de la Nuevo Orleans

7.Oscar Pettiford Big Band, Two French Fries (1967)

8.Coleman Hawkins, I love Paris  (1956)

9.Bill Evans, Autumn Leaves

10.Count Basie, Panassie Stomp

11.Stacey Kent, What are you Doing the rest of Your Life

12.Michel Petrucciani, A little Peace in "C" for U (1997)

Voila C'est  ici

A Right Mixed Bag

Humphrey Lyttelton "Best of Jazz" 7th June 2004

 

"A Right Mixed Bag"

Delta Jazz Band, Dusty Rag (2003)

Coleman Hawkins, One Hour  (1952)

Cheryl Bentyne, You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To (2004)

Teazer Duo, Who is the Trumpeter, Why Play this?

Vic Dickenson group, The Lamp is Low

Steve Kaldestad, My Little Brown Book (The Strayhorn Project) (2004)

James Evans Octuple Odyessey, All Caved in (pre-release) (2005)

Stan Tracey, Exactly Like you

Julie Edwards, My One and Only Love  (2004)

The Bad Plus, Lay in a strip (2004)

Bag a listen Here

Tricky Situations

Humphrey Lyttelton "Best of Jazz" 15th November 2004 

"Tricky Matters and Hapless presenters"

Stan Sulzmann Qt, Krell

Sarah Moule, That Old Black Magic

Coleman Hawkins, Original Dixie One-step (Ramblers)

Danny Moss-Stan Tracey, Daydream (Strayhorn)

Joe Sullivan, Little Rock Getaway (1963)

Sandy Brown, In the Evening When the Sun Goes down (1969)

Oscar Peterson Qt, Cakewalk

John Sangster, Rivendell (Hobbit suite) (1973)

Charlie Parker, Ornithology (Spotlight Records) 

Situation Revealed

 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

Humphrey Lyttelton "Best of Jazz" 5th March 2007

Theme today is a

 Samuel Butler'ism

Reading from Right to left

                Not Named Demanton

Unchorded Sweetness of Georgia Brown

Joe Turner ascending the Basie

Eldridge, Hawkins, Carter Dandys

Four mallets & a midnight sun

Rotary

Armstrong and 12 quavers per bar

New York Attitude

Joan, Born to be blue

How de do de

 Here margorp eht yalp