Humphrey Lyttelton "Best of Jazz" 18th April 2005

"Critisism, liking to, and quirkiness"

James Evans, Read the Wrinkles (Closer to the Sauce)

Hanna Richardson-Phil Flanigan, I Got the Sun in the Morning and The Moon at Night

Teazer, Have you met Miss Jones (Guitarist?)

Art Blakey-Jazz Messengers, ETA

Spike Hughes, Buddy's wedding Day, (1932)

Paul Eshelby-James Pearson, Embraceable You (Gershwin)

Acker Bilk, East Coast Trot (Cobb) (1959)

Ray Charles, Two Years of Torture  (Mayfield)

Marian McPartland, C Jam Blues (Ellington)

Dave Holland Big Band, Happy Jammy 

A shower of April Music

Humphrey Lyttelton on Jazz Instruments 6 of 6

Part 6 "The Double Bass"

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.

Examples:

1. Johnny Dodds - Bill Johnson, Bull Fiddle Blues
2. Louis Russell - George "pops" Foster, Panama
3. Charles Thompson - Walter Page, Mean Baby
4. Duke Ellington - Jimmy Blanton, Jack the Bear
5. Charlie Parker - Tommy Potter, Donna Lee
6. MJQ - Percy Heath, Vendome
7. Bill Evans Trio - Gary Peacock, Little Lou
8. Miles Davis - Dave Holland, Spanish Key
9. Charles Mingus, Mood Indigo
10. Don Byas - Slam Stewart, I Got Rhythm

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