Featuring Jazz Instruments - The Guitar

Humphrey Lyttelton "Best of Jazz FEATURE" the Guitar

Originally recorded 19th April 2004 

"First posted Dec 2019 now reissued in sequence"

1.Wes Montgomery, Cottontail (1961)

2.Buddy Guy, Worry worry

3.Lonnie Johnson-Eddie Lang, Two Tone Stomp (1928)

4.Django Reinhardt, Bouncing around

5.Freddie Green, Corner Pocket (Basie)

6.Teddy Bunn, Four or Five times

7.Charlie Christian, Solo Flight

8.Colin Oxley, I Guess I'll have to change My Mind (Stacey Kent Vcl)

9.John Schofield, What it is

10.Martin Taylor, Chilling with Oscar

11.Les Paul, The Blues (Jazz at the Phil) (1944)

String along HERE

Humphrey Lyttelton "Best of Jazz" 19th December 2005

 

"Easing In"

"Rosetta"  Joe Newman Lonehill Swinging Jazz "Happy Cats"

"Moon glow"  Sue McCreeth

"Bone of Contention"  JJ Johnson (Birdland)

"Django" Improvisation No 3

"Topsy" Charlie Christian

"Basin St Blues" Armstrong / Earl Hines

"Fugue to the music Inn" Jimmy Guiffre (MJQ)

"Do Nothing until you hear from me" Al Hibbler   

"Bongo Chance"  Kenny Graham Afro-Cubists

"Jumpin' at the Woodside"  Emerald City Jazz Band

Get Eased

Humphrey Lyttelton "Best of Jazz" 9th January 2006

" TRAD or HAPPY?" 

No Teazing here

Sidney Bechet, Weary Blues

Diana Washington, Wise Woman Blues

Vic Lewis Big Band, Triple Threat

Mick Pyne, Why was I Born (1977)

Michael Garrick Quintet, Sweet & Sugary Candy

Django Reinhardt - Dicky Wells, Sweet Sue (1937)

Alex Hutton, Professor Purcell (2006)

Jimmy Lunceford - Snooky Young, Up Town Blues

Juliet Kelly - Tribute to Nina Simone, Black Rose

SWR Big Band, Wind Machine

Get Happy

Humphrey Lyttelton on Jazz Instruments 5 of 6

Part 5 of 6: The Guitar

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. Wes Montgomery, Cottontail (1961)

2. Buddy Guy, Worry worry

3. Lonnie Johnson-Eddie Lang, Two Tone Stomp

4. Django Reinhardt, Bouncing around

5. Freddie Green, Corner Pocket (Basie)

6. Teddy Bunn, (no title)

7. Charlie Christian, Solo Flight

8. Colin Oxley, I Guess I'll have to change My Mind (Stacey Kent Vcl)

9. John Schofield, What it is
10. Martin Taylor, Chilling with Oscar

11. Les Paul, The Blues (Jazz at the Phil)

Get all Unstrung