Last of the "Old Times"

Humphrey Lyttelton "Best of Jazz" 2nd August 2004

 

"New intro, new time"

Terry Lightfoot, King Kong (1961)

Illinois Jacquet, Flying Home (1942)

Helen Sheppard, Oyster Love (2003)

Jimmy Smith Qt (Percy France),See See Rider (1959)

Mark Shane, Riffles (2003)

Weather Report, Black Market (1975)

Four Trombones, Bones for the King

Teazer, who is the Tenor Player on "Come Rain or shine"

Jacqui Dankworth, Not Like This (2004)

Lennie Bush A Big Band w-Victor Feldman,Tubby Hayes,Phil Seaman,etc

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 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