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
Paul Gonsalves - Inuendo & Crescendo in Blue
Saxo-Fun Here