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Showing posts with label Ken Collier. Show all posts
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Monday, 7 June 2021

"Straight in, No intro, Made in Britain"

Humphrey Lyttelton "Best of Jazz" December 4th 2000

1. Ken Collier, Bluebells Goodbye (1958)
2. Alan Barnes-David Newton, Black and and Tan Fantasy
3. Harry Hayes band, High as a Kite (1946)
4. Maxine Daniels, Am I Blue
5. Dill Jones, Something for Lucky 
6. Teazer: Who is the Trumpet player? I Surrender Dear
7. Courtney Pine, Yeah Yeah
8. Humph's-Paseo Jazz band, Mike's Bandana
9. Teazer: Who is the trombonist? What Can I Say
10.Elkie Brooks, Baby What do you Want me to Do
11.Stan Tracey Orchestra, The Sixth Day.

British stuff Here 

Sunday, 28 March 2021

An extremely "Iffy" program, title wise

Humphrey Lyttelton "Best of Jazz" 15th December 2003
                                                                      

 




Beware of LONG Titles !






1. Ken Collier, If I Ever Cease to Love (1955)
2. Nat King Cole, If you can't smile and say Yes, Don't cry and say no 
3. Teazer.. If you were the Only Girl in the World, and I were the only Boy (1977)
4. James P Johnson, If Dreams Come True 
5. Brian Lemon, If I Could Be with You one hour Tonight
6. Duke Ellington, Don't Mean a Thing IF it aint got that Swing
7. Cassandra Wilson, If Loving You is Wrong (2003)
8. Louis Armstrong, If We Never Meet Again 
9. Richie Kamuca, If You Could see Me Now (1977)
10.Miles Davis, If I Were a Bell (1962)
This is very Iffy

Friday, 1 November 2019

Humphrey Lyttelton on Jazz Instruments 3 of 6




Part 3 of 6: The Trumpet










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.


Harry James - Blues and Cantabile
Louis Armstrong - West End Blues
Dizzy Gillespie - A Night in Tunisia
Buck Clayton - I Can't get stated
Rex Stewart - Boy Meets Horn
Ken Collier - Swannee River
Cootie Williams - Concerto for Cootie
Maynard Ferguson - Maynard
Miles Davis - Funny Valentine
Roy Eldridge & Charlie Shavers - Trumpet Battle

Hear the Trumpet Battle