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Humphrey Lyttelton "Best of Jazz" December 18th 2000

1. Bob Wilber-Kenny Devern, Strike up the Band

2. Little Jimmy Scott, The Bluest Blues

3. Mark Ramsden, Make Someone Happy

4. Red Nichols, The Sheik of Araby

5. Count Basie-Lester Young (Prez), You Can Depend on Me

6. Tim Laughlin, Memphis Blues (1993)

7. Tina May, Only Time Will Tell (1998)

8. Teodross Avery Quartet, Hi Hopes (1994)

9. Juggernaught, Avenue C (Clayton)

10.John Barnes-Bruce Turner, Step Right Up (1987)

Found a few more shows from the latter part of 2000

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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