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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