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Tuesday 31 December 2019

Humphrey Lyttelton "Best of Jazz" 13th February 2006





"Testing Teazers"







Teazer No 1 Melody Express, Who is the reed player?
Henry Red Allen, Feeling Drowsy
Elaine Delmar, Everything I Love
Serge Chaloff, Stairway to the Stars
Miff Mole Molers, One Step to Heaven (1928)
Wally Fawkes - Sandy Brown, Bodger's Blues
Bobby Wellin Qt, Festival Blues
Bob Crosby, Elmer's Tune
Sue Kidley, (??) Polka Dots and Moonbeams
Ian Carr - Brian Smith (Nucleus), Sassy

Almost ... There   (2020 that is)

Wednesday 14 August 2019

Humphrey Lyttelton "Best of Jazz" 20th August 2007



Themes
"Back Room Boys/Girls"
"Two of a kind" 
"Three of a kind"








Those seldom mentioned yet vital, parts of a band.

Example of ne'er mentioned Bass playing leader
Curtis Counts
Song from Madeleine Peyroux
Colin Steele's bagpipe-like trumpet playing

"Two of a Kind" 
Chopin versus Stride , Don Lambert
Scott Hamilton
Miff Mole (1928)

"Three of a kind"
a little indulgence for Humph
Female Sax players in his bands
Kathy Stobart, Jo Fooks, Karen Sharp
finally, Cottontail (Ellington)


These get a mention Now