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