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Sunday, 6 October 2019

 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