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