A Thematic Diary, and Dick Morrissey Tribute

 Humphrey Lyttelton "Best of Jazz" November 27th 2000

1. Sandy Brown, Everybody Loves Saturday Night (1955)

2. Ben Webster, Sunday (1959)

3. Eddie Condon, From Monday On (1955)

4. Louis Armstrong, A Monday Date

5. Booker Little, Sweet & Lovely  (1958)

6. Art Tatum, Medley Tea for Two, Pretty Baby 

7. Dick Morrissey, Red Shoes   (1986)

8. Dick Morrissey, Dancing in the Dark (1961)

9. Dick Morrissey, I'm Walking 

10.Dick Morrissey, Royal Flush (NYJO)

11.Jimmy Witherspoon, Tuffer than Tuff (live Bull at Barnes)

Musical Excellence Here

All British Music

Humphrey Lyttelton "Best of Jazz" December 29th 2003 

"All British music, Yeah"

"Britannia Rules"

1.Claude Deppa (Trumpet),That Fela  (2003)  

2.Catherine Sykes, Mr Bo-Jangles  Demo 2003

3.Big Chris Barber Band, The Spell of the Blues

4.Tony Kinsey Quintet, Love for Sale  (1956)

5.Humphs Triple Exposure, One Day I met an African (1959)

6.Pat Crumly Qt, Weaver of Dreams  (2003)

7.Sandy Brown-Al Fairweather, Saved by the Blues (1996)

8.Georgie Fame, The Old flamingo et al

9.Johnny Dankworth, Modesty Blaise Theme

10.Paul Towndrow, Cross your Thumbs  (Album Colours 2003)

All British Here

A Mid-Year Festive note

Humphrey Lyttelton "Best of Jazz" 21st June 2004

"A Festive Note for Wally Fawkes"

Stan Getz, La fiesta

Wally Fawkes, Cake Walkin' Baby's from Home (1978)

Humph & Wally Fawkes, Working Man blues (1949)

Humph w Keith Christie, Irish Black Bottom  (1949)

Acker Bilk on Alto Cl, When Day is Done, Fawkes, Alone together

Humph & Wally, Chicago Bounce (1951)

Sandy Brown - Wally Fawkes, Bodgers Blues

Humph & Wally, Randolf Turpin Stomp (1955)

Wally Fawkes & Troglodytes, No title (1957)

Troglodytes, Sent for You Yesterday and Here You come today (1957)

Humph and Trog, Trogs Blues (1984)

Humph and Ade Monsboro, Aint Bust, Don't Monkey with it

This program material was used in the Wally Fawkes 80th birthday

tribute program previously posted, here it is complete and dated.

Program content Here

Tricky Situations

Humphrey Lyttelton "Best of Jazz" 15th November 2004 

"Tricky Matters and Hapless presenters"

Stan Sulzmann Qt, Krell

Sarah Moule, That Old Black Magic

Coleman Hawkins, Original Dixie One-step (Ramblers)

Danny Moss-Stan Tracey, Daydream (Strayhorn)

Joe Sullivan, Little Rock Getaway (1963)

Sandy Brown, In the Evening When the Sun Goes down (1969)

Oscar Peterson Qt, Cakewalk

John Sangster, Rivendell (Hobbit suite) (1973)

Charlie Parker, Ornithology (Spotlight Records) 

Situation Revealed

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)

Humphrey Lyttelton on Jazz Instruments 4 of 6

                                                                              Part 4 of 6 

                                                                              "The  Clarinet"

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.

Buddy DeFranco Left Field

Sidney Bechet  Freight Train Blues

Kenny Davern   Wild Man Blues

Sandy Brown    Imperial

Tony Coe & Alan Barnes  Days of Wine & Roses

Benny Goodman  Mission to Moscow

Artie Shaw (The Essence of) My Funny Valentine

Edmund Hall + Peanuts Hucko How Come You Do Me (like you do)

Tim Garland  Flying Machine

"REED" all about it Here