More Missing Programs

Humphrey Lyttelton "Best of Jazz" Selection from 2001 (2)

1. Papa Lane's Children, Forever Blowing Bubbles

2. Sidney Bechet, Nobody Knows

3. Stacey Kent, I'm Old Fashioned (1997) 

4. Kathy Stobart with Humph's Band, Aint I good to You  (1957)

5. Lew Tabackin, I surrender Dear

6. Johnny Hodges, Sit Right Down and write Myself a Letter

7. Mugsi Spannier-Louis Armstrong, Why Couldn't (1920's)

8. Eddie Condon, I aint gonna give nobody none of this jelly roll (1944)

9. LHR, I don't know what kind of blues I got  1996-97

10.Benny Goodman, I want to be Happy

11.Jack Sharpe Orchestra, I'm begining to see the Light

12.Errol Garner, It's Alright with Me

This copy has even more DAT errors, be warned.

Music Link

Jump on a boat

Humphrey Lyttelton "Best  of Jazz" 22nd December 2003

 

"Jump on a boat Ala Francaise"

[a French theme tonight]

1.Bruce Turner with Humph, Stomp l'elephant (1953)

2.Keely Smith, April in Paris (2002)

3.Stephane Grappelli-Django Rheinhardt, After you've gone

4.Tuxedo Big Band, The Thrill is Gone 

5.MJQ, Delaunay's Dilemma  (1952) 

6.Sidney Bechet, Souvenir de la Nuevo Orleans

7.Oscar Pettiford Big Band, Two French Fries (1967)

8.Coleman Hawkins, I love Paris  (1956)

9.Bill Evans, Autumn Leaves

10.Count Basie, Panassie Stomp

11.Stacey Kent, What are you Doing the rest of Your Life

12.Michel Petrucciani, A little Peace in "C" for U (1997)

Voila C'est  ici

High Hopes and Big Flops

Humphrey Lyttelton "Best of Jazz" March 1st 2004

"High Hopes and Big Flops"

And NO Teazers

1.Stan Kenton, The Big Chase (1957)

2.Dutch Swing College Band, Riverside Blues (2004)

3.Ernie Andrews, Come on Back

4.Pete Strange, The Strange Mr Peter Strange (1989)

5.Sidney Bechet, Blame it on the Blues  (1940's)

6.Joe Harriott-Amancio D'Silva, Jaipur (1969)

7.Gene Krupa-Ben Webster, I'm Coming Virginia (1950's)

8.Duke Ellington, "How could you do a thing like that to me"

9.Blossom Dearie, Sweet Surprise

10.John La Barbera Big Band, Mayreh (2003)

No Flops Here

Bugle Call Rag, played as Ol' Miss

Humphrey Lyttelton "Best of Jazz" April 5th 2004

 "Tune Mix-up"

1.Sidney Bechet, Bugle call Rag (or was it Ol' Miss?)

2.Bessie Smith, Young Woman Blues (1926)

3.Paul Desmond, Indian summer (1972)

4.Johnny Hodges small group, Things aint what they Used to be (1940)

5.Ken Moule, Poor Arthur (2000)

6.Milt Jackson, The Night we called it a Day

7.Dave Douglas, The Frisell Dream (2004)

8.Bobby McFerrin, Baby I Love You (2004)

9.Marian McPartland, It Never Entered my mind (2004) 

10.Gay Mcintyre, All the Things You are (glitch removed) (2004)

Not SO Mixed up

Firing off and finishing with a teazer

Humphrey Lyttelton "Best of Jazz" 8th November 2004

 

   

"Firing off and finishing with a teazer"

This episode has a Faded Entry

Melody Express, Who's on Sax & Guitar?

Babs Gonzales, St Louis Blues

Joe Temperley, How Little We Know

Sidney Bechet, Jazz me Blues  (1944)

John Hart, Not my Generation  (2004)

Be-Bop Giants, All the Things you are  (1953? mumbled)

Wally Fawkes, plays Johnny Hodges (1982)

Jazz Couriers, Stop the World, I want to Get off (1958)

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Starting the "Shivers theme"

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Stacey Kent, He loves and She loves 

Teazer No2, Who plays What?

Be Bop Bable Here

Final program from 2005

Humphrey Lyttelton "Best of Jazz" 10th January 2005

"A Celebration of Artie "

"Intro to a future feature"


"Shelf Cleaning time"

Artie Shaw, Non-Stop Flight  (1937)

Lonny Johnson, Mr Jelly Roll Baker (1942)

Jack Wilson, Easterly Winds  (1968)

Joe Lipman, Livery Stable blues (1937)

Herbie Hancock, Cottontail (1998)

Sidney Bechet, Blue Horizon (1944) 

Buddy Rich, Bugle Call Rag (1978)

Petite Jazz Band, I'm the Medicine man for the Blues (2003)

Jimmy Smith,Just a closer walk with Thee

Wynton Marsalis-Diane Reeves, The Feeling of Jazz

Dave Higgins & Co, The Samba Express  

Music HERE

I do have a collection of 2004 programs

not as complete as 2005, but enough to be worth posting.

Humphrey Lyttelton "Best of Jazz" 9th January 2006

" TRAD or HAPPY?" 

No Teazing here

Sidney Bechet, Weary Blues

Diana Washington, Wise Woman Blues

Vic Lewis Big Band, Triple Threat

Mick Pyne, Why was I Born (1977)

Michael Garrick Quintet, Sweet & Sugary Candy

Django Reinhardt - Dicky Wells, Sweet Sue (1937)

Alex Hutton, Professor Purcell (2006)

Jimmy Lunceford - Snooky Young, Up Town Blues

Juliet Kelly - Tribute to Nina Simone, Black Rose

SWR Big Band, Wind Machine

Get Happy

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