Humphrey Lyttelton "Best of Jazz" 12th June 2006

Theme  

"Inverted Order"

Starting with a BLAST - Pete Cato band

"Rootie Toots" from Alan Barnes Qt

Teddy Wilson "Laughing on holiday"

A Trio "walking with Chestnut"

Ben Webster "Old Folks"

Tom Scott's "Children of the night"

Benny Goodman - "Airmail special"

Rachel Weston " Isn't it a Pity" (picture below)

"Run for your Life" it's Bob Mintzer Big band 

Hear show and Rachel

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 

Humphrey Lyttelton "Best of Jazz" June 19th 2006

T & T

"Tributes and Teazers"

Lester leapt back with Gill

Tribute 1 - Jack & Wally Close your eyes

Big Joe wants a little girl

Dollar Branded South African jazz

How many Australian Musicians

Tribute 2 - Watt's to do with this Band Tommy?

Jaunty Bass Sax from Three pods of pepper

LA jazz Manha De Carnival

Valentines day Singer?

Guitarist ? a True Monarch, not of France or England

Where Else but Here

Humphrey Lyttelton "Best of Jazz" June 26th 2006

  

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 Ellington
 brackets 

 this session
 of

"Bricks without Straw"

Do you kow this tune? Stompy Joe riffs
Whats new Art?
Operatic Aria from Leo Watson
Miles Davies Modalises
a "Picasso" from the Hawk
Careless Love with Bessie
Going round and round the (Stanley) knife Clark
Rub two down home choruses with the Kid

Ella' & Elli' take liberties in 72

Expose the Loop

Humphrey Lyttelton on Jazz instruments 2 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 2 of 6: The Piano

Intro: Jaki Byard - ATFW

Art Tatum - Talk of the Town

Earl Hines - untitled

Count Basie - Cherry Point

Stan Greig - Honkytonk train Blues

Jessica Williams - Easter Parade

Thelonious Monk - Thelonious

Oscar Peterson - Tenderly

Milt Buckner - Time after Time

Jelly Roll Morton - King Porter Stomp

Errol Garner - Sunny side of the Street

Dick Hyman, Dick Wellstood - Who

Get the "Tinkle" Here

Humphrey Lyttelton "Best of Jazz" July 3rd 2006

"Strange and Original"

Rose room with a difference (2005)

Kelvin Christian - Constenation

Ella vs Billy - Love for sale (in Stockholm)

Chris Brewer - Let cool one

Teazer No 1, - Earl Bostic - Not A Train

Karen Sharp - Mr Jazzman

Teazer No 2, - In a Mellow Tone (Who?)

Teazer No 3, - Two Clarinets - That Old Feeling

Finishing with Errol Garner - Blue Lou

Lend an ear Here

Humphrey Lyttelton "Best of Jazz" July 10th 2006

"Mini-series & Teazers"

Lennie Niehaus - As long as I live

Charles Brown - Drifting Blues

Julius Tolentino - Domingo

Teazer No 1 Trombonist  - Peg of my Heart

Lost Tapes Holland - Chet Baker - Indian Summer

Dave McKenna - Splendid Splinter

Teazer No 2 Alto Saxophonist - Stardust

The World's greatest Jazz band (Manchester 1971)

Peace from Alison Drew

"Dukes" DJ Special - Mike's Gift

Cling on to the show Here