Humphrey Lyttelton "Best of Jazz" 10th April 2006                    

Humphrey Lyttelton "Best of Jazz"  3rd April 2006

Both above weeks are missing from the archive, if anyone has a reasonable copy of either I would be pleased to post it here.

Thank you.

Humphrey Lyttelton "Best of Jazz" 17th April 2006

On the Lighter side

"Bed Fellows"

Lee Konitz, Just Friends

Irene Kral, You Were There

George Shearing, Easy to Love

Archie Shepp, Body & Soul

Big Joe Turner, Morning Glory

Stan Tracey, Doing it for Art'

Miff Mole Mollers, Feelin' no Pain

Thelonious Monk - Charlie Rice, Hackensak

Mills Brothers - Louis Armstrong, Nelly Grey

Charles Mingus, Better Get it in your Soul

Next on the Rack

Humphrey Lyttelton "Best of Jazz"  24th April 2006

Theme 
"Cryptic Clues"

Teazer No 1 Guitarist on "Booze Blues"

Monty Sunshine, New Orleans Fooler

Teazer No 2 Who Sings "Going to Chicago"

Jacky McLean, Cyclical

Michel Petrucciani, She did it Again

Wild Bill Davidson, Sugar

Eric Dolphy, Come Sunday

Johnny Dodds, Melancholy Blues

Sarah Vaughan, Wrap your troubles in Dreams

Benet Mclean Qt, Raynd Midnight

Decryption begins  Here

Humphrey Lyttelton on Jazz Instruments 6 of 6

Part 6 "The Double Bass"

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.

Examples:

1. Johnny Dodds - Bill Johnson, Bull Fiddle Blues
2. Louis Russell - George "pops" Foster, Panama
3. Charles Thompson - Walter Page, Mean Baby
4. Duke Ellington - Jimmy Blanton, Jack the Bear
5. Charlie Parker - Tommy Potter, Donna Lee
6. MJQ - Percy Heath, Vendome
7. Bill Evans Trio - Gary Peacock, Little Lou
8. Miles Davis - Dave Holland, Spanish Key
9. Charles Mingus, Mood Indigo
10. Don Byas - Slam Stewart, I Got Rhythm

Slap or Strum  Here

Humphrey Lyttelton "Best of Jazz" 1st May 2006

"You can't believe what you read"

Cannonball Adderley, Hippodelphia

Teazer No 1 Trumpet & Trombone on, Bernies Tune?

Teazer No 2 Singer on, Pink Champagne?

Paul Eshelby - James Pearson, Smoke gets in your Eyes

Joyce Dicamillo, The Lamp is Low

Harry Gold, Bouncing Back

Howard Alden - Geoff Simkins, My Melancholy Baby

Kay Star, I Cover the Waterfront

Big Band finish- Kindred Spirits, Beautiful Love

Read it all  Here

Humphrey Lyttelton "Best of Jazz" 8th May 2006

Theme.

 What's in store ?

        "Jazzing classics and Guitar Sandwich"

Top slice..

Howard Roberts, "At Camarillo" (Parker)

Louis Armstrong. "Blue Turning Grey"

Hugo Seigmeth, "Petite Fleur" (Bechet)

Bobby Hutcherson, "Naima" (Coltrane)

Classic Jazz Qt, "Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto 2"

Donald Lambert, "Anita's Dance"

Teazer No1 Clarinetist on "Everything happens to Me"

Teazer No2 Tenor Saxist on "Wooden Top"

Nobody's heart belongs to me, Singer?  (R & H)

Bottom slice..

Rick Haydon & John Pizzarelli, "Just Friends"

What a T'doo  here

Humphrey Lyttelton "Best of Jazz" 15th May 2006

 "More Bed Fellows"

LA Four Stella Quintet, Teach Me Tonight

Eddie Lang/ Lonnie Johnson (1929), Hand full of Riffs

Carol Kidd, Folks that live on the hill

Peter King Qt (1995), Yes or No

Dill Jones, I Climb the highest Mountain

Ed Jones, Kick Start

Ink Spots & Ella,  Cow cow boogie

Indo Jazz fusions, Subject

Keith Jarrett / Gary Peacock, Little Girl Blue

Carter,Eldridge,Shavers, Trumpet Battle

Which side of the BED