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Tuesday, 3 March 2020

Humphrey Lyttelton "Best of Jazz" 5th December 2005


       
                                "Straight in            tonight"     









"Big T", James Chadwick Qt
Teazer Who's was the original solo?
"See see Rider",  Ma Rainey
"I get a kick out of you",  Paul Desmond Qt 1959
"Joshua",  (Victor Feldman) with Clarke Stone? Trio
"unknown title" ?        Ken Colyer
Teazer  "I aint got nobody", Rosemary Clooney Conductor/Arranger ??
"Sing sing sing"  Jess Stacey, James/Goodman/Musso 
"On the Corner of King & Scott", Roland Kirk     

Get  it  Straight


Friday, 28 February 2020

Humphrey Lyttelton "Best of Jazz" 12th December 2005                                          


"Down to Earth
No Nonsense"









"Puppy Fat" Incredible Blues Puppies
"Gee Baby"  Nat King Cole Trio
"Lazy River"  Count Basie with Mills Brothers
"Waltz for Edith"  Ocean Roberts Quintette
Teazer no 1 Nationalities of band members?  Stable Roof Jazz Band
"How long has this been going on"  Ruby Braff
"Untitled" Thelonius Monk / John Coltrane
"Body & Soul" Lucky Thompson & Oscar Pettiford
"Four" Miles Davis, Sonny Stitt, Jimmy Cobb


Get Down


Notes: I've been juggling the track information between Artist First, track title First, I welcome comment on which style is preferred.

Humphrey Lyttelton "Best of Jazz" 19th December 2005

 


"Easing In"










"Rosetta"  Joe Newman Lonehill Swinging Jazz "Happy Cats"
"Moon glow"  Sue McCreeth
"Bone of Contention"  JJ Johnson (Birdland)
"Django" Improvisation No 3
"Topsy" Charlie Christian
"Basin St Blues" Armstrong / Earl Hines
"Fugue to the music Inn" Jimmy Guiffre (MJQ)
"Do Nothing until you hear from me" Al Hibbler   
"Bongo Chance"  Kenny Graham Afro-Cubists
"Jumpin' at the Woodside"  Emerald City Jazz Band

Get Eased

Thursday, 27 February 2020

Humphrey Lyttelton "Swinging at the Copper Rail"

Found this interesting mini-LP 7 inch 33 RPM in Tasmania from the 60's, Just 3 tracks, presented here as MP3 format. While I get on with preparing some more "Best  of Jazz" series from 2005

  Side one - Track one  Shiny Stockings  (Frank Foster)  Link

  Side two - Track one  Lullaby of the Leaves  (Petkere Young)  Link

  Side two - Track two  Swinging at the Copper Rail  (Buck Clayton)  Link

Personnel
Humphrey Lyttelton trumpet
Joe Temperley baritone sax
Tony Coe tenor sax /clarinet
Eddie Harvey piano /trombone
Lennie Bush bass
Ronnie Stevenson drums


If there is any common denominator that links the numbers on this disc it is that they were all either composed or arranged with the band and the individual musicians in mind. 

While he was in Britain at the end of, 1964 Buck Clayton agreed to do some arrangements for us of “standards'. “Lullaby of the Leaves" was one of the tunes I gave him, it was specially designed to feature Joe Temperley's baritone Sax. Eddie Harvey arranged "Shiny Stockings", a Frank Foster tune originally written for the Count Basie band. Believing that the introduction and the "shouting" last chorus in the Basie version are an integral part of "Shiny Stockings" Eddie adapted them for small band and gave an extended solo part to Tony Coe.

Humphrey Lyttelton (Art and & Sound Ltd London 1965)

Wednesday, 8 January 2020

Humphrey Lyttelton "Best of Jazz" Short break..

Taking a short break for a trip to Australia, no Jazz, plenty of Sun and hopefully not too much smoke, back in February sometime.

Then it's on with 2005 programs if all goes well...



Does anyone read this stuff ? I often wonder

Tuesday, 7 January 2020

Humphrey Lyttelton "Best of Jazz" 2nd January 2006




"Bulging with No coherent Shape"








Karen Sharp, Mr Gasman
Duke Ellington, What am I here for? (1942)
Jimmy Witherspoon, There will be Good Rocking Tonight  (1959)
Roy Eldridge, This Year's Kisses
Teazer No 1 Kid Ory, Maryland my Maryland  (Clarinetist)
Don Rendell, Star Eyes
Herb Geller,  Guess I Will Have to Change my Plan
Jo Fooks, Turbulent
Niki King, The Very Thought of You
Stan Tracey, The Sixth Day (From the Genesis suite)

Check the Bulge

Monday, 6 January 2020

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