Celebrating Colin Smith

Humphrey Lyttelton "Best of Jazz" 26th April 2004

 "Colin Smith Tribute"

1.Opener - New Street Allstars, Super Cheap (2004)

2.Acker Bilk (with Colin Smith), Gatemouth

3.Sweet and Sour (with Colin Smith), Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You

4.Maxine Daniels (with Colin Smith), Seems like Old Times (1987)

5.Chronological Release- Errol Garner, Margin for Errol (1951)

6.Stephon Harris & Blackout, Summertime (2004)

7.Allan Vache, Yello Dog Blues

8.Teazer - Who are the singer & Tenor Player on "Don't Explain"

9.Eternal triangle, The String (unraveled 1957 Sonny Stitt & Roy Eldridge)

Program edit notes:

Source: Analogue cassette tape

Quality: Not up to that from the DAT tapes, some flutter and large number of "lipsmack" artifacts on introductions, possible due to Dolby miss-match.

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Shortened Program

Humphrey Lyttelton "Best of Jazz" 3rd May 2004

"Hard task editing"

Thad Jones-Mel Lewis, The Groove Merchant (1969)

Big Joe Turner, Morning Glory's  (1956)

Red Norvo Orchestra, I'm Confessing (1944)

Willie Smith, Boy in the Boat

Soweto Kinch, Mungo's Adventure (2003)

David Newton, I left my Heart in San Francisco (Pacific Heights 2003) 

Bob Brookmeyer-Stan Getz, I Didn't Know What Time it was (1954)

Archie Semple, Back in your own Back Yard (2004)

Complete Miles Davis master takes, Blue & Boogie (1954)

Program notes: This tape was really bad, missing intro, various glitches throughout, and date orientated promo's needing removal.

 Music now complete Here

A Jump in time

Humphrey Lyttelton "Best of Jazz" May 10th 2004

"Three missing weeks"

Fat Chops Big Band, Speak Low

Brad Mehldau Duo, Get Happy  (2001)

Jimmy Witherspoon, Wee Baby Blues (1947)

Shalimo Serenaders, Doing the New Lowdown

Colin Steele, Variations on a Dream (The Journey Home) (2003)

Muggsy Spanier Ragtimers, Livery Stable Blues  (1939)

Teazer "The Velvet Glove Who?", Never Let Me Go

Donna Byrne, I'm Walking  (2001)

Denys Baptiste, With this Faith 

Horace Silver, Cape Verdian blues

Nothing in the tapes for the next three weeks, with the exception of the tribute to Barney Kessel that was posted here last year.

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A Right Mixed Bag

Humphrey Lyttelton "Best of Jazz" 7th June 2004

 

"A Right Mixed Bag"

Delta Jazz Band, Dusty Rag (2003)

Coleman Hawkins, One Hour  (1952)

Cheryl Bentyne, You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To (2004)

Teazer Duo, Who is the Trumpeter, Why Play this?

Vic Dickenson group, The Lamp is Low

Steve Kaldestad, My Little Brown Book (The Strayhorn Project) (2004)

James Evans Octuple Odyessey, All Caved in (pre-release) (2005)

Stan Tracey, Exactly Like you

Julie Edwards, My One and Only Love  (2004)

The Bad Plus, Lay in a strip (2004)

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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.

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"Not an obituary, a celebration"

Humphrey Lyttelton "Best of Jazz" 28th June 2004 

"A Celebration"

Ray Charles, Let the Good Times Roll  (1959)

Ray Charles, I'm Busted

Ray Charles-Betty Carter, Baby It's Cold Outside

The Jazz Couriers, Day in Day out (1958)

Humph's Band-Lennie Bush w Helen Shapiro  (Mercer) (1987)

Teazer, Recording Date? Claude Hopkins

Jellyroll Morton, Jellyroll Blues

Teazer 2 Who plays the Alto, How Long Blues

Ray Charles-Betty Carter, Such a Sweet Romance

Ray Charles-Milt Jackson, Deed I Do

Curious Paradise w Pete Oxley, Nocturnal Navigation (2003)

Celebrate Here

One Song, Two titles (Again)

Humphrey Lyttelton "Best of Jazz" July 5th 2004

 " Two Titles Again"

"No Teazers"

The Climax Jazz Band, Redwing (2004)

Jack Teagarden, I Guess I'll have to change my plan (1957)

The Ray Sisters, Straighten up and Fly Right 

Buck Clayton, Night Train (Clayton, Forrest)

The Guest Stars, Tin Pan Alley

Tom Fletcher-Dick Hyman, Play Gershwin

Stan Getz Qt, Feijoada

Jimmy Witherspoon, Whisky Drinking Woman

Roy Eldridge, Dales's Wail

John McMurchy, No More Victims

Titlillation Time