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

A Few Weeks Missing... Then now some

Humphrey Lyttelton "Best of Jazz" 8th March 2004

"Take it from the Top"

1.Humphrey Lyttelton Band, Take it from the Top (1975)

2.George Lewis, Burgandy Blues (1957)

3.Sam Rivers, Fuchsia Swing song (1965 Reiss 2004)

4.Two Cities Jazz Band, Undecipherable title?

5.Classical Jazz Qt, Variations on JS Bach Oboe Concerto 

6.Todays Teazer- Soloist? on, One Oclock Jump

7.Neil Stacey, Tonite

8.Diana Krall, Body and Soul

9.Miles Davis Sextet, Cool & Hot Meet (1951) 

Top Stuff

In an Excited State

Humphrey Lyttelton "Best of Jazz" 29th March 2004

"Excited States"

1.The Modernaires etc, I'm Coming Virginia (1938)

2.Clare Foster, Just another Day 

3.New Melbourne Jazz Band, Just Friends 

4.Fletcher Henderson, Sugarfoot Stomp  (1931)

5.Indo-Jazz, Mishra Blues (1969)

6.Teazer-Who's the Pianist?, Close to You 

7.Al Hibler, Do Nothing 'Till you hear from Me (1972)

8.Another Teazer-Saxophonist/Leader?, So Far so Good (2004) 

9.Carla Bley, BaseBall

Excitement  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

"A Collection of Oddities"

Humphrey Lyttelton "Best of Jazz" April 12th 2004

 "Oddities Galore"

1.Papa Lane's Children, Oh you Beautiful Doll

2.Eric Clapton, When You Got a Good Friend

3.Pat Longo Latin Jazz Band, Rhapsody in Blue

4.Charlie McCoy, Why Don't You Do Right (1936)

5.Teazer, What's Unusual here? (1957)

6.John & Alec Dankworth Big Band, One Day I Met Kenny Graham (Eddie Harvey) 

7.JJ Johnson, Cee Cee Rider (1988) 

-Introduction to special up and coming program on The Guitar

8.Stanley Jordan, My Favourite Things 

9.Carol Kidd, Jeepers Creepers

10.Johnny Dodds, Riverside Blues (1938)

11.Johnny Guarnieri, Stealing Apples (1978)

Get at Odds HERE

Featuring Jazz Instruments - The Guitar

Humphrey Lyttelton "Best of Jazz FEATURE" the Guitar

Originally recorded 19th April 2004 

"First posted Dec 2019 now reissued in sequence"

1.Wes Montgomery, Cottontail (1961)

2.Buddy Guy, Worry worry

3.Lonnie Johnson-Eddie Lang, Two Tone Stomp (1928)

4.Django Reinhardt, Bouncing around

5.Freddie Green, Corner Pocket (Basie)

6.Teddy Bunn, Four or Five times

7.Charlie Christian, Solo Flight

8.Colin Oxley, I Guess I'll have to change My Mind (Stacey Kent Vcl)

9.John Schofield, What it is

10.Martin Taylor, Chilling with Oscar

11.Les Paul, The Blues (Jazz at the Phil) (1944)

String along HERE

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.

Music link Here