Humphrey Lyttelton on Jazz Instruments 1 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 1 of 6 :  The Saxophone

Coleman Hawkins - Hello Lola

Illinois Jacquet - The King

Ben Webster - Tenderly

Bud Freeman - The Eel

Lester Young (with Fletcher Henderson)

Stan Getz - Waltz for a lovely Wife

Ian Ballamy - Honeysuckle Rose

John Coltrane - Miles Mode

Jim Tomlinson with Stacey Kent - Glad to be Unhappy
Paul Gonsalves - Inuendo & Crescendo in Blue

Saxo-Fun Here

Humphrey Lyttelton "Best of Jazz" 31st July 2006

Theme of Themes  
   " Ski's the limit "

Peplowski Panama

Bones to the King
Summertime
West coast Giants Playboy
Father Daughter
Herman Stravinski Foreplay
Art Hodes Yellow Dog
German Jitterbug Stride
Skidmore Yoke

Ski(p) into it Here

Humphrey Lyttelton "Best of Jazz"  14th Aug 2006

Theme "Teazer Angst"

Teazer No 1  Who is the Clarinetist

Ade's stopped monkeying

Teazer No 2 Cornetist

Peggy Needs me

Teazer No 3 Trombonist

Bechet with Love

Unique in Jazz Cello again

Teazer No 4 Clarinetist

Jimmy Gourlet Tats

Gospel time (Dylan)

Lime House Blues Trane' style

Un-Angst it all Here 

Humphrey Lyttelton "Best of Jazz"  21st Aug 2006

"Enigmat'isms"

Du Bois "Q" Lark

OK Joe 

JW magic on BT 

FW Get off What?

Mingus 1XV

PTQ Rag in NI

Ode to Scottish JD

Who is jr?

UMMG honours

Slim explains

For (TM)

Expose the abbreviations  Now

Humphrey Lyttelton "Best of Jazz"  11th Sept 2006

"Extraordinary Strawberry"

Lew Tabackin hidden title

Do right, far from Peggy

Hodges, Carter or Smith, No! Try "Talk of the Town Brown"

Julian Jackson "Etude No 1" for Gob Iron

James Evans, "ScrewBall Swing"

Be Brave, play the Bagpipes Scotsman!

George Lewis Ripping Riffs in Manchester

Teazer Pianist? 

Roberta Gambarini, "Hope is in the Air"     

Jeremy Steig "Flute fun with Oleo"

As Bruce might have said ..  Extrawb

Humphrey Lyttelton "Best of Jazz"  18th Sept 2006

"Borrowed Harmonies"

Me No Speak

A Teazered Title, the "Third Brass Monkey"     

Making Whoopee with EB

Dill Jones, Sign of the Lion

Cool Jimmy's Eyes for You

Blue Note Blasting Ike's Willow

James & Ammons Boo Woo

Teazer No 2 "Tip a cap to Monk"

Midnight Monk

Curtain down in Sly Street

Try getting Harmonised  Here

Humphrey Lyttelton "Best of Jazz"  2nd Oct  2006

"Oh for a Theme"

A Swedish Kessle

Teazing the Tenor

Simeon, East of the Sun

Striding with four Hands

Heat of the Night

Such a Culture Shock

P.S Maria

Blue Note Teazer Saxophone

Norma's Teazer

Behind the Wall with Garret

Well, I just don't know WHAT