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

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)

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

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

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

Humphrey Lyttelton "Best of Jazz" 16th January 2006

"Artist Named Tunes"

Mark Crooks, Bud Powell

Frank Holder - Duncan Lamont, Billy Holiday

Teazer No 1 Bill Holman Band, Baritone Sax player?  Bari Me Not

Dutch Swing College Band, The Last Time

James P Johnson, One Hour tonight (If I could be with you) 

Kings Cross Hot Club, Milko

John Handy - Charles Mingus, Good bye Pork Pie Hat

Pete Johnson - Albert Ammons, Barrel House Boogie

Rigmor Gustafsson, You Must Believe in spring

Courtney Pine, Good Morning

The Artists Names