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Friday 18 December 2020

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.

Time to listen Here

Thursday 10 December 2020

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)

Bag a listen Here

Tuesday 1 December 2020

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.

Program content Here






Sunday 22 November 2020

"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

Tuesday 17 November 2020

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

Wednesday 11 November 2020

Straight Forward stuff

 Humphrey Lyttelton "Best of Jazz" 12th July 2004



"Straight Forward Information"









The Metz Family 'Dee I Do (2003)
Mary Ann McCall, More than you know 
Art Blakey Jazz Messengers, Re-incarnation Blues (1961)
Bill Charlap Trio, Jump 
Teazer, who plays "The Man I Love"
Teazer, Who plays trumpet on Night in Tunisia
Pete Brown, Calling all Blues
Anne Marie Moss, I'm Old Fasioned (1981)
Greg Osby, Bernie's Tune (2004)

It's ALL Informational 

Sunday 1 November 2020

Jazz Benefits

Humphrey Lyttelton "Best of Jazz" 19th July 2004



"Benefitting Jazz families"









Randy Colville with Humph, Cross a Busy Street
Teazer- Confessin' the Blues (Sarah Spencer) (2004)
Warren Vache, Whats New (I'm Free) (2004)
Humph's Favourites- Donald Lambert, Pilgrim's Chorus
John Lee Hooker, I need some Money (1961)
Tijuana shots- Charles Mingus, Tijuana gift shop (1957)
Bud Freeman, Tijuana (1940)
Ken Peplowski Qt, June Night (1990)
Tina May, What Kind of Fool am I
Teazer- Who is the Saxophonist on "Like"
Three Trombones, Cheek to Cheek (Not easy)

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