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Humphrey Lyttelton Jazz with Lyttelton No 5 (EP 45rpm)
Recorded April 20 and August 03 1956
Released :1957
Label : Parlophone
Format : [email protected]
Humphrey Lyttelton excelled at everything that he chose to do. He was a trumpeter, bandleader, calligrapher, cartoonist, writer, journalist and broadcaster. Well, not quite everything. He admitted to being no good at ice-skating, but attributed his lack of success to the failure of anyone to make size 13½ skating boots to suit his feet.
His career began when he gained fame for his declamatory trumpet style and he ended up contributing more to the British jazz scene than anyone else, bestriding it for more than half a century. His unique humour permeated a long radio career which was capped by his chairmanship of the Radio 4 panel game I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue, where he became exalted for the finest dead-pan in radio since Jack Benny
Lyttelton pictured at the Radio Show, Earl's Court, London, 11 September
Liner Notes
1957 MAINSTREAM JAZZ’ – THAT VIGOROUS, free-swinging compound of styles lying between the tight ensemble playing of New Orleans and the experiments of the modernists – has been in the news during the past year. As well as awakening interest in the great bands and musicians of the Thirties and Forties, this publicity has given both impetus and identity to the kind of music heard on this record. Although Humphrey Lyttelton’s Band is usually considered to be a ‘traditional’ group, its approach to jazz has always been broader and more flexible than that of most of its contemporaries. Lyttelton has now carried this a stage further. Humph Swing Out (Parlophone PMD1044) was the first record that really featured the band playing ‘mainstream jazz’ and that policy is continued on this EP. In Looking for Turner, a slow blues, Lyttelton and Johnny Picard play a unison chorus before embarking on inventive solos. Doin’ the Rounds, an attractive 32-bar theme, takes its title from an evening Lyttelton spent last autumn accompanying Lionel Hampton on a tour of London’s jazzhaunts.
Bruce Turner’s lyrical alto saxophone is prominent on the remaining tracks. After taking a solo on Waiting for Picard, he joins Lyttelton in a chase-chorus. Sugar Rose, an old ‘Fats’ Waller tune, is treated in an easy-going, relaxed manner and includes a solo by Johnny Parker which re-creates something of Waller's own piano style.
Charles Fox
Tracklist :
01 Looking for Turner (3:29)
02 Doin' the Rounds (2:54)
03 Waiting for Picard (3:03)
04 Sugar Rose (3:13)
Personnel:
Humphrey Lyttelton - trumpet
Johnny Picard - trombone (tracks 01 & 02)
Bruce Turner - alto (tracks 03 & 04)
Johnny Parker - piano
Freddy Legon - guitar (tracks 03 & 04)
Jim Bray - bass
Eddie Taylor - drums
Stan Greig - drums (tracks 03 & 04)
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