Humphrey Lyttelton

{ Humphrey Richard Adeane Lyttelton (23 May 1921 – 25 April 2008), also known as Humph, was an English jazz musician and broadcaster from the Lyttelton family. Having taught himself the trumpet at school, Lyttelton became a professional musician, leading his own eight-piece band, which recorded a hit single, "Bad Penny Blues", in 1956. As a broadcaster, he presented BBC Radio 2's The Best of Jazz for forty years, and hosted the comedy panel game I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue on BBC Radio 4, becoming the UK's oldest panel game host. Lyttelton was also a cartoonist, collaborating on the long-running Flook series in the Daily Mail, and a calligrapher and president of The Society for Italic Handwriting. {

Cheers! UK National Radio Live from Birmingham 31/12/78 - 2024-06-04 00:00:00

The Humph Anthology - 2021-12-31 00:00:00

My Body and Soul - 2021-01-29 00:00:00

British Traditional Jazz - At a Tangent, Vol. 10: Rarities and Hidden Gems - 2020-12-18 00:00:00

The Very Best of Dixieland - 2020-08-14 00:00:00

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