NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Humphrey Lyttelton

Humphrey Richard Adeane Lyttelton (born 23 May 1921) is a well-known British jazz musician and broadcaster, and chairman of the BBC radio programme I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue. He is a cousin of the 10th Viscount Cobham. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (350x815, 41 KB) Humphrey Lyttelton on his trumpet at the Landmark Arts Centre, Ferry Road, Teddington, Middx. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (350x815, 41 KB) Humphrey Lyttelton on his trumpet at the Landmark Arts Centre, Ferry Road, Teddington, Middx. ... April 22 is the 112th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (113th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... May 23 is the 143rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (144th in leap years). ... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Jazz is a musical art form that originated in New Orleans at around the start of the 20th century. ... Note: broadcasting is also the old term for hand sowing. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, invariably known as the BBC (and also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world, employing 26,000 staff in the UK alone and with a budget of Â£4 billion. ... Cover for, Im Sorry I Havent a Clue Collection 1 (Volumes 1-3). From left-to-right, Graeme Garden, Barry Cryer, Humphrey Lyttelton, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Willie Rushton. ... Charles John Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham KG GCMG GCVO TD PC (8 August 1909 â€“ 20 March 1977) was a New Zealand political figure and English cricketer. ...

Early career

Lyttelton was born at Eton, where his father, The Hon. G. W. Lyttelton (second son of the 8th Viscount Cobham), was a house master. From Sunningdale Preparatory School, Lyttelton duly progressed to Eton College. At Eton he developed his love for jazz, and being inspired by the legendary Louis Armstrong, he taught himself the trumpet and formed a quartet there in 1936 which included future journalist Ludovic Kennedy on drums. Eton is a town in Berkshire, England, lying on the opposite bank of the River Thames to Windsor and connected to it by Windsor Bridge. ... G W Lyttelton (born 6 January 1883, died 1 May 1962) was a British teacher and littÃ©rateur. ... The House System is a traditional feature of British schools, similar to the collegiate system of a university. ... Sunningdale School is a family run boys preparatory school of around 100 pupils. ... The Kings College of Our Lady of Eton, commonly known as Eton College or just Eton, is an internationally renowned Public School (privately-funded and independent) for male students, founded in 1440 by Henry VI. It is located in Eton, Berkshire (traditionally part of Buckinghamshire), near Windsor in England... Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901[1] â€“ July 6, 1971) (also known by the nickname Satchmo, for satchel-mouth, and Pops) was an American jazz musician. ... Trumpeter redirects to here. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Sir Ludovic Kennedy shown on the cover of his book All In The Mind: A Farewell To God Sir Ludovic Henry Coverley Kennedy (born 3 November 1919) is a British journalist, broadcaster, and author. ...

After leaving school, Lyttelton served in the Grenadier Guards, seeing action at Salerno. Following demobilisation after World War II, he attended Camberwell Art College for two years. The Grenadier Guards is the most senior regiment of the Guards Division of the British Army, and, as such, is the most senior regiment of infantry. ... Salerno is a town and a province capital in Campania, south-western Italy, located on the gulf of the same name on the Tyrrhenian Sea. ... Demobilization is the process of standing down a nations armed forces from combat-ready status. ... Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead... Categories: Stub | University of the Arts London | Art schools | Visual arts in the United Kingdom ...

In 1949, he joined the Daily Mail as a cartoonist, where he remained until 1956. Several of his cartoons have recently been on display in various branches of Abbey, as part of their new advertising campaign. The Daily Mail is a British newspaper, a tabloid, first published in 1896. ... A cartoonist at work. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Abbey Head office. ...

The jazzman

In the late 1940s and early 1950s Lyttelton was prominent in the British revival of traditional jazz forms from New Orleans, recording with Sidney Bechet in 1949. To do so he had to break with the Musicians' Union restrictive practices which forbade working with jazz musicians from the USA. In 1956, he had his only hit, with the Joe Meek-produced recording of Bad Penny Blues, which was in the UK Singles Chart for six weeks. As the trad movement (not quite the same thing as revivalism) developed, Lyttelton moved to a mainstream approach favoured by American musicians such as trumpeter Buck Clayton; they recorded together in the early 1960s. By now his repertoire had expanded, not only including lesser known Ellington pieces, but even The Champ from Dizzy Gillespie's band book. The Lyttelton band – he sees himself primarily as a leader – has helped develop the careers of many now prominent British musicians, including Tony Coe and Alan Barnes. The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949. ... The 1950s was the decade spanning from the 1st of January, 1950 to the 31st December, 1959. ... New Orleans is the largest city in the state of Louisiana, United States of America. ... Sidney Bechet Sidney Bechet (May 14, 1897 â€“ May 14, 1959) was a Jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... The Musicians Union of the United Kingdom represents the interests of working musicians. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Joe Meek Joe Meek (born Robert George Meek; April 5, 1929 in Newent, Gloucestershire, Englandâ€”February 3, 1967) was a pioneering British record producer and songwriter acknowledged as one of the worlds first and most imaginative independent producers. ... Bad Penny Blues is a trad jazz piece written by Humphrey Lyttelton and recorded with his band in London on April 20, 1956. ... The UK Singles Chart is currently compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC) on behalf of the British record industry. ... Mainstream is, generally, the common current of thought of the majority. ... Buck Clayton (born Wilbur Dorsey Clayton in Parsons, Kansas on November 12, 1911-died in New York City on December 8, 1991) was an American jazz trumpet player, fondly remembered for being a leading member of Count Basieâ€™s Old Testament orchestra and leader of mainstream orientated jam session recordings... The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ... Edward Kennedy Duke Ellington (April 29, 1899 â€“ May 24, 1974), also known simply as Duke (see Jazz royalty), was an American jazz composer, pianist, and bandleader. ... John Birks Dizzy Gillespie (October 21, 1917 â€“ January 6, 1993) was born in Cheraw, South Carolina. ... Anthony George Coe(born November 29, 1934 in Canterbury) is a jazz musician who is trained on clarinet, bass clarinet, and tenor saxophone. ... Alan Barnes (born 23 July 1959 in Altrincham, England) is an English Jazz musician. ...

In 2001, Lyttelton and his band added trad jazz elements to a free-form, experimental Radiohead song Life in a Glass House on the Amnesiac album. Free jazz is a movement of jazz music characterized by diminished dependence on formal constraints. ... Radiohead are an English rock band from Oxfordshire. ... Life in a Glass House follows the Radiohead tradition of having a powerful, emotional song at the end of the album. ... Amnesiac is the fifth studio album by English band Radiohead, released on June 4, 2001 in the United Kingdom and on June 5 in the United States and Canada, debuting at #1 on the UK charts and #2 on the Billboard Top 200. ...

Radio personality

Lyttelton has presented The Best of Jazz on BBC Radio 2 since 1967, which continues to feature his idiosyncratic mix of top-quality recordings of all ages and current material. BBC Radio 2 is one of the BBCs national radio stations and is the most popular station in the UK. It broadcasts throughout the UK on FM radio between 88 and 91 MHz from its studios in Western House, adjacent to Broadcasting House in central London. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ...

In 1972 he was chosen to host the comedy panel game I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue on BBC Radio 4. The show was originally devised as a comedic antidote to traditional BBC panel games (radio and television), which had come to be seen as dull and formulaic in keeping with the "Auntie Beeb" staid middle-class image. Lyttelton continues in this role, famed for his deadpan, apathetic, disgruntled and occasionally bewildered style of chairmanship, and for his near-the-knuckle double entendres which, despite always being open to an innocent reading, go far further than any other BBC pre-watershed humour. The success of the programme had a big influence on the manner in which comedy was presented on the radio. Lyttelton's persona was a big part of the success: he was a straight-man surrounded by mayhem, a very similar comedy device to the role of Kenneth Horne in Round the Horne a generation earlier. 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Cover for, Im Sorry I Havent a Clue Collection 1 (Volumes 1-3). From left-to-right, Graeme Garden, Barry Cryer, Humphrey Lyttelton, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Willie Rushton. ... BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station which broadcasts a wide variety of chiefly spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history. ... A double entendre or innuendo is a figure of speech similar to the pun, in which a spoken phrase can be understood in either of two ways. ... Kenneth Horne Kenneth Horne (February 27, 1907 - February 14, 1969) was a British comedian and businessman. ... Round the Horne was one of the most influential BBC Radio comedy programmes, comparable to The Goon Show in its influence on other comedy programmes. ...

As well as his other activities, Lyttelton is a keen calligrapher and President of The Society for Italic Handwriting. He named his own record label after this extra-curricular interest. Calligraph, which he founded in the early 1980s, not only issues his own new albums and those of associates, but also re-issues (on CD) his analogue recordings made for the Parlophone label in the 1950s. Calligraphy in a Latin Bible of AD 1407 on display in Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire, England. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The 1980s refers to the years of 1980 to 1989. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Parlophone is a record label which was founded in Germany prior to World War I by the Carl Lindstrom Company. ... The 1950s was the decade spanning from the 1st of January, 1950 to the 31st December, 1959. ...

The Humphrey Lyttelton Band

The band has a busy schedule, performing (frequently sell-out) shows across the country. Performances occasionally include a guest singer, or a collaboration with another band. Jimmy Hastings (born James Brian Gordon Hastings, 12 May 1938, in Aberdeen, Scotland), is a British professional musician associated with the Canterbury scene. ... Born in Cardiff on the 9th November 1948. ... Karen Sharp is a musician most well known for her place in Humphrey Lytteltons 8 piece Jazz band where she plays tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone and clarinet. ...

Trivia

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Books

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External links

Categories: Articles with unsourced statements | British jazz musicians | British radio personalities | BBC Radio 2 DJs | British cartoonists | I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue | Azz bandleaders | Jazz trumpeters | Parlophone artists | British calligraphers | Old Etonians | Old Sunningdalians | 1921 births | Living people The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is an online database of information about actors, films, television shows, television stars, video games and production crew personnel. ... Cover for, Im Sorry I Havent a Clue Collection 1 (Volumes 1-3). From left-to-right, Graeme Garden, Barry Cryer, Humphrey Lyttelton, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Willie Rushton. ... Tim Brooke-Taylor (April 2000) Tim Brooke-Taylor (born July 17, 1940 in Buxton, Derbyshire, England) is a British comic actor most well known in Britain as a member of The Goodies comedy trio and as one of the panel members of the comedy radio show Im Sorry I... Barry Cryer (born March 23, 1935 in Leeds, Yorkshire, UK) is a writer and comedian. ... Graeme Garden, as a Beefeater in The Goodies (TV series) episode The Tower of London David Graeme Garden (born February 18, 1943) is a British comedy writer and performer. ... William George Rushton, commonly known as Willie Rushton (August 18, 1937â€“December 11, 1996) was a British cartoonist, satirist, comedian, actor and performer. ... Colin Sell is a British pianist who has appeared on the radio panel games Whose Line Is It Anyway and Im Sorry I Havent A Clue. ...

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