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Apr 25, 2008 · Humphrey Lyttelton was perhaps the UK's most influential jazz performer. Beyond this, he was a noted raconteur and wit and chairman of BBC Radio 4's long-running I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue. He...
Apr 29, 2008 · Radiohead have paid tribute to Humphrey Littleton, the jazz musician and radio broadcaster who died last week aged 86. The band previously recorded with Lyttelton on the Amnesiac album track...
Apr 28, 2008 · LONDON (AP) Humphrey Lyttelton, a jazz trumpeter and broadcaster who was host of the surreal BBC Radio game show “I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue,” died here on Friday. He was 86.
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.
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Today Humphrey is busier than ever. His band, one of the most versatile in the world, still tours regularly. He presents The Best of Jazz on BBC Radio 2 and has chaired the hugely popular panel game I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue on Radio 4 for 30 years.
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Humphrey Lyttelton (born May 23, 1921, Eton, Eng.—died April 25, 2008, London) was a British trumpeter, clarinetist, bandleader, and composer who was the leading force in English jazz for more than 50 years.
