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- 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.
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Apr 25, 2008 · 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...
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.
May 19, 2024 · 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. In his later years he was perhaps best known as the host of a BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) weekly radio comedy titled I’m ...
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Apr 25, 2008 · Yet Humphrey Lyttelton - Humph to his many friends and fans - was also a life-long socialist and a performer and composer whose commitment to his music shone through for more than half a century. And to the younger generation, he was the avuncular and razor-witted chairman of I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue, who more than held his own with comedians including Tim Brooke-Taylor, the late Willie ...
Dec 14, 2008 · Humphrey Lyttelton. The much-loved jazz musician and presenter of Radio 4's I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue died aged 86 on 25 April, and is remembered by one of the show's panellists. Graeme Garden ...
Jan 12, 2012 · Humphrey Lyttelton joined them in 1947 – breaking away soon afterwards to form his own band with the clarinettist and cartoonist Wally Fawkes. ... "It's good fun and good exercise. Rhythm is the ...
Apr 27, 2008 · On April 10, jazz trumpeter Humphrey Lyttelton performed at the Bull’s Head pub in Barnes, south-west London, 42 years after he first played there. Two weeks later, the British bandleader and ...
