26Apr
Humphrey Lyttelton, 1921—2008
posted by Steve Bowbrick
Humphrey Lyttelton, who died earlier this evening, loved Buddy Bolden, a troubled, almost mythical jazz trumpeter from turn-of-the-century New Orleans. In his later life, Humph attempted a kind of reconstruction of Bolden’s music, which can’t have been easy because it was never recorded in his lifetime. I’d like to have featured one of Humph’s Bolden [...]
24Feb
Time Shift: Whatever Happened To Radio 2?
posted by Russell Davies
For me, it’s listening to Waggoner’s Walk in the back of Adrian’s Mum’s Mini Clubman on the way to swimming. That’s Radio 2. All this Paul Morley and Jonathon Ross is all very well, but Humph, Desmond Carrington, Mike Harding, “The Organist Entertains” and “Listen To The Band” are what Radio 2 is for.
