Humphrey Lyttelton | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Humphrey Richard Adeane Lyttelton |
Born | Eton College, Buckinghamshire, England | 23 May 1921
Died | 25 April 2008 London, England | (aged 86)
Genres | Jazz, dixieland |
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Instrument(s) | Trumpet, clarinet |
Years active | 1945–2008 |
Labels | Calligraph |
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.