Person · Male
Humphrey Lyttelton
British jazz musician & broadcaster
- From
- Eton, United Kingdom
- Active
- 1921–2008
- Releases
- 28
- dixieland
- jazz
- post-bop
- swing
About
Humphrey Richard Adeane "Humph" Lyttelton (23 May 1921 – 25 April 2008) was an English jazz musician and broadcaster from the Lyttelton family.
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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.
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Discography
Albums
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Humphrey Lyttelton Jazz Concert
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I Play as I Please Apple Music
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Triple Exposure
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Humph Meets Cab
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Humph Plays Standards Apple Music
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Me and Buck
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Duke Ellington Classics
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Kansas City Woman
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Once in a While
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Echoes of the Duke
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The Mitchells and Butlers British Jazz Awards 1987
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Beano Boogie
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Movin' and Groovin' Apple Music
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I Can't Get Started...
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At Sundown
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Three in the Morning
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Take It From the Top- A Dedication to Duke Ellington
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Buddy Tate With Humphrey Lyttelton and Ruby Braff
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Presenting… Humphrey Lyttelton Apple Music
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Trouble In Mind
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In Canada
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Kath Meets Humph
Live
Links
Official
Concerts
Parent
Also known as
Humph · Humph Lyttelton · Humphrey Littleton · Humphrey Lyttleton · Humphrey Richard Adeane Lyttelton
Tags
- british
- classic pop and rock
- english
- uk
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- bb834ed2-681e-4617-8fb7-4ad563b72ac2
- ISNI
- 0000000368597846
- IPI
- 00018840679
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 12 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.