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Title details for I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue's Humphrey Lyttelton In Conversation--Play As I Please by BBC - Available

I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue's Humphrey Lyttelton In Conversation--Play As I Please

by BBC
June Knox-Mawer
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Humph – bandleader, cartoonist, writer, chairman of BBC Radio 4's I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue, president of the Society for Italic Handwriting and doyen of jazz trumpeters. In conversation with June Knox-Mawer, Humphrey Lyttelton reflects on his extraordinary life; from schooldays at Eton and playing out 'Roll Out the Barrel' outside Buckingham Palace on VE Day, to the formation of his band in 1948 and his emergence as 'the godfather of British jazz'. In his incredibly varied career he was a cartoonist for the Daily Mail, a journalist for Punch and even formed his own record company. In this recording he shares his joy of music with his beloved humour. It's a wry, witty and wonderful story told in his characteristically urbane style and peppered with some of his own great jazz favourites.
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Publisher: BBC Audio Edition: Unabridged

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  • ISBN: 9781408440452
  • File size: 55091 KB
  • Release date: November 5, 2009
  • Duration: 01:54:46

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  • ISBN: 9781408440452
  • File size: 55195 KB
  • Release date: November 5, 2009
  • Duration: 01:54:45
  • Number of parts: 2

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Biography & Autobiography Nonfiction Humor (Nonfiction)

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English

Humph – bandleader, cartoonist, writer, chairman of BBC Radio 4's I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue, president of the Society for Italic Handwriting and doyen of jazz trumpeters. In conversation with June Knox-Mawer, Humphrey Lyttelton reflects on his extraordinary life; from schooldays at Eton and playing out 'Roll Out the Barrel' outside Buckingham Palace on VE Day, to the formation of his band in 1948 and his emergence as 'the godfather of British jazz'. In his incredibly varied career he was a cartoonist for the Daily Mail, a journalist for Punch and even formed his own record company. In this recording he shares his joy of music with his beloved humour. It's a wry, witty and wonderful story told in his characteristically urbane style and peppered with some of his own great jazz favourites.
Expand title description text
Biography & Autobiography Nonfiction Humor (Nonfiction)