This CD includes the 1951 sessions with members of Australia's Graeme Bell Band who were on tour in the U.K. at that time. They are notable for the late 1920s feel of the ensembles and the unique solo offerings of alto saxophonist Ade Monsbourgh. Lyttelton tapped into the rich expatriate Caribbean musical community for this early fusion of jazz and Caribbean rhythms (the Habanera touch). Saxophonists Freddie Grant and Bertie King, pianist Mike McKenzie, and guitarist Fitzroy Coleman are all featured alongside Lyttelton's potent trumpet and the warm glow of Wally Fawkes' clarinet. Marie Bryant is featured in four well chosen standards.

Tracklist:

Take a Note from the South
Open House
Hook, Line and Sinker
Backroom Joys
Apples Be Ripe
Midnight Creep
Small Hour Fantasy
Sweet Muscatel
Get It
Stay with It
Ugly Duckling
Friendless Blues
Fat Tuesday
Original Jelly Roll Blues
King Porter Stomp
London Blues
Mike's Tangana
Ain't Misbehavin'
Beale Street Blues
Georgia on My Mind
Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams
Muskrat Ramble
Mamzelle Josephine
Mainly Traditional
Oh! Dad
Ace in the Hole

UPC: 778132206729
Label: Sackville Records
Release Date: 7.18.06
Format: CD

Humphrey Lyttelton - The Other Parlophones 1951-1954 (CD)