Humphrey littleton biography

Humphrey Lyttelton: Raconteur, wit and father of British jazz

Humphrey Lyttelton was perhaps the UK's most influential jazz performer.

Humphrey Richard Adeane Lyttelton (– 25 April ), also known as Humph, was an English jazz musician and broadcaster from the Lyttelton family.

Humphrey Littleton, or Humphrey Lyttelton, (died 7 April ) was a member of the Lyttelton family, who was executed for his involvement in the Gunpowder.

THE GODFATHER OF BRITISH JAZZ .

Humphrey Lyttelton was a British trumpeter, clarinetist, bandleader, and composer who was the leading force in English jazz for more than 50 years.

Humphrey Richard Adeane Lyttelton, also known as Humph, was an English jazz musician and broadcaster from the Lyttelton family.

Beyond this, he was a noted raconteur and wit and chairman of BBC Radio 4's long-running I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue.

He was the unlikeliest of jazzmen. Born with a silver spoon in his mouth, he was schooled at Eton and commissioned in the Grenadier Guards.

Yet Humphrey Lyttelton - Humph to his many friends and fans - was also a life-long socialist and a performer and composer whose commitment to his music shone through for more than half a century.

And to the younger generation, he was the avuncular and razor-witted chairman of I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue, who more than held his own with comedians including Tim Brooke-Taylor, the late Willie Rushton and Barry Cryer.

Humphrey Lyttelton was born in 1921 and his father was a housemaster at Eton.

Both of his parents were amateur musician