Personnel: Humphrey Lyttelton (trumpet); Diz Disley (guitar, banjo); Freddy Legon (guitar); Bruce Turner (clarinet, alto saxophone); Wally Fawkes, Sandy Brown (clarinet); Al Fairweather (trumpet); Jeremy French, John Picard (trombone); Ian Armitt, Johnny Parker (piano); Graham Burbridge (drums).
Liner Note Authors: Humphrey Lyttelton; Mike Pointon.
Recording information: 01/24/1955-08/14/1956.
VOLUME 2 of THE BEST OF BRITISH JAZZ FROM THE BBC JAZZ CLUB offers up more recordings from the weekly jazz radio program BBC Jazz Camp. Like all six volumes in the series, VOL. 2 centers on traditional Dixieland and New Orleans jazz. Two ensembles dominate the disc, Humphrey Lyttleton's band and the Sandy Brown Jazz Band. Both ensembles specialize in authentic 1920s jazz (although these recordings were made in the 1950s). The set not only acts as a document of England's exciting jazz scene, but will please anyone who appreciates lovingly rendered trad jazz.