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A feast for all his many fans and admirers, this is the great Humphrey Lyttelton’s last book, a sparkling autobiographical kaleidoscope of memories, anecdotes, and entertaining stories from his colourful life, from his childhood as the son of a famous Eton Housemaster, through to his role as the irrepressible chairman of I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue. A Renaissance man – musician, writer, cartoonist, calligrapher and broadcaster – Humph was descended from a long line of land-owning, political, literary, clerical, scholastic and literary forebears. One of his more notorious relatives was executed for his part in the Gun Powder Plot! Last Chorus draws on some of Humph’s long-lost auto-biographical writings, as well a wealth of other material, including his never-before-seen private diaries, plus cartoons and Whether sneaking off when a child to buy his first trumpet, or wading ashore in Italy during World War II with a rifle in one hand and a trumpet in the other, or playing alongside such jazz greats as Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington, Humph was very much his own man, and he comes vividly to life in this engaging and witty self-portrait. Every Monday night from 1967 until 2008, Humphrey Lyttelton wrote and presented BBC’s The Best of Jazz, and he was, famously, Chairman of the anarchic, award-winning radio programme, I’m Sorry, I Haven’t A Clue. He wrote nine books, and composed over two hundred tunes, and has Honorary Doctorates at the universities of Warwick, Loughborough, Durham, Keele, Hertford and de Montfort.
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The original two volumes of Humph's memoirs: "I Play as I Please" and "Second Chorus" have long resided on my bookshelves. Most of the former and parts of the latter are reproduced in "Last Chorus" with a great deal of filling in and updating added.( Both have long been out of print). Also included is Humph's previously published: "Why No Beethoven?",concerning band tours of Poland and the Middle East.
The newly published diaries covering 1974 to 1980 will be of great interest to lovers of British jazz over the years and the whole book with its photographs and assorted illustrations, many of them Humph's own ,portrays a generous, kindly figure, latterly a sort of patriarch of British jazz.He exercised his many talents and dug deep into what interested him to the lasting benefit of his wide ranging audiences and professional colleagues alike.Most of all though, he was an outstanding musician....just listen to his records.
A very valuable addition to our jazz literature.
The newly published diaries covering 1974 to 1980 will be of great interest to lovers of British jazz over the years and the whole book with its photographs and assorted illustrations, many of them Humph's own ,portrays a generous, kindly figure, latterly a sort of patriarch of British jazz.He exercised his many talents and dug deep into what interested him to the lasting benefit of his wide ranging audiences and professional colleagues alike.Most of all though, he was an outstanding musician....just listen to his records.
A very valuable addition to our jazz literature.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is a really entertaining autobiography from an entertaining character.
It really is a must for all Jazz fans and fans of his radio broadcasts. It is written with a tongue in cheek attitude to his upbringing and a great sense of humour.
The book is great value for money and a fitting tribute to a great jazz musician and raconteur.
It really is a must for all Jazz fans and fans of his radio broadcasts. It is written with a tongue in cheek attitude to his upbringing and a great sense of humour.
The book is great value for money and a fitting tribute to a great jazz musician and raconteur.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Highly recommended to all Lyttelton fans, whether the jazz or ISIHAC variety. A great souvenir of a great man. Get it!!
Mike Durham.
Mike Durham.
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Humphrey Lyttelton's Last Chorus
As a devoted fan of Humph I have to say that this book is most enjoyable .... even as a non fan I think it would be a joy to read and an eye opener into the world of British... Read more
Published 20 months ago by C. Eaton Hart
LAST CHORUS AN AUTOBIOGRPHICAL MEDLEY
THE CONTENT WAS DIFFICULT TO READ AS THE FONT WAS VERY LIGHT AND HE QALITY OF THE PAPER THAT IT WAS PRINTED ON WAS VERY POOR
A DISAPPOINTING BIRTHDAY PRESENT
A DISAPPOINTING BIRTHDAY PRESENT
Published 23 months ago by BABS
Humphrey Lyttleton
I can't really write a review as the book has not yet been read. However, anything to do with this great man has got to be good.
Published on 2 April 2010 by Mrs. Jm Sykes
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