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Devoted fan for many years (of both his music and ISIHAC roles). Listened from the first, nervous Mc-ing through to the ribald confidence of the final shows. Humph was the BEST and will be sorely missed by us all. We keep his memory vibrantly alove by playing ISIHAC on Facebook. God Bless Humph.

Lynda Finn, 08/10/2009 05:56

hi this is just a quick msg to say just heard the new episodes of clue and it was ok but no one can compare like the majestic humph. RIP humph xxxxxxRegards Teresa

Teresa, 31/07/2009 11:30

I loved this programme and was lucky enough to see it in Manchester last year before Humph went to the Great Jam Session in the sky. My best wishes to his family and thank you Humph and the team for the many years of joy and laughter.

Kris Russell, 30/12/2008 13:51

thanks Humph, you were really funny.

Tim Cookson, 21/12/2008 22:46

Just to say that Humph is very sadly missed. He regularly used to make me cry with laughter, even when I was feeling a little out of sorts, and there's not many people who can do that. A very very funny man. Dan

Daniel Stone, 21/12/2008 17:26

I was in love with Samantha

Alex, 17/12/2008 01:55

If anyone is in touch with the other side they might like to pass on to Humph the fact that there is a school artroom door in Australia bearing the legend â??As we journey through life, discarding baggage along the way, we should keep an iron grip, to the very end, on the capacity for silliness. It preserves the soul from desiccation." Humph.

Joe Glaysher, 17/12/2008 01:45

Humph is on BBC4 now, I have torrented all the episodes since the 70's- Its odd to miss someone who youve never met but still everyday I listen to Isihac and everyday im a little sad at the end as I remmeber no one could replace this marvellous talented man

Joe Sanderson, 16/12/2008 21:16

A wonderful, wonderful man. We miss you......

Carlton Bradbury, 16/12/2008 21:01

Humph, there are no words that can express my thanks for the years of enjoyment that your wit and wisdom has given to me. Listening to my ISIHAC CD's and now reading your books, at least in spirirt your genius lives on. May you rest in peace.

Paul Gilhooley, 14/12/2008 22:20

I am 52 and play the French horn, but when I was 11, I played the trumpet. In those days, school music lessons required pupils to "extend the following four bar phrase to eight bars", something I used to find quite easy and frankly a bit boring. As a result, I used to complete the exercise and then write something which I hoped would amuse my teacher at the end. One week I wrote my additional four bars and then added a little syncopated cadenza which finished on a flat 7th. My surname is Humphries, so in a kind acknowledgement of my juvenile attempts at humour, my music teacher wrote on my work "Lyttelton Humph and his Trumph!". That is my earliest definite memory of Humph's name, though obviously I knew it already, or I would have not understood my teacher's allusion. Since then, he has been a part of my life: a friend I never met, but someone who was always there. Now he's gone. My world is a little colder,

John Humphries, 08/12/2008 15:29

Thanks for bringing so much enjoyment listening to the best of jazz and laughter to a world that needs it.

Brian, 30/11/2008 18:47

I (Jon) was a latecomer to ISIHAC, and my daughter Nyssa was even later (and no change there, especially on school days!) I was more of a Goodies fan, being a child of the 70s, so tuned in for Tim and Graeme, but Humph has since been my (our) reason for listening: so dead-pan and seeming to be barely able to tolerate the show, the wonderfully subtle (and not-so-subtle) insults to Colin Sell - oh, just so many moments that would never have worked without him. We tried to get to see the recordings and were so disappointed to have missed what turned out to be his final shows. Nyssa is only 16 but loves the show as much as I do. The humour of Humph and the guys spanned the generations like no-one else could - rest well Humph, we love ya!

Jon & Nyssa Ford, 29/11/2008 00:37

In the early 1980's I was on the bill with Humph! That sounds grander than it really was but the memory lingers as he was so pleasant. The circumstances were simply that he brought his band - and Helen - for a booking at the Cambridge May Ball. It was an all-night extravaganza of entertainment and I played my piano accordian for the Pump House Clog Morris Dancers who provided one of the "cabaret spots" when HUmph and the band needed a break. It was an open air gig on the grass courtyard of one of the colleges - lit by flaming torches and attended by hundreds of students in their evening dress finery. The college "servants" looked after Humph, and us, with refreshements, and the night was long but memorable. The gracious introduction Humph gave to our amateur group of dancers and musicians was generous and he was a gent! Thank you Humph!

John Howard Norfolk, 24/11/2008 10:20

A late comer fan, I'm afraid, but I came to enjoy Humphrey immensely and am so sorry he has passed.

Louisa, 08/11/2008 01:09

It was with great sadness that I heard Humph had died. His early recordings started my lifelong love of jazz. The last time I saw Humph was at Bridlington with Helen Shapiro - an evening to treasure. Many thanks for a lifetime of pleasure

Peter Lees, 04/11/2008 09:56

A lifetime of laughs and lovely music. I've been a Humph devotee for more than 50 years. A couple of examples from so many happy memories: The band's regular Wednesday evenings at The Marquee Club and one particular evening when Humph was flanked by Cat Anderson and Kenny Baker in the front line. As they hit the high notes, Humph held his trumpet up like a gun and pretended to shoot the notes down. Six-footer-plus Humph introducing the diminutive Ruby Braff on stage at the RFH. After shaking Humph's hand Ruby went up to the mike and announced: "Nobody's that tall!" Thanks Humph; you enriched our lives.

Dave Bowen, 04/11/2008 09:45

Great personality, great musician. His sense of humour will be solely missed.

Karol Walkowski, 28/10/2008 14:13

I and many others in Australia will never forget him. The world is a sadder and shabbier place now. Looking forward to seeing him again in Jazz Heaven.

Fred Baker, 28/10/2008 09:54

humph will be sorely missed. there will never be anyone else like him, from his dry wit on clue to his jaz music. he was one of a kind

Andrew Dore, 25/10/2008 21:57