Messages page 15 - Remember Humph

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Thanks for the memories, Humph. I have loved your music for over fifty years. There has never been a better presenter of a jazz programme and of course your chairmanship of ISIHAC will never be forgotten and the shows themselves will take their place amongst the greatest radio comic shows of all time. You will be sadly missed

Alan Brinkworth, 06/05/2008 20:22

I had the privilege of seeing Clue live twice in the last couple of years and the memory of duetting with Humph's trumpet (along with the rest of the kazoo playing audience) will be one I treasure forever. RIP Humph - I miss you!

Rachel Miller, 06/05/2008 18:48

I've just got home after attending Humphs funeral and just have to say that It was a perfect send off for a very special man.......

Syd Appleton, 06/05/2008 17:04

I remember lying awake in bed as a youngster listening to ISIHAC on Thursday nights (always comedy night) on Radio 2 in the 1970s. I've found myself having to stop the car on the way home from work in more recent years because of laughing so hard I couldn't see to drive. I've seen Humph and his jazzmen in concert at Uppingham School Hall and was atlast priviledged to see ISIHAC in the flesh when my husband and I went to Leeds Opera House last year. It's like loosing a treasured uncle. I'll always think of ISIHAC's major achievement as allowing me to enjoy listening to "A Whiter Shade Of Pale" by remembering Willie Ruston singing the words to the tune of "My Old Man's A Dustman". Classic!

Mo Todd, 06/05/2008 16:56

Thank you so much for making my wife and I laugh out loud in public places whilst listening to Clue. They says its all in the timing , not the case with Humph ... 2 seconds of silence could produce twice as much laughter . You shall be missed ! the world has lost a telented performer , aswell as a skilled and outstanding whit !

Dave Rowlands, 06/05/2008 16:41

A bit of light in our lives has gone. In every part of his broadcasting he was interesting, and so hugely funny. Strangely, I would love to hear him read his own epitaph, I think it would be immensely funny. Cheers for being there!

Steve Brookes MBE, 06/05/2008 12:21

I always enjoyed Mr Lytteltons radio program that I only was able to hear because of the BBC internet. He possessed a great wit and always had good things to say about people, music, and musicians. I will strive to be more like him in my own life!

Jud Warren, 06/05/2008 06:41

In 48 when Iwas 15 I worshipped at Humph's and Wally's feet at the jazz club on great windmill Street. "Tailgate" from the "Vintage Humphrey Lyttelton" album was playing on the computer, so I googled to get the latest Humph news and was so saddened to learn that he had died and gone up to the Tower of Song Good bye Humph and my sympathies to Mrs Lyttelton and family Peter Fox, Vancouver BC Canada

Peter Fox, 05/05/2008 23:10

Peter Fox, 05/05/2008 23:09

Humph was a rare talent whose personality shone through everything he did. I was never lucky enough to have met him, but he has been a part of most my life via radio. I know he has affected many peoples lives, with his work over the years. What better tribute to a life than that. Sadly missed but never forgotten.

Andrew Webber, 05/05/2008 23:02

Humphrey Lyttelton: A tribute I stopped working when the BBC announced the death of Humphrey Lyttelton. We know he was in his eighties, but he was always there as a musician, humorist, broadcaster, cartoonist and calligrapher. The first time I saw him play was in Manchester, at Club 43, back in the early sixties. The club was situated on the second floor of the Clarendon Hotel in Oxford Road and run by Ernie Garside, a great impresario. Engineering my free entry by designing the posters for guests like Humph, Tubby Hayes, Joe Harriot meant that I saw many other great British jazz musicians. Humph could certainly pack them into that long room. He had his regulars with him; Tony Coe, Joe Temperley and Alan Skidmore, not alas Wally Fawkes (Trog). Listening to all this, I and other students drank something called Black Velvet. Humph’s personality was always easy and relaxed and this was conveyed in everything he did, no wonder Tim Brooke Taylor called him Uncle Humph! As I said at the beginning, he was always there - I just wanted him to carry on for ever! He was a great entertainer and always good company for someone like me, working in my studio, listening to his programmes. William Rudling

William Rudling, 05/05/2008 22:59

You Always Made Me Laugh . will miss you

Alison, 05/05/2008 22:16

Mornington Cresent!

Maree Pavletich, 05/05/2008 22:07

I am so sad to find this site but so glad to have the opportunity to write something. I am a musician but its the radio comedy I will never forget - its the reason I bought a digital radio and why my partner and I went to see The Clue team live a couple of years ago - hilarious life affirming warm comedy. I hope you are up there laughing with Samantha on your right hand fiddling with the lazer display board! God bless you Humph from a fan less than half your age still looking for a good way to Mornington Crescent! Cheers!

Lincoln Grounds, 05/05/2008 19:48

Really sorry to see Humph leave, but he lead one of the best lives ever, playing music and hosting the best ever comedy radio show. I so wish I end up like Humph. RIP Humphrey Lyttelton

Richard Bazire, 05/05/2008 15:39

Lost,always loved.

Michael Dulson, 05/05/2008 14:25

I last saw Humph's band on a joyous evening in Swansea in 2007. He chatted, signed autographs in that beautiful handwriting, and whenever a child approached him, he did for each one a little cartoon beside his signature. No fuss, no bother, just a typical gesture from a very special person.

Wyn Davies, 05/05/2008 13:41

I shall remember Humph with great affection. I first heard him in concert at Sheff City Hall in Sept 1956. Humph was a warm and frriendly man with a wonderful sense of humour . He and his music have given me enormous pleasure over very many years. R I P Humph I shall miss you

Michael Cruise, 05/05/2008 13:31

God bless you dear friend, I'm glad I got to see you on tour.

Thomas, 05/05/2008 11:40