Humphrey Lyttelton

I was going through some shots of great trumpeters I have the other day.
Clark Terry, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Roy Hargrove, Randy Brecker, ‘Sweets’ Edison, Lester Bowie and of course the gentleman – ‘Humph’, who was I believe a great friend of Louis Armstrong.
I only photographed Humph once, at the Cinnamon Club, Bowdon near Manchester where he played with his full band.
I was shooting stage left and when he came off for the interval he asked if they were my photographs in the club gallery, I answered they were and in his top Eton accent exclaimed ‘Marvellous shots!’

I met him a couple of times after, once to sign his ‘Artist’s Edition’ of the picture you see here and once in Manchester when Neil Hughes, owner of the Cinnamon Club and I presented him with this photograph beautifully framed with some more copies from edition of fifty.
We then went to a recording of Humph chairing the BBC classic I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue’ at the Opera House – marvellous show!

Humph was the first to create the Artist’s Edition, I’m delighted to say that Jazz and Blues greats Paul Jones, Martin Taylor and the Godfather of British Jazz – Stan Tracey have since done so.

You can see the set at my web site in the Prints section.
Georgie Fame is choosing an image of himself in concert soon and will be included in the ‘Artist’s Edition’ in the autumn.