Humphrey Lyttelton

ABad Penny Blues
BClose Your Eyes

Label: Parlophone
Catalogue number: R4184
Genre: Jazz
Condition: Very good+
Format: 78rpm shellac disc, 10 inch unless noted
Reference: #22022

Humphrey Lyttelton, the British jazz trumpeter and bandleader, performing "Bad Penny Blues" for Parlophone in 1956. This recording marked an early moment in the British skiffle and traditional jazz revival, and "Bad Penny Blues" became an important anthem of the emerging modern British jazz movement.

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