The resultant jam session featured some of the very best from a great era for British Jazz.

'This is probably as close as we'll ever get to matching the legendary Buck Clayton Jam Sessions and possibly better than many of the JATP concerts recorded by Norman Granz.' - Lance Liddle, Bebop Spoken Here This is the second album sailing under the flag of Jazz City UK, recorded in Birmingham and seeking to draw attention to this City's jazz heritage. Back in 1984, Big Bear had the idea of emulating the Eddie Condon New York session where two front lines alternate, and sometimes play together. On a summer's afternoon in Birmingham's Cannon Hill Park, Humphrey Lyttelton and the then up and coming Digby Fairweather headed the two four-man front lines backed by the rhythm section that made up a round dozen on stage. The session featured star players from across a wide spectrum of British jazz, the saxophone pairing of Dick Morrissey and Bruce Turner for instance, with everyone at the peak of their ability. The concert worked so well that that it was repeated as the key element of the Birmingham Jazz Festival which it had spawned. Humph, Dick Morrissey and Roy Williams were on hand again three years later when The British Jazz Awards enjoyed a ritzy evening at Birmingham's Grand Hotel when no less a personage than the great American pianist Sir Charles Thompson played for diners! The resultant jam session featured some of the very best from a great era for British Jazz.

Track Listing

• The Humphrey Littleton Allstars - Carolina Diner
• The Humphrey Littleton Allstars - If I Could Be with You One Hour Tonight
• The Humphrey Littleton Allstars - Cherokee
• The Humphrey Littleton Allstars - Frankie and Johnny
• The Humphrey Littleton Allstars - Blues My Naughtie Sweetie Gives to Me
• The Humphrey Littleton Allstars - Crazy Rhythm
• The Humphrey Littleton Allstars - The Hucklebuck
• The Humphrey Littleton Allstars - Jumpin' at the Woodside
• The Humphrey Littleton Allstars - Honeysuckle Rose

Additional Details

Label: Big Bear

Genre: Jazz

Language: English

Run Time: 68 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 09/12/25

UPC: 5018128000418