Humphrey Lyttelton

The grand old man of British jazz, trumpeter and bandleader Humphrey Lyttelton spearheaded the postwar trad-jazz revival before renouncing the movement in favor of more contemporary and restless creative vision--a larger-than-life figure, he also excelled as a writer and cartoonist, and for decades was a fixture of radio, serving as the hilariously deadpan host of the long-running "I'm Sorry, I ...more