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    It Just Occurred to Me?: The Reminiscences & Thoughts of Chairman Humph

    By Humphrey Lyttelton

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    The legendary band leader and jazz trumpeter, broadcaster and humorist looks back at his extraordinarily rich and varied life and the many colourful characters he has known and played with - from Duke Ellington to Louis Armstrong. He also recalls his early life as the son of a famous housemaster at Eton, where he was educated.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPortico
    Release dateOct 31, 2012
    ISBN9781909396050
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    • 3/5
      An interesting ramble, but not much more than that. To be fair the author never claims that his reminiscence is anything more than that. I might have liked it better if I'd just dipped into it occasionally instead of reading it cover to cover in one go. It was much less funny than I was expecting.
    • 3/5
      I'm a big fan of Humph on I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, so when I discovered from a friend's LT library that he had recently published this memoir, I put it on my wishlist, and received it as a late birthday present.I started the book on Monday night. Only read a few pages. Didn't really get into it at all. I tried again on Tuesday night. Got up to page 14. I really wasn't getting on with the stream of consciousness thing - no chapters, one anecdote after another, jumping from place to place. I started to despair that I just wouldn't "get" this book. But this afternoon, I sat down with a big pint mug of tea and started to read. I read solidly for an hour and a half, and got into the swing of things. After 100 pages, I stopped for dinner, but soon returned to finish the book (it's not long, 170 pages). It was amusing in places, a few interesting anecdotes, and I learnt some stuff about jazz. It really didn't tickle me the way Humph does on ISIHAC, though. I would recommend it to fans of the man, but make sure you sit down and read it in one or two sittings - it just doesn't work as something to read in snippets.