Título: Humphrey Lyttelton
Seção: Early life and career
Background: Humphrey Richard Adeane Lyttelton (23 May 1921 - 25 April 2008), also known as Humph, was an English jazz musician and broadcaster from the aristocratic Lyttelton family. Having taught himself the trumpet at school, Lyttelton became a popular figure of the trad jazz revival, leading his own eight-piece band, which recorded a hit single, "Bad Penny Blues", in 1956. As a broadcaster, he presented BBC Radio 2's The Best of Jazz for forty years, and hosted the comedy panel game I'm

Conteúdo: Lyttelton was born at Eton College, (then in Buckinghamshire), where his father, George William Lyttelton (second son of the 8th Viscount Cobham), was a house master. (As a male-line descendant of Charles Lyttelton, Lyttelton was in remainder to both the Viscountcy Cobham and the Barony of Lyttelton.) From Sunningdale Preparatory School, Lyttelton duly progressed to Eton College. He was a cousin of the 10th Viscount Cobham and a great-nephew of the politician and sportsman Alfred Lyttelton, the first man to represent England at both football and cricket, both of whom also attended Eton. At Eton, Lyttelton fagged for Lord Carrington and formed his love of jazz. He was inspired by the trumpeters Louis Armstrong (who subsequently referred to Lyttelton as "that cat in England who swings his ass off") and Nat Gonella. He taught himself the instrument, and formed a quartet at the school in 1936 that included the future journalist Ludovic Kennedy on drums. After leaving school, Lyttelton spent some time at the Port Talbot steel plate works in South Wales, an experience which led to him becoming what he termed a "romantic socialist". After being called up for war service, he was commissioned in the Grenadier Guards as a second lieutenant on 29 November 1941 alongside future politician Mark Bonham Carter, and seeing action at Salerno, Italy, during Operation Avalanche when he came ashore with his pistol in one hand, and his trumpet in the other. On VE Day, 8 May 1945, Lyttelton joined

user: when did his career first start to take off

assistant: After leaving school, Lyttelton spent some time at the Port Talbot steel plate works in South Wales,

user: where did he go to school at

assistant: From Sunningdale Preparatory School, Lyttelton duly progressed to Eton College.

user: what country/state was this in

assistant: Eton College, (then in Buckinghamshire),

user: is there something big that changed his life

assistant: ". After being called up for war service, he was commissioned in the Grenadier Guards as a second lieutenant on 29 November 1941

user: what year did the jazz love  begin

assistant: He taught himself the instrument, and formed a quartet at the school in 1936

user: what was one of his big jazz accomplishments

assistant: On VE Day, 8 May 1945, Lyttelton joined in the celebrations by playing his trumpet from a wheelbarrow, inadvertently giving his first broadcast performance;

user: did he play any other insturments

assistant: CANNOTANSWER

user: did he do anything else that is worth talking about in his career

assistant: Several of his cartoons have recently been on display in various branches of the Abbey National bank, as part of their new advertising campaign.

user: what else did he do before he died

assistant: He was one of the collaborators with Wally Fawkes on the long running cartoon strip Flook.