Humphrey Lyttleton at Mack's

[Christiern]

I finally acquired (on e-Bay) a tape deck that works and, in fact can handle 101/2" reels at 15 i.p.s.

This means that I can now begin to transfer some of my old analog tapes to a digital format and post new old stuff to my blog.

Here is the first of these, a single selection, "Chicago Buzz" played by Humphrey Lyttleton's band at 100 Oxford Street. This is

the very first live recordingI ever made and it isn't bad when one considers that it has been here and there in the world before

landing in my closet 48 years ago. I don't think 58-year-old tape stored without regard to temperature is supposed to last

this long. So, this is a beginning—there is more coming, including Lionel Hampton hitting the piano keys with his rapid index

fingers on the night (also in '53) that I recorded Brownie and that jam session.