Weary Blues -- Dutch Swing College Band with Humphrey Lyttlet

Weary Blues -- Dutch Swing College Band with Humphrey Lyttleton 1976

Somewhere in Holland, probably around 1976 the Dutch Swing College Band is filmed while their special guest from England, Humphrey Lyttleton gets to sit in and play a solo. Unfortunately the band choose a tune, a band staple, which features the clarinet section. What makes this clip especially interesting is to see that the clarinetist who played in the band permanently between approximately 1947 and 1957 came to sit in during this session.
Dim Kesber is featured here between leader Peter Schilperoort and Bob Kaper. Other members are Bert de Kort cornet, Dickie Kaart trombone, Arie Ligthart? guitar, Henk Bosch van Drakestein bass and Huub Janssen drums.

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Music

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• jazz
• classic
• revival
• dutch
• swing
• college
• lyttleton
• kesber

[vlesivisage]

simple joy watching this, and seeing just how the band members are loving it. Modern jazz never creates this feeling

[paulbgo]

Not Arie Ligthart, as suggested in the info text, but Jaap van Kempen on guitar. He replaced Ligthart in 1973. He can also be seen a split second between de Kort and Lyttleton after Peter Schilperoort's first solo. ...and Dim Kesber stayed with the band until 1959. :) I've always loved his very special clarinet style!

[oldtimejazzfan]

@paulbgo And the Albert system clarinet as Dim plays it sounds much more powerful than the Boehms of Peter and Bob (although I play a Boehm myself)