Roy Eldridge

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Roy David Eldridge (January 30, 1911 – February 26, 1989) was a jazz trumpet player in the Swing era. His sophisticated use of harmony, including the use of tritone substitutions, resulted in him sometimes being seen as the link between Louis Armstrong-era swing music and Dizzy Gillespie-era bebop. Roy's rhythmic power to swing a band was a dynamic trademark of the Swing Era. Eldridge was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His nickname was Little Jazz. Eldridge played in the bands of Fletcher Henderson, Gene Krupa and Artie Shaw before making...read more

I missed my hat Scuttlebutt The sad sack Too good to be true Striding Close your eyes Arcadia shuffle Amour Roy meets horn Stars fell on alabama The walls keep talking The long blues Joie de roy Misty Bye bye blackbird Monitor blues Sunday Cotton Bop boogie Hackensack Hollywood pastime Ja da Wineola Gofor Jolly hollis Cute Music for a stripteaser Why fall in love with a stranger? Old rob roy Swiss lullaby Tour de force Mahogany hall stomp Don´t be that way Introduction You can depend on me Barrelhouse bessie from basin street Cheek to cheek I can´t get started In a mellotone Summertime Hop skip and jump The nifty cat Does your heart beat for me Bohemia Swinging at the deuces Bourbon street parade Song of the islands Shine Stumpy The nearness of you Yellow fire Who told you i cared Soft wind Forty six west fifty two Shoe shine boy Mutiny in the parlour Lover Sprang Misterioso Big chief de sata Wheres art Très chaud Our love is here to stay The gentle grifter Steeplechase The grabtown grabble Flip and jazz Pretty eyed baby In a sentimental mood Have you met miss jones Exactly like you School days Drebirks Falling in love again Lester leaps in You took advantage of me Keep ’em flying Indiana Moon song Saturday night fish fry That drummer’s band Night and day Gigantic blues A house with a little red barn Till we meet again I never knew What a little moonlight can do I can ot get started these foolish things Time on my hands Creme de menthe The opener Melange No greater love Crazy rhythm Young bean Jangled nerves Buck still jumps Here comes cookie R and r Mr ghost goes to town Bean at the met Just fooling Smack Scootie Hanid I hear music Yesterdays Wham Dales wail God bless the child On the alamo Kerry Leave us leap Sam sam the vegetable man Lullaby of the leaves Blues for norman Woodchoppers ball I like the mayonnaise Old folks Satin doll The gypsy in my soul Funky blues More than you know Stealin apples It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing Sometimes i’m happy Take the a train Massachusetts Time on my hands from coleman hawkins and roy eldridge at the opera house Jazz battle What shall i say Riftide I found a new baby The song is ended but the melody lingers on Give my regards to broadway Harlem nocturne What did i do to be so black and blue Twelfth street rag Oh shut up I m nobody s baby Warmin up Manhattan ‘s wonderful Begin the beguine

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