Stormy Monday - Roy Eldridge, Joe Pass, Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, Eddie Locke 1975

Roy Eldridge - Happy Time (ReUp) Roy Eldridge (trumpet,vocals), Oscar Peterson (piano), Joe Pass (guitar), Ray Brown (bass), Eddie Locke (drums). Recorded in New York, New York on June 4, 1975. Roy Eldridge in addition to his trumpet playing, lends his vocal stylings here, with a sense of tribute to the artists who made them so famous years before; in particular, Eldridge’s crooning of “Sweethearts on Parade“ recalls Louis Armstrong’s famous version. The trumpet jam is uniquely Roy Eldridge, however, with its rollicking pace and quirky, ecstatic high notes, while Joe Pass’s electric guitar interlude adds an extra dash that vitalizes this romantic excursion. Like his trumpet playing, Eldridge makes a musician’s choices in his vocal phrasing. His low key vocalizing is well suited to the torch song “Willow Weep for Me.“ His horn reprises his voice in its sentimental quality, but with the intensity and power that makes him one of the foremost trumpet players in jazz history. Oscar Peterson gives a splendid pian