Roy Eldridge - The Chronological Classics: 1950-1951 (2002)

Tracklist: 00:00 King David 03:01 Undecided 06:26 Easter Parade 09:22 If I Had You 12:54 Baby, Don’t Do Me Like That 16:19 Black and Blue 19:39 u disais qu’ tu m’aimais 22:59 Boogie Roy 25:29 List Blues 28:17 Just Fooling Artist: Roy Eldridge Title: The Chronological Classics: 1950-1951 Year Of Release: 2002 Label: Classics[1259] Genre: Jazz, Swing David Roy Eldridge (January 30, 1911 – February 26, 1989), nicknamed “Little Jazz“, was an American jazz trumpeter. His sophisticated use of harmony, including the use of tritone substitutions, his virtuosic solos exhibiting a departure from the dominant style of jazz trumpet innovator Louis Armstrong, and his strong impact on Dizzy Gillespie mark him as one of the most influential musicians of the swing era and a precursor of bebop. Biography Early life Eldridge was born on the North Side of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on January 30, 1911, to parents Alexander, a wagon teamst