Biography

Pittsburgh-born trumpeter Roy Eldridge, affectionately known as "Little Jazz," is one of the key figures in the evolution of jazz trumpet. He started out playing with Midwestern "territory" bands, but from the mid-1930s through the '50s, he was with some of the biggest bands in jazz (Fletcher Henderson, Gene Krupa, Benny Goodman) in addition to leading his own group. A pioneer of swing-era trumpet, he was also extremely influential to bebop pioneers such as Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker, though Eldridge himself never embraced the style.

Top Tracks

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• (lookie, Lookie, Lookie) Here Comes Cookie

• After You've Gone

• Ain't No Flies On Me

• Ball Of Fire

• Black Butterfly

• Blue Lou

• Blues In C Sharp Minor

• Body And Soul

• Boogie Roy

• Bop Boogie

• Christopher Columbus

• Day By Day

• Echoes Of Harlem

• Embraceable You

• Exactly Like You

• Falling In Love Again

• Fireworks

• Fish Market

• Groovin' With J.c.

• Heckler's Hop

• Hi Ho Trailus Boot Whip

• Hoppin' John

• How High The Moon

• I Can't Get Started

• In A Mellow Tone

• I've Found A New Baby

• Jump Through The Window

• Just You, Just Me

• Knock Me A Kiss

• Let Me Off Uptown

• Like Someone In Love

• Little Jazz

• Little Jazz Boogie

• Mais Que Nada

• Minor Blues

• Minor Jive

• Montreux Blues

• Muskrat Ramble

• Nuts

• Oh! Shut-up

• Oh, Lady Be Good

• Poor John

• Rifftide

• Rockin' Chair

• Roy's Riff

• Saturday Night Fish Fry, Pt. 1

• Skylark

• Sometimes I'm Happy

• St. Louis Blues

• Stealin' Apples

• Stop! The Red Light's On

• Sweet Georgia Brown

• Take The "a" Train

• Thanks For The Boogie Ride

• That Drummer's Band

• That Thing

• The Gasser

• The Walls Keep Talking

• There Is No Greater Love

• They Raided The Joint

• This Can't Be Love

• Trumpet Blues

• Une Petite Laitue

• Wabash Stomp

• Wabash Stomp, No. 1

• Watch The Birdie

• Why Do I Love You?

• Wick's Kicks

• Wild Driver

• Yard Dog

• Young Bean

Discography

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• Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz with Guest Roy Eldridge

  Jazz Alliance / Jazz Alliance

  1986

• Roy Eldridge Four

  Pablo

  1977

• Live at the Three Duces

  Wesgram

  1976

• What It's All About

  Original Jazz Classics

  1976

• I Remember Harlem

  Inner City

  1976

• Little Jazz & the Jimmy Ryan All-Stars

  Original Jazz Classics

  1975

• The Trumpet Kings Meet Joe Turner

  Pablo/OJC

  1974

• Roy Eldridge [1974]

  GNP

  1974

• Mexican Bandit Meets Pittsburg Pirate

  Fantasy

  1973

• The Trumpeters: Jazz Fest Masters

  Zomba

  1969

• The Nifty Cat Strikes West

  Master Jazz

  1966

• Comin' Home Baby

  Pumpkin Records

  1966

• Roy Eldridge [1965]

  Metro

  1965

• Swingin' on the Town

  Verve / Polygram

  1960

• At the Opera House

  Verve

  1957

• At Newport Live

  Verve

  1957

• Little Jazz Live in 1957

  Jazz Band (UK)

  1957

• Roy Eldridge and Benny Carter

  1957

• Tour de Force

  Universal Distribution

  1956

• Roy and Diz

  Verve

  1954

• Trumpet Battle

  Clef Records

  1954

• Roy and Diz, Vol. 2

  Clef Records

  1954

• Dizzy Gillespie with Roy Eldridge

  Verve

  1954

• The Trumpet Kings

  Clef Records

  1954

• Dale's Wail

  Verve

  1954

• Roy Eldridge with Zoot Sims

  Discovery

  1954

• Roy Eldridge Quartet

  London

  1954

• The Strolling Mr. Eldridge

  Clef Records

  1953

• Battle of Jazz, Vol. 7

  Brunswick

  1953

• The Roy Eldridge Quintet

  Clef Records

  1953

• Rockin' Chair

  Clef Records

  1952

• Roy Eldridge in Sweden

  Prestige Records

  1951

• Roy's Got Rhythm

  Emarcy

  1951