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Roy Eldridge

Top Songs By Roy Eldridge

Let Me off UptownGene Krupa Big Band, Anita O'Day & Roy Eldridge

Listen to After You've Gone by Roy Eldridge and His Orchestra & Roy Eldridge, see lyrics, music video & more!

After You've GoneRoy Eldridge and His Orchestra & Roy Eldridge

Listen to Polite Blues by Roy Eldridge & Benny Carter, see lyrics, music video & more!

Polite BluesRoy Eldridge & Benny Carter

Listen to Hop, Skip and Jump by Artie Shaw & His Gramercy Five & Roy Eldridge, see lyrics, music video & more!

Hop, Skip and JumpArtie Shaw & His Gramercy Five & Roy Eldridge

Listen to Echoes of Harlem by Roy Eldridge, see lyrics, music video & more!

Echoes of HarlemRoy Eldridge

Listen to After You've Gone by Roy Eldridge, see lyrics, music video & more!

After You've GoneRoy Eldridge

Wabash StompRoy Eldridge

Listen to Rockin' Chair by Roy Eldridge, see lyrics, music video & more!

Rockin' ChairRoy Eldridge

Listen to Night and Day by Art Tatum, Roy Eldridge, John Simmons & Alvin Stoller, see lyrics, music video & more!

Night and DayArt Tatum, Roy Eldridge, John Simmons & Alvin Stoller

Listen to I Still Love Him So by Roy Eldridge & Benny Carter, see lyrics, music video & more!

I Still Love Him SoRoy Eldridge & Benny Carter

Latest Release

Listen to Swing Trumpets: Roy Eldridge & Charlie Shavers by Roy Eldridge & Charlie Shavers

ALBUMSwing Trumpets: Roy Eldridge & Charlie ShaversRoy Eldridge & Charlie Shavers

More albums from Roy Eldridge

Listen to Les Tricheurs (Bande Originale du Film) by Roy Eldridge

ALBUMLes Tricheurs (Bande Originale du Film)Roy Eldridge

ALBUMWabash StompRoy Eldridge

ALBUMStardustRoy Eldridge

Listen to Roy's Trumpet Fiesta by Roy Eldridge

ALBUMRoy's Trumpet FiestaRoy Eldridge

Listen to A Jazz Hour With Coleman Hawkins & Roy Eldridge: Bean and Little Jazz by Coleman Hawkins & Roy Eldridge

ALBUMA Jazz Hour With Coleman Hawkins & Roy Eldridge: Bean and Little JazzColeman Hawkins & Roy Eldridge

Listen to Sweet Georgia Brown by Roy Eldridge

ALBUMSweet Georgia BrownRoy Eldridge

Listen to It’s All Swing! - Vol. 2 by Roy Eldridge

ALBUMIt’s All Swing! - Vol. 2Roy Eldridge

Listen to I'm Nobody's Baby by Roy Eldridge

ALBUMI'm Nobody's BabyRoy Eldridge

Listen to Jazz Foundations, Vol. 63: Roy Eldridge by Roy Eldridge

ALBUMJazz Foundations, Vol. 63: Roy EldridgeRoy Eldridge

Listen to The Swing Of Things by Roy Eldridge

ALBUMThe Swing Of ThingsRoy Eldridge

Listen to The Arcadia Ballroom New York Presents Roy Eldridge (Original Live Recordings 1939) by Roy Eldridge

ALBUMThe Arcadia Ballroom New York Presents Roy Eldridge (Original Live Recordings 1939)Roy Eldridge

Listen to Tatum Group Masterpieces, Vol 2 by Alvin Stoller, Art Tatum, John Simmons & Roy Eldridge

ALBUMTatum Group Masterpieces, Vol 2Alvin Stoller, Art Tatum, John Simmons & Roy Eldridge

Listen to Jazz Maturity by Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie & Oscar Peterson

ALBUMJazz MaturityRoy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie & Oscar Peterson

Listen to I Remember Harlem by Roy Eldridge

ALBUMI Remember HarlemRoy Eldridge

Listen to The Trumpet Kings At Montreux 1975 by Roy Eldridge, Clark Terry & Dizzy Gillespie

ALBUMThe Trumpet Kings At Montreux 1975Roy Eldridge, Clark Terry & Dizzy Gillespie

Listen to Little Jazz and the Jimmy Ryan All-Stars by Roy Eldridge

ALBUMLittle Jazz and the Jimmy Ryan All-StarsRoy Eldridge

ALBUMHappy TimeRoy Eldridge

Listen to Oscar Peterson and Roy Eldridge by Oscar Peterson & Roy Eldridge

ALBUMOscar Peterson and Roy EldridgeOscar Peterson & Roy Eldridge

Listen to The Trumpet Kings Meet Joe Turner by Clark Terry, Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Eldridge & Harry Edison

ALBUMThe Trumpet Kings Meet Joe TurnerClark Terry, Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Eldridge & Harry Edison

Listen to Mexican Bandit Meets Pittsburgh Pirate (Remastered 1992) by Paul Gonsalves & Roy Eldridge

ALBUMMexican Bandit Meets Pittsburgh Pirate (Remastered 1992)Paul Gonsalves & Roy Eldridge

Listen to The Nifty Cat by Roy Eldridge, Budd Johnson, Benny Morton, Nat Pierce, Tommy Bryant & Oliver Jackson

ALBUMThe Nifty CatRoy Eldridge, Budd Johnson, Benny Morton, Nat Pierce, Tommy Bryant & Oliver Jackson

ALBUMThe Nifty CatRoy Eldridge

Listen to Hawkins! Eldridge! Hodges! Alive! At the Village Gate by Coleman Hawkins, Johnny Hodges & Roy Eldridge

ALBUMHawkins! Eldridge! Hodges! Alive! At the Village GateColeman Hawkins, Johnny Hodges & Roy Eldridge

Listen to That Warm Feeling by Roy Eldridge & Russell Garcia

ALBUMThat Warm FeelingRoy Eldridge & Russell Garcia

Listen to Tour De Force by Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie & Harry Edison

ALBUMTour De ForceRoy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie & Harry Edison

Listen to Roy and Diz by Roy Eldridge & Dizzy Gillespie

ALBUMRoy and DizRoy Eldridge & Dizzy Gillespie

ALBUMCollatesRoy Eldridge

ALBUMLittle JazzRoy Eldridge

Listen to Little Jazz (Roy Eldridge, Vol. 1) by Roy Eldridge

ALBUMLittle Jazz (Roy Eldridge, Vol. 1)Roy Eldridge

Listen to St. Louis Blues by Roy Eldridge

ALBUMSt. Louis BluesRoy Eldridge

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Roy Eldridge Essentials

Tart, adventurous textures from a trumpeter who bridged the swing and bebop eras.

About Roy Eldridge

Hometown

Pittsburgh, PA, United States

Born

January 30, 1911

Genre

Jazz

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.