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Roy Eldridge Little Jazz Goes a Long Way
The sign outside the Metro-pole in New York City reads Dixieland. But if signs mean less to you than sounds, and you step inside, what you will hear is jazz. And if its Sunday afternoon or Monday or Tuesday night, it will be some of the best jazz, these or any days. That is when a ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Roy Eldridge
All About Jazz is celebrating Roy Eldridge's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Roy EldridgeRoy David Eldridge was a jazz trumpet player in the Swing era. His sophisticated use of harmony, including the use of tritone substitutions... more Website | Videos | Articles Follow Roy Eldridge ...
Sonny Rollins: Still Seeking the Lost Chord
by R.J. DeLuke
The Saxophone Colossus. The greatest living improvising musician. A musical god. Sonny Rollins has been called all these things at one time or another by fans across the globe, as well as by those involved in the pursuit of music criticism and jazz history. There's no question he is the greatest remaining icon to come out ...
Coleman Hawkins and Roy Eldridge All-Stars at Newport
By Roy Eldridge
Label: Verve Music Group
Released: 2008
Track listing: I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me; Day by Day; Embraceable You; Moonglow; Sweet Georgia Brown.
Roy Eldridge: Coleman Hawkins and Roy Eldridge All-Stars at Newport
by Samuel Chell
After the triumphant, news-making appearance by the Duke Ellington Orchestra the preceding year, the 1957 Newport Jazz Festival was eagerly awaited by Verve impresario Norman Granz, no doubt hopeful of replicating the success of the best-selling album of Ellington's entire career (Ellington at Newport 1956 Complete, Columbia/Legacy). Although Verve's releases marking the 50th anniversary of the ...
Joe Wilder: A True Living Legend
by Greg Thomas
Joe Wilder, a true living legend of the trumpet, is at long last getting what fellow brass great Roy Eldridge used to call “his screen credits . After 60+ years of superlative support work in big bands, Broadway pit orchestras and commercials, Wilder is finally headlining his own quartet at the Village Vanguard. ...
Roy Eldridge, Little Jazz Giant
by Mark Rattner
Roy Eldridge, Little Jazz GiantAuthor: John ChiltonContinuum, August 2002456 pages, photos: 18 b/w halftonesISBN 0-8264-5692-8Known for his dazzling improvisational skills and intensely competitive nature, Roy Eldridge is generally regarded as a key instrumentalist of the swing era. His extroverted, virtuoso style influenced a generation of swing ...
Decidedly
By Roy Eldridge
Label: Fantasy Jazz
Released: 2002
Track listing: Bee’s Bloos (9:51)*/ Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?) (16:36)*/ Undecided (11:33)/ Hackensack (15:10)*.
Roy Eldridge: Decidedly
by Derek Taylor
Norman Granz, legendary label impresario and concert organizer, had his own niche in the Seventies. Take an aging, but estimable swing star; match him with a band built on the talents of younger players; incite some sparks through friendly rivalries both manufactured and genuine; apply some promotional spin and watch the greenbacks roll in. Such was ...
