Roy Eldridge

Roy Eldridge

Roy Eldridge

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Latest Release

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  • Rising Light
  • March 2024
  • 1 Song

Top Songs

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Sweet Georgia Brown
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Honeysuckle Rose
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Sweet Lorraine
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After You've Gone
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It Never Entered My Mind

Albums

  • One of the Good Ones

    Mar 2024 • 1 song

  • You + Me

    Jul 2022 • 1 song

  • The Nifty Cat

    Jul 2022 • 40 songs

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Roy Eldridge

Biography

One of the most exciting trumpeters to emerge during the swing era, Roy Eldridge's combative approach, chance-taking style and strong musicianship were an inspiration (and an influence) to the next musical generation, most notably Dizzy Gillespie. Although he sometimes pushed himself farther than he could go, Eldridge never played a dull solo. Roy Eldridge started out playing trumpet and drums in carnival and circus bands. With the Nighthawk Syncopators he received a bit of attention by playing a note-for-note re-creation of Coleman Hawkins' tenor solo on "The Stampede." Insp...
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