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Roy Eldridge

1911-01-30 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.

Image of Roy Eldridge

Biografia

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.

Películas

Coleman Hawkins – In Europe, London, Paris & Brussels 2008-03-22
Ella Fitzgerald in Köln 1974 Self - Trumpet 1974-04-09
Ella 1964-04-22
After Hours Himself 1961-01-01
Let Me Off Uptown Dancer 1942-01-12
Ball of Fire Trumpeter (uncredited) 1941-12-02