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	Roy Eldridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Roy David Eldridge (January 30, 1911 – February 6, 1989) was a jazz trumpet player in the Swing era.
		Roy Eldridge was the best musician to ever play.
		He is also credited inventing electircity, telephones, social sciences as well as recieving a nobel prize for his dicovery of the photon.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Roy_Eldridge (123 words)

	Roy Eldridge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Eldridge, Roy (1911-1989), was one of the greatest trumpet players in jazz history.
		Eldridge was known as "Little Jazz," a nickname he was given in the early 1930's because he was short.
		Eldridge became one of the first fl musicians to play in a white jazz band's brass section.
	www2.worldbook.com /features/aamusic/html/eldridge.htm (279 words)

	Review - Roy Eldridge: Decidedly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Decidedly is a previously unreleased 1975 concert by Roy Eldridge and an all star band.
		Eldridge, on trumpet, was joined by Johnny Griffin on tenor saxophone, Ray Bryant on piano, Joe Pass on guitar, Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen on bass, and Louis Bellson on drums.
		But Eldridge, who was 64 at the time of this concert in Antibes, France, played more like a young lion seeking to establish his name among jazz trumpeters, rather than the venerated performer who had been playing professionally for almost 50 years.
	www.cosmik.com /aa-august02/reviews/review_roy_eldridge.html (260 words)

	NEA Jazz Masters RoyEldridge
		Also known as “Little Jazz” Roy Eldridge was a fiery, energetic trumpeter who although short in stature was a larger-than-life figure in the jazz trumpet lineage.
		Roy returned to New York to rejoin Teddy Hill in 1935, with whom he made his first recordings as a soloist in 1935.
		In 1948 Norman Granz recruited Eldridge for his Jazz at the Philharmonic, an ideal situation for Roy since he was one of the ultimate jam session trumpeters.
	www.iaje.org /bio.asp?ArtistID=59 (573 words)

	PBS - JAZZ A Film By Ken Burns: Selected Artist Biography - Roy Eldridge
		Roy Eldridge played professionally from the age of 16, first with a touring carnival (where he imitated Coleman Hawkins' well-known tenor saxophone solo in Stampede) and later with obscure Midwestern bands.
		By this time Eldridge was widely regarded as the outstanding jazz trumpet soloist of his time, and he began to receive liberal offers from white swing bands.
		Although in the early 1940s Eldridge had taken a leading part in the jam sessions at Minton's Playhouse in New York, which later crystallized in bop, he was out of sympathy with that style, and by the late 1940s his music was considered old-fashioned.
	www.pbs.org /jazz/biography/artist_id_eldridge_roy.htm (585 words)

	Roy Eldridge at harlem.org : explore jazz history through Art Kane's photograph
		Called the swing era's first trumpet soloist, Roy's playing was influenced by the saxophone playing of Coleman Hawkins and Benny Carter.
		In 1941 he broke racist social rules in the United States and played with the Gene Krupa band.
		Reacting to Dizzy Gillespie's tongue, Eldridge is one of the few musicians not looking at Art Kane's camera.
	www.harlem.org /people/eldridge.html (83 words)

	Roy Eldridge, Little Jazz Giant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Known for his dazzling improvisational skills and intensely competitive nature, Roy Eldridge is generally regarded as a key instrumentalist of the swing era.
		A new biography, Roy Eldridge, Little Jazz Giant, provides a detailed, chronological study of the great trumpeter’s career from his early years in Pittsburgh, through his rise to prominence with the Gene Krupa band in the 1940s, and later as a band leader and featured soloist on the Jazz at the Philharmonic concert series.
		It is ironic that as Eldridge reached his peak with Krupa, the language of jazz was undergoing a critical shift from swing to bebop.
	www.allaboutjazz.com /php/article.php?id=872 (697 words)

	Jazz/Jerry Jazz Musician/"Roy Eldridge: Little Jazz Giant" author John Chilton is interviewed about celebrated ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Roy said he didn't mind that, and that he understood it, but that was the end of their love interest in one another.
		Roy always felt that Anita O'Day was a wonderful vocalist, but when it was time for him to play a solo -- they did a lot of double numbers during which they shared the spotlight and sang together -- he felt she would try too hard to gain the audience's attention.
		Roy was excited to play in a big band again, and even brought along arrangements that he featured in his own big band, but due to Basie's complete lack of interest, he wound up playing quite a subsidiary role.
	www.jerryjazzmusician.com /mainHTML.cfm?page=chilton.html (6894 words)

	Review - Roy Eldridge: Little Jazz And The Jimmy Ryan All-Stars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Eldridge attempted to recreate the spontaneity of a club setting in the confines of a recording studio.
		Eldridge, one of the most competitive and exciting trumpet players in jazz history, sounded engaged and in great spirits for this session and he carried his band mates along with him.
		Eldridge focused on swing and Dixieland numbers for this date, and the tunes included "Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea," "St. James Infirmary," "Beale Street Blues," "Bourbon Street Parade, and "All of Me." Not everyone is a fan of Dixieland or swing, so this music might not be your cup of tea.
	www.cosmik.com /aa-june01/reviews/review_roy_eldridge.html (267 words)

	Jazz/Jerry Jazz Musician/Great Encounters: When Gene Krupa hired Roy Eldridge
		Roy was thrilled to receive the invitation but pointed out that he was still under contract to Joe Glaser, who would have to approve the deal; Roy had also taken the lease on an apartment at 55th and Michigan.
		Roy was happy with the deal, but realistically pointed out, "I turned out to be the big thing for the band." Swing fans were absolutely delighted by Roy's move, as were the musicians in Krupa's Band.
		Roy was a wonderful man and he said he wouldn't join the band if it meant any of the trumpet players had to get fired, so he came on as a feature.
	www.jerryjazzmusician.com /mainHTML.cfm?page=greatencounters7.html (2111 words)

	African American Registry: Roy Eldridge played more than just Bebop
		Eldridge was born in Pittsburgh, and after paying his dues with regional bands in the Midwest, moved to New York in 1930.
		Although Eldridge, nicknamed "Little Jazz," is often cited as a tie between trumpeters Louis Armstrong and Dizzy Gillespie, he was not exactly a bebop player.
		Roy Eldridge died on Feb. 26, 1989, just three weeks after the death of his wife.
	www.aaregistry.com /african_american_history/675/Roy_Eldridge_played_more_than_just_Bebop (308 words)

	Roy Eldridge: Little Jazz Giant, John Chilton : PAPERBACK EDITION
		Roy's daring harmonic approach and his technically awesome improvisations provided guidance and inspiration for countless jazz musicians, but he was also a star performer in his own right, whose recordings as a bandleader, and with Gene Krupa and Artie Shaw, gained him a durable international reputation.
		Eldridge was one of the first trumpeters to improvise convincingly in the extreme high register, a skill that always added a thrilling edge to his solos.
		John Chilton, who knew Eldridge for many years, presents a picture of a fiery yet sensitive individual, who never shunned candour and was at his happiest when playing the trumpet.
	www.jazzscript.co.uk /books/eldridgechilton.htm (444 words)

	Gene Krupa Biographies / Roy Eldridge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In 1941, he became the first fl musician to join an otherwise white band (Gene Krupa's) not just as a featured attraction or singer, but as a regular member of the section.
		Tired of the demanding life of a full-time musician, he began to spend more time at home with his Wife, Vi, and focus on his hobbies of carpentry, radio engineering and electronics.
		Eldridge died in 1989, just three weeks after his wife.
	www.gkrp.net /roybio.html (235 words)

	African American Music Collection: the interviews
		Roy Eldridge and we will start by asking him just a few questions about his family.
		Roy, can you tell us where you live and how many in your family and where you are performing now.
		Roy, can you tell me something about say the chronology of some of the trumpet players, say starting back with Louie Armstrong, Roy Eldridge, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, and on.
	www.umich.edu /~afroammu/standifer/eldridge.html (11187 words)

	Roy Eldridge :: TrumpetJazz.com
		Though he once cited Louis Armstrong, Rex Stewart, and Red Nichols as his formative influences, Eldridge drew significantly from such saxophonists as Benny Carter and Coleman Hawkins; by the mid '30s, he had developed an original style and become a vital figure in the evolution of jazz trumpet style.
		Eldridge gained national prominence with Krupa, leaving a legacy that included his superb solo on "Rockin ' Chair" and '41 hit vocal duet with Anita O'Day, "Let Me Off Uptown." In '43-4, Eldridge led small groups in NYC and Chi.
		Eldridge's style combined power, speed, wed to agility and range, harmonic awareness, a brilliant tone with a tearing edge, overall ebullience, and a highly competitive nature.
	trumpetjazz.netfirms.com /Artists/Roy_Eldridge.html (1266 words)

	Roy Eldridge -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The Canadian critic and literary historian Camille Roy was noted as an authority on the development of French-Canadian literature.
		The French-Canadian novelist Gabrielle Roy was praised for her skill in depicting the hopes and frustrations of the poor.
		A painter who was a pioneer in the so-called pop art movement, Roy Lichtenstein took his subject matter from the phenomena of mass culture.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9032254 (552 words)

	Eldridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Eldridge is the name of a few places in the United States:
		Eldridge street synagogue, a historic synagogue in New York City
		This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eldridge (95 words)

	the Roy Eldridge biography
		David Roy ‘Little Jazz’; Eldridge (born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1991) is one of the most important trumpet soloists in jazz history.
		Although Eldridge’s trumpet was heard with Henderson only for a comparatively short period (1936-37), he carried on the great transition of superior trumpet soloists with the bans, producing red-hot solos on such as Christoper Columbus, Stealin’ Apples and Blue Lou (all The Fletcher Henderson Story/The Fletcher Henderson Story, Vol 4).
		Roy Eldridge was to become resident at Three Deuces Between 1936-38, after which he toured States with some band.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/jazz/54219 (368 words)

	Roy Eldridge \| Decidedly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		To be fair, Eldridge was more than deserving of the applause and adulation even though his chops on the date don’t seem to match the bountiful brio of his youthful years.
		Griffin steals the spotlight on the opening Eldridge original “Bees Bloos” following the leader with a solo that is at once rough-hewn, and highly flammable through its alacrity and speed.
		Eldridge eases into the more stately “Lover Man” muted and a shade tentative, but the blues oozes through, coating the supporting efforts of his partners in a cerulean satin sheen.
	www.allaboutjazz.com /reviews/r0802_077.htm (488 words)

	CMT.com : Roy Eldridge : Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Eldridge's recorded solos with Hill, backing Billie Holiday and with Fletcher Henderson (including his 1936 hit "Christopher Columbus") gained a great deal of attention.
		With the decline of Bunny Berigan and the increasing predictability of Louis Armstrong, Eldridge was arguably the top trumepter in jazz during this era.
		Eldridge had brief and unhappy stints with Count Basie's Orchestra and Ella Fitzgerald (feeling unnecessary in both contexts) but was leading his own group by the end of the decade.
	www.cmt.com /artists/az/eldridge_roy/bio.jhtml (409 words)

	AH HA! JAZZ: Roy Eldridge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Jazz Great David Roy " Little Jazz" Eldridge was born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania in 1911 and went on to make his mark as one of the most important trumpet soloists in jazz history.
		At six Roy first played drums and was taught the rudiments of the trumpet by his brother Joe Eldridge, a notable musician in is own right.
		In a historic light, Roy Eldridge is considered to be the v ital link between Louis Armstrong and Dizzy Gillespie.
	www.ahhajazz.com /royeldridge.html (324 words)

	eBay - roy eldridge, CDs, Records items on eBay.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Roy Eldridge "Roy Eldridge 1935 - 1941" Sealed
		Norman Granz' Jazz in Montreux - Roy Eldridge '77 (2...
		Roy Eldridge: Little Jazz Giant by John Chilton
	search-desc.ebay.com /search/search.dll?query=roy+eldridge&newu=1&krd=1 (463 words)

	Amazon.com: Roy Eldridge: Little Jazz Giant (Bayou Jazz Lives): Books: John Chilton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Yet Eldridge never dug the modern sound, and from the late 1940s until his death in 1985 his playing was increasingly old hat.
		Late in the book readers learn that Eldridge's wife and daughter were the "central figures" of his life, yet Chilton only introduces them a few times in passing.
		The superb trumpeter Roy Eldridge, also known as "Little Jazz," is considered a direct descendant of Louis Armstrong and a progenitor of Dizzy Gillespie a link between traditional and modern.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0826456928?v=glance (759 words)

	Roy Eldridge Discography at CD Universe
		Eldridge, Roy / Gillespie, Dizzy / Peterson, Oscar
		Pittsburgh-born trumpeter Roy Eldridge, affectionately known as "Little Jazz," is one of the key figures in the evolution of jazz trumpet.
		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.
	cduniverse.com /search/xx/music/artist/Eldridge,+Roy/a/Roy+Eldridge.htm (289 words)

	Roy Eldridge - Jazz Bulletin Board (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		I have been planning to acquire a representative sample of Roy Eldridge's work.
		Eldridge is one of those artists whose work I've been dying to get.
		Some say that your shortsightedness will be the death of you, but it's your glaucoma that leads you to drive up an off-ramp and into a gasoline truck.
	forums.allaboutjazz.com /showthread.php?t=9034 (841 words)

	Roy Eldridge -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The following year he joined the Fletcher Henderson orchestra, then in its last days, and his recordings from that period show him to be one of the great creative musicians of the decade.
		Eldridge's fame suddenly flowered in 1941 when he joined Gene Krupa's band, and it was further increased in 1944 when he joined Artie Shaw.
		Eldridge broke away from the traditional conception involving figures that were most natural to the trumpet (arpeggiated lines and sustained tones) and generated a technically difficult approach resembling jazz saxophone improvisation: very fast, scalelike passages.
	www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9032254?tocId=9032254 (798 words)

	Roy's Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Roy Eldridge played professionally from the age of 16, first with a touring carnival and later with obscure midwestern bands.
		In 1941, he joined up with Gene Krupa, and became the first fl performer to be accepted as a permanent member of the brass section of a white big band.
		After this, Eldridge played with his own band and then joined up with Artie Shaw's band in 1944.
	www.actlab.utexas.edu /~horshak/greatday/eldridge.html (96 words)

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