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| | the Roy Eldridge biography |
 | | A superb technician, and a player of extraordinary fire and emotional projection, Eldridge first played drums (at six), and received some tuition on trumpet from elder brother Joe Eldridge (1908 – 52), himself a first class alto – saxophonist, violinist. |
 | | With McKinney’s Cotton Pickers, then back with Teddy Hill, worked with another of his own bands, before in, 1935, becoming a member of one of the principal jazz outfits of the periods Fletcher Henderson. |
 | | 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). |
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