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Roy Eldridge

Roy Eldridge has been played on NTS in shows including Supporter Radio - Your Specialist Subject, featured first on 23 April 2024. Songs played include Let Me Off Uptown, Cliff Walk and Me And You.

Roy David Eldridge (January 30, 1911 – February 26, 1989) was a jazz trumpet player in the Swing era. His sophisticated use of harmony, including the use of tritone substitutions, resulted in him sometimes being seen as the link between Louis Armstrong-era swing music and Dizzy Gillespie-era bebop. Roy's rhythmic power to swing a band was a dynamic trademark of the Swing Era.

Eldridge was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His nickname…

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Let Me Off Uptown
Gene Krupa, Anita O'Day, Roy Eldridge
Verve Records1956
Let Me Off Uptown
Gene Krupa, Anita O'Day, Roy EldridgeVerve Records1956
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Cliff Walk
Charles Mingus, Max Roach, Eric Dolphy, Roy Eldridge, Jo Jones
Candid1961
Cliff Walk
Charles Mingus, Max Roach, Eric Dolphy, Roy Eldridge, Jo JonesCandid1961
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Me And You
Charles Mingus, Max Roach, Eric Dolphy, Roy Eldridge, Jo Jones
Candid1961
Me And You
Charles Mingus, Max Roach, Eric Dolphy, Roy Eldridge, Jo JonesCandid1961
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