Without a doubt, David Roy Eldridge remains, for all-time, one of jazz trumpet's greatest stylists. A supreme individualist, who appeared to put everything into his each and every solo - as if it might be his very last. The Eldridge approach - especially, of course, in live performance he was emotive plus exciting and Dynamic. More often than not, he was truly electrifying. He remained an exemplar of what was once known as 'hot jazz'.
 

Little Jazz Trumpet Giant - Eldridge, Roy  

Disc 1

1. Lookie, Lookie, Lookie Here Comes Cookie 3:01
2. What A Little Moonlight Can Do 2:58
3. Sweet Lorraine 3:02
4. Swingin' On The Famous Door 3:01
5. Farewell Blues 3:01
6. I Hope Gabriel Likes My Music 3:01
7. Swing Is Here 2:52
8. Blue Lou 3:05
9. Stealin' Apples 2:57
10. Too Good To Be True 3:08
11. Warmin' Up 3:15
12. Blues In C Sharp Minor 3:18
13. Shoe Shine Boy 3:31
14. Wabash Stomp 3:05
15. Florida Stomp 2:53
16. Heckler's Hop 2:33
17. That Thing 2:56
18. Sittin' In 2:11
19. Stardust 3:55
20. Body And Soul 3:52
21. Forty-Six West Fifty-Two 2:32
22. S-H-I-N-E 4:04
23. Roy's Riffin' Now 1:46
24. I'm Getting Sentimental Over You 2:56
25. High Society 3:01

Disc 2

1. Smack 2:39
2. I Surrender, Dear 4:37
3. I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me 4:12
4. Let Me Off Uptown 3:02
5. Rockin' Chair 3:00
6. Ball Of Fire 2:59
7. Royal Flush 3:28
8. The Gasser 2:53
9. Jump Through The Window 2:40
10. Minor Jive 2:41
11. Tea For Two 3:23
12. Don't Be That Way 3:17
13. I Want To Be Happy 3:01
14. Fiesta In Brass 2:58
15. St. Louis Blues 2:36
16. After You've Gone 3:01
17. The Sad Sack 3:03
18. Little Jazz Boogie 2:46
19. Embraceable You 3:26
20. Little Jazz 3:00
21. Just Floatin' Along 3:03
22. Scuttlebutt 3:08
23. All The Cats Join In 2:44
24. Tippin' Out 2:45
25. Lover, Come Back To Me 3:08

Disc 3

1. King David 3:00
2. It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing 3:00
3. Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams 3:09
4. Undecided 3:23
5. Ain't No Flies On Me 3:18
6. The Man I Love 3:31
7. Easter Parade 2:55
8. Wild Driver 3:08
9. If I Had You 3:32
10. Nuts 3:15
11. Someone To Watch Over Me 3:07
12. Goliath Bounce 3:35
13. I Remember Harlem 2:53
14. Baby, Don't Do Me Like That 3:23
15. L'isle Adam 3:16
16. What Did I Do To Be So Black & Blue? 3:25
17. Echoes Of Harlem 2:42
18. Schooldays 2:51
19. Saturday Night Fish Fry Part 1 2:24
20. Saturday Night Fish Fry Part 2 2:31
21. The Heat's On 2:59
22. No Rolling Blues 3:03
23. They Raided The Joint 3:12
24. Estrad Swing Roy's Got Rhythm 3:23
25. Hoppin' John 3:07

Disc 4

1. Scottie 2:58
2. Oh! Shut Up 3:09
3. Hollywood Pastime 3:59
4. I'd Love Him So 3:24
5. The Heat Is On Tres Chaud 3:23
6. Wild Man Blues 3:47
7. Fireworks 2:58
8. Baby, What's The Matter With You? 3:20
9. Yard Dog 2:54
10. Sweet Lorraine 2:50
11. Jumbo The Elephant 2:47
12. Basin Street Blues 2:42
13. I Remember Harlem 3:29
14. Easter Parade 2:49
15. I See Everybody's Baby 2:52
16. Roy's Riff 3:07
17. Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams 3:18
18. Rockin' Chair 3:12
19. Little Jazz 2:35
20. Love For Sale 3:39
21. Dale's Wail 3:36
22. St. Louis Blues Parts 1& 2 6:18 DISCOGRAPHY




DISC ONE: SWING IS HERE


TEDDY HILL & HIS ORCHESTRA: Bill Dillard, Roy Eldridge, Bill Coleman, t; Dickie Wells, tb; Russell Procope, cl, as; Howard Johnson, as; Teddy Hill, Leon â??Chuâ?? Berry, ts; Sam Allen, p; John Smith, g; Richard Fulbright, bs; Bill Beason, d.


New York, February 26, 1935


16923-1 (LOOKIE, LOOKIE, LOOKIE) HERE COMES COOKIE Oriole 3114


TEDDY WILSON & HIS ORCHESTRA: Roy Eldridge, t; Benny Goodman, cl: Ben Webster, ts; Teddy Wilson, p, arr; John Trueheart, g; John Kirby, bs; William â??Cozyâ?? Cole, d.; Billie Holiday, v


New York, July 2, 1935


17767-1 WHAT A LITTLE MOONLIGHT CAN DO Brunswick 7498




TEDDY WILSON & HIS ORCHESTRA: Roy Eldridge, t; Cecil Scott, cl; Hilton, Jefferson, as; Webster, ts; Wilson, p, arr; Lawrence Lucie, g; Kirby, bs; Cole, d.


New York, July 31, 1935


17916-1 SWEET LORRAINE Brunswick 7514


THE DELTA FOUR: Roy Eldridge, t; Joe Marsala, cl; Carmen Mastren, g; Sid Weiss, bs


New York, December 20, 1935


60270-A SWINGINâ?? ON THE

FAMOUS DOOR Decca 737

60271-A FAREWELL BLUES Decca 737


GENE KRUPAâ??S SWING BAND: Roy Eldridge, t; Goodman, cl; Berry, ts; Jess Stacy, p; Allen Reuss, g: Israel Crosby, bs; Gene Krupa, d.


Chicago, February 29, 1936


100012-1 I HOPE GABRIEL

LIKES MY MUSIC Victor 25276

100015-1 SWING IS HERE Victor 25276


FLETCHER HENDERSON & HIS ORCHESTRA:

Dick Vance, Roy Eldridge, Joe Thomas, t; Fernando Arbello, Ed Cuffee, tb; William â??Busterâ?? Bailey, cl; Scoops Carry, as; Elmer Williams, Berry, ts; Fletcher Henderson, or *Horace Henderson, p; Bob Lessey, g; Kirby, bs; Sidney Catlett, d.


Chicago, March 27, 1936


C-1333-1 *BLUE LOU Vocalion 3211

C-1334-1 STEALINâ?? APPLES Vocalion 3213


TEDDY WILSON & HIS ORCHESTRA: Roy Eldridge, t; Bailey, cl; Berry, ts; Wilson, p, arr; Lessey, g; Crosby, bs; Catlett, d.


Chicago, May 14, 1936

C-1377-2 TOO GOOD TO

BE TRUE Brunswick7663

C-1378-1 WARMINâ?? UP Brunswick 7684

C-1379-1 BLUES IN C SHARP

MINOR Brunswick 7684


FLETCHER HENDERSON & HIS ORCHESTRA: Same as for Tracks 8, 9 except Jerome Pasquall, as, Israel Crosby, bs; Walter Johnson, d replace Carry, Kirby, Catlett. Fletcher Henderson plays p.


Chicago, August 4, 1936


100882-1 SHOE SHINE BOY Victor 25375


ROY ELDRIDGE & HIS ORCHESTRA: Roy Eldridge, t; Scoops Carry, Joe Eldridge, as; Dave Young, ts; Teddy Cole, p; John Collins, g; Truck Parham, bs; Arthur â??Zuttyâ?? Singleton, d.


Chicago, January 28, 1937


C-1793-1 WABASH STOMP Vocalion 3479

C-1794-1 FLORIDA STOMP Vocalion 3479

C-1795-1 HECKLERâ??S HOP Vocalion 3577


ROY ELDRIDGE & HIS ORCHESTRA: Same as for Tracks 14-16


Chicago, January 28, 1937


C-1797-1 THAT THING Vocalion 3577


CHU BERRY & HIS â??LITTLE JAZZâ?? ENSEMBLE: Roy Eldridge, t; Berry, ts; Clyde Hart, p; Danny Barker, g; Artie Shapiro, bs; Catlett, d. With dialogue between CB and RE Ð 1


New York, November 11, 1938

23699-2 SITTINâ?? INÃ?1 Commodore 516

23700- STARDUST Commodore 1502

23701- BODY & SOUL Commodore 1502

23702- FORTY-SIX WEST

FIFTY-TWO Commodore 516


ROY ELDRIDGE & HIS ORCHESTRA: Roy Eldridge, Robert Williams, t; Joe Eldridge, as: Prince Robinson, cl, ts; Franz Jackson, ts; Eli Robinson, tb; Hart, p; Collins, g; Ted Sturgis, bs; David â??Panamaâ?? Francis, d.


Live bdcst, Arcadia Ballroom, New York,

August 19, 1939


S-H-I-N-E Jazz Archives JA-14


ROY ELDRIDGE & HIS ORCHESTRA:

Same as for Track 22


Same venue, location, September 9, 1939



ROYâ??S RIFFINâ?? NOW Jazz Archives JA-14


ROY ELDRIDGE & HIS ORCHESTRA: Same as for tracks 22, 23, except add Laurel Watson, voc


New York, c.October, 1939


US-1008-1 Iâ??M GETTINGâ?? SENTIMENTAL

OVER YOU Varsity 8107


ROY ELDRIDGE & HIS ORCHESTRA: Same as for Track 24, except Kenny Kersey, p, replaces Hart; omit Watson


New York, December 1939


US-11 9-1 HIGH SOCIETY Varsity 8154


DISC TWO: THE GASSER


COLEMAN HAWKINS & THE CHOCOLATE DANDIES: Roy Eldridge, t; Benny Carter, as, *p; Coleman Hawkins, ts; Bernard Addison, g; Kirby, bs; Catlett, d.


New York, May 25, 1940


R-2005-1 SMACK! Commodore 533

R-2997- *I SURRENDER,

DEAR Commodore 1506

R-2997- I CANâ??T BELIEVE

THAT YOUâ??RE IN

LOVE WITH ME Commodore 1506


GENE KRUPA & HIS ORCHESTRA: Graham Young, Norman Murphy, Torg Halten, t: Roy Eldridge, t; v; Babe Wagner, Jay Kelliher, John Grassi, tb; Mascagni Ruffo, Clint Neagley, as; Sam Musiker, Walter Bates, ts; Bob Kitsis, p; Ray Biondi, g; Buddy Bastien, bs; Krupa, d; Anita Oâ??Day, v.


New York, May 8, 1941


30443- LET ME OFF

UPTOWN Okeh 6210


GENE KRUPA & HIS ORCHESTRA: Same as for Track 4, except Sam Listengart, bar, Milt Raskin, p, Ed Mihelich, bs, replace Neagley, Kitsis, Bastien; omit Oâ??Day


New York, July 2, 1941


30830- ROCKINâ?? CHAIR Okeh 6352


GENE KRUPA & HIS ORCHESTRA: Same as for Track 5, except Al Beck, t, replaces Halten; add Jimmy Migliori, ts


New York, December 29, 1941


32065-1 BALL OF FIRE Okeh 6563


METRONOME ALL-STAR BAND: Harry James, Charles â??Cootieâ?? Williams, Roy Eldridge, t; J.C. Higginbotham, Lou McGarity, tb; Goodman, cl; Carter, Nuncio â??Tootsâ?? Mondello, as; Vido Musso, Tex Beneke, ts; William â??Countâ?? Basie, p; Freddie Green, g; Don Goldberg, bs; Krupa, d.


New York, December 31, 1941


302079-1 ROYAL FLUSH Columbia 36299


ROY ELDRIDGE & HIS ORCHESTRA: Roy Eldridge, t; Joe Eldridge, Andrew Gardner, as; Ike Quebec, Tom Archia, ts; Roselle Gayle, p; Sturgis, bs; Harold â??Docâ?? West, d.


Chicago, November 16, 1943


C-15095- THE GASSER Decca 80117

C-15096- JUMP THROUGH THE

WINDOW Decca 80117

C-15097- MINOR JIVE Decca


ESQUIRE JAZZ CONCERT Ð JAM SESSION:

Roy Eldridge, t; Jack Teagarden, tb; Albany â??Barneyâ?? Bigard, cl; Art Tatum, p; Albert Casey, g; Lionel Hampton, vib; Oscar Pettiford, bs; Catlett, d.


Metropolitan Opera House, New York,

January 13, 1944


VP472 TEA FOR TWO V-Disc 163


THE LITTLE JAZZ TRUMPET ENSEMBLE: Roy Eldridge, Joe Thomas, Emmett Berry, t; Johnny Guarnieri, p; Israel Crosby, bs; Cozy Cole, d.


New York, January 24, 1944


HL5- DONâ??T BE THAT WAY Keynote 607

HL6- I WANT TO BE HAPPY Keynote 608

HL7- FIESTA IN BRASS Keynote 608

HL8-2 ST. LOUIS BLUES Keynote 607


ROY ELDRIDGE & HIS ORCHESTRA; Roy Eldridge, Gus Aiken, John Hamilton, Robert Mason, Clarence Wheeler, t; Ted Kelly, Sandy Williams, George Wilson, tb; Joe Eldridge, Sam Lee, as; Franz Jackson, Hal Singer, ts; Dave McRae, bar; Tony Dâ??Amore, p; Sam Allen, g; Carl Wilson, bs; Les Erskine, d.


New York, June 26, 1944


72298-A AFTER YOUâ??VE GONE Decca 24417




ARTIE SHAW & HIS GRAMERCY FIVE: Roy Eldridge, t; Artie Shaw, cl; Michael â??Dodoâ?? Marmarosa, p; Barney Kessel, g; Morris Rayman, bs; Lou Fromm, d.


New York, January 9, 1945


D5VB-0033-4 THE SAD SACK Victor 20-1647


ROY ELDRIDGE & HIS ORCHESTRA: Roy Eldridge, Andy Ferretti, Bill Graham, Jimmy Maxwell, t; Will Bradley, Hal Matthews, Fred Ohms, Ward Silloway, tb; Ray Eckstrand, Mike Doty, as; Don Purvance, Hank Ross, ts; Ernie Caceres, bar; Dave Bowman, p; Mike Bryan, g; Sturgis, bs; Cole, d; Buster Harding, arr.


New York, March 5, 1945


72756-B LITTLE JAZZ BOOGIE Decca 23471

72757-A EMBRACEABLE YOU Decca 23471


ARTIE SHAW & HIS ORCHESTRA: Bernie Glow, George Scwartz, Paul Cohen, Roy Eldridge, t; Harry Rodgers, Roger Swift, Ollie Wilson, Gus Dixon, tb; Artie Shaw, cl, arr; Rudy Tanza, Lou Frisby, as; Jon Walton, Herbie Steward, ts; Charles â??Chuckâ?? Gentry, bar; Marmarosa, p; Kessel, g; Rayman, bs; Fromm, d.


Los Angeles, April 5, 1945


D5VB-1046-2 LITTLE JAZZ Victor 20-1668


ARTIE SHAW & HIS ORCHESTRA: Same as for Track 20, except Ralph Roselund, ts, Stan Fishelson, t, replace Steward, Cohen

Los Angeles, July 26, 1945


D5VB-1096-1 JUST FLOATINâ?? ALONG Victor 20-1935


ARTIE SHAW & HIS GRAMMERCY FIVE:

Same as for Track 17


Hollywood, July 31, 1935


D5VB-1102-1 SCUTTLEBUTT Victor 20-1919


ROY ELDRIDGE & HIS ORCHESTRA: Roy Eldridge, Henry Clay, Elmon Wright, Tom Grider, Elton Hill, t; Sandy Watson, George Robinson, John McConnell, Al Riding, tb; Porter Kilbert, Chris Johnson, as; Charles Bowen, George Lawson, ts; Al Townsend, bar; Buster Harding, p, v, arr; Luke Fowler, g; Rodney Richardson, bs; Mel Saunders, d.


New York, January 31, 1946


73336-A ALL THE CATS JOIN IN Decca 23532




ROY ELDRIDGE & HIS ORCHESTRA: Roy Eldridge, Clay, Wright, Grider, Jim Thomas, t; Riding, Robinson, Watson, Nat Atkins, tb; Sahib Shihab, Johnson, as; Tom Archia, Al Green, ts; Townsend, bar; Harding, p; Snags Allen, g; Louis Carrington, bs; Earl Phillips, d.

New York, May 7, 1946


73555-5A TIPPINâ?? OUT Decca 23637


ROY ELDRIDGE & HIS ORCHESTRA: Roy Eldridge, Dave Page, Marion Hazel, Grider, Sylvester Lewis, t; Richard Dunlap, Charlie Greenlea, George Robinson, Fred Robinson, tb; Shihab, Joe Eldridge, as; Walt Lockhart, Harold Webster, ts; Cecil Payne, bar; Irving â??Dukeâ?? Jordan, p; Carl Pruitt, bs; Lee Abrams, d.


New York, September 24, 1946


73688-8A LOVER, COME BACK TO ME Decca 24119




DISC THREE: KING DAVID IN PARIS... AND STOCKHOLM, TOO




ROY ELDRIDGE QUINTET: Roy Eldridge, t, * John â??Zootâ?? Sims, ts; Dick Hyman, p; Pierre Michelot, bs; Eddie Shaughnessy, d; * Anita Love, v

Paris, June 9, 1950


VG4000- KING DAVID Vogue 5043

VG4001-1 * IT DONâ??T MEAN A THING (IF IT AINâ??T GOT THAT SWING) Vogue 5041

VG4002-1 WRAP YOUR TROUBLES IN DREAMS Vogue 5052

VG4003-1 UNDECIDED Vogue 5052

VG4004-1 * AINâ??T NO FLIES ON ME Vogue 5042

VG4005-1 THE MAN I LOVE Vogue 5041


ROY ELDRIDGE QUARTET: Roy Eldridge, t; Gerald Wiggins, p; Michelot, bs; Kenny Clarke, d.


Paris, June 14, 1950


VG4006-1 EASTER PARADE Vogue 5044

VG4007-1 WILD DRIVER Vogue 5044

VG4008-1 IF I HAD YOU Vogue 5045

VG4009-1 NUTS Vogue 5045

VG4010-1 SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME Vogue 5046

VG4011-1 GOLIATH BOUNCE Vogue 5046


ROY ELDRIDGE SEPTET: Roy Eldridge, t, *v; Benny Vasseur, tb; Albert Ferreri, ts; William Boucaya, bar; Raymond Fol, p; Barney Spieler, bs; Robert Barnet, d.


Paris, October 28, 1950


VG3108- I REMEMBER HARLEM Vogue 5072

VG3109-1 * BABY, DONâ??T DO ME LIKE THAT Vogue 5074

VG3110- Lâ??ISLE ADAM Vogue 5073

VG112-1 * (WHAT I DO TO BE SO) BLACK & BLUE Vogue 5073



ROY ELDRIDGE *QUARTET/SEXTET: Roy Eldridge, t, **v; Leonart Sundewall, b-t; Carl-Henrik Norin,

ts; Charles Norman, p; Thore Jederby, bs;

Andrew Burman, d.


Stockholm, January 20, 1951


184 * ECHOES OF HARLEM Metronome 555

185 ** SCHOOLDAYS Metronome 544

186 ** SATURDAY NIGHT FISH FRY (Part 1) Metronome 546

187 ** SATURDAY NIGHT FISH FRY (Part 2) Metronome 546

188 THE HEATâ??S ON Metronome 544


ROY ELDRIDGE SEXTET: Same as for Tracks 18-21

Stockholm, January 22, 1951


189 ** NO ROLLING BLUES Metronome 560

190 ** THEY RAIDED THE JOINT Metronome 555

191 ESTRAD SWING (ROYâ??S GOT RHYTHM) Metronome 560



ROY ELDRIDGE & HIS GRAMERCY FIVE: Roy Eldridge, t; Ove Lind, cl; Charles Norman, harpsichord; Rolf Berg, g; Gunnar Almstedt, bs; Andrew Burman, d.


Stockholm, January 29, 1951


212 HOPPINâ?? JOHN Metronome 54


DISC FOUR: DALEâ??S WAIL


ROY ELDRIDGE & HIS GRAMERCY FIVE: Roy Eldridge, t; Ove Lind, cl; Charles Norman, harpsichord; Rolf Berg, g; Gunnar Almstedt, bs; Andrew Burman, d.


Stockholm, January 29, 1951


213 SCOTTIE Metronome 547


ROY ELDRIDGE QUINTET: Roy Eldridge, t; Don Byas, ts; Claude Bolling, p; Guy de Fatto, bs; Arman Molinetti, d.


Paris, March 28, 1951


51V3122 OH! SHUT UP Vogue 5096

51V3123 HOLLYWOOD PASTIME Vogue 5096

51V3124 Iâ??D LOVE HIM SO Vogue 5088

51V3125 THE HEAT IS ON (TRES CHAUD) Vogue 5088


ROY ELDRIDGE & CAUDE BOLLING: Roy Eldridge, t; Claude Bolling, p


Paris, March 29, 1951


51V3126 WILD MAN BLUES Vogue 5092

51V3127 FIREWORKS




ROY ELDRIDGE QUINTET: Roy Eldridge, t, *v; George â??Buddyâ?? Tate, ts; Teddy Brannon, p; Clyde Lombardi, bs; Charlie Smith, d.


New York, August 1951


579 *BABY WHATâ??S THE MATTER WITH YOU? Mercury 8996

580 YARD DOG Mercury 8955

581 SWEET LORRAINE Mercury 8996

582 *JUMBO THE ELEPHANT Mercury 8955



ROY ELDRIDGE with GEORGE WILLIAMS

ORCHESTRA: Roy Eldridge, t; George Williams, arr, dir. Rest of personnel, including strings, unknown.


New York, December 1951


644 BASIN STREET BLUES Mercury 8962

645 I REMEMBER HARLEM Mercury 8962

646 EASTER PARADE Mercury 8975

647 I SEE EVERYBODYâ??S BABY Mercury 8975



ROY ELDRIDGE, with Oscar Peterson Quartet: Roy Eldridge, t; *v; Oscar Peterson, org; Barney Kessel, g; Ray Brown, bs; James â??J.C.â?? Heard, d.


New York, December 13, 1952


1081 ROYâ??S RIFF Mercury 89087

1082 WRAP YOUR TROUBLES IN DREAMS Mercury 89097

108 *ROCKINâ?? CHAIR Mercury 89087

1084 LITTLE JAZZ Mercury 89097


ROY ELDRIDGE with Oscar Peterson Quartet: Same as for Tracks 16-19, except Jonathan â??Joâ?? James, d, replaces Heard.


New York, April 1953


1222 LOVE FOR SALE Mercury 89056

1223 DALEâ??S WAIL Mercury 89056


THE METRONOME ALL-STARS: Roy Eldridge, t; Kai Winding, tb; John LaPorta, cl; Warne Marsh, Lester Young, ts; Terry Gibbs, vib; Theodore â??Teddyâ?? Wilson, p; Billy Bauer, g; Eddie Safranski, bs; Max Roach, d; Billy Eckstine, v.


New York, July 9, 1953


ST. LOUIS BLUES (Parts 1 & 2) MGM 11573