Artist
Roy Eldridge (born January 30, 1911, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA - died February 26, 1989, Valley Stream, New York, USA) also known as "Little Jazz", was an American jazz trumpeter. He was a prominent soloist with the bands of Fletcher Henderson, Gene Krupa and Artie Shaw as well as featured in Norman Granz's Jazz at the Philharmonic events and a leader in his own name. Eldridge was given the nickname "Little Jazz" by Leon "Chu" Berry. On Wikipedia and the liner notes of i.a. "Little Jazz" Jazz the nickname was given by the saxophone player Otto Hardwicke (Otto James "Toby" Hardwicke, 1904 – 1970) when they were together in The Elmer Snowden orchestra in the early Thirties.
Tracks
1
Une Petite Laitue
03:18
2
Tu Disais Qu' Tu M'Aimais
03:25
3
L'isle Adam
03:16
4
Black And Blue
03:27
5
Baby Don't Be Like That
03:25
6
I Remember Harlem
02:55
7
Fireworks
03:01
8
Wild Man Blues
03:19
9
Hollywood Pastime
04:00
10
The Heat Is On
03:25
11
I'd Love Him So
03:25
12
Oh Shut Up !
03:09
13
Boogie Boy
03:29
14
Liszt Blues
01:46
15
Just Fooling
02:09
