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
After You've Gone
2
Where The Lazy River Goes By
3
Heckler's Hop
4
Florida Stomp
5
Wabash Stomp
6
Fallin' In Love Again
7
That Thing
8
Warmin' Up
9
LetMe Off Uptown
10
Blues In C Sharp Minor
11
Wham! (Be-Bop-Boom-Bam)
12
Big Chief De Sota (Grand Terrace Swing)
13
Blue Lou
14
I'm Nobody's Baby
15
Stealin' Apples
16
Mary Had A Little Lamb
17
When I Grow Too Old To Dream
18
(Lookie, Lookie, Lookie) Here Comes Cookie