Roy Eldridge
USA
Born: 30 January 1911
Died: 26 February 1989
Years Active: 40, 50, 60, 70, 80
Genres: Jazz
Styles: Swing, Big Band/Swing, Mainstream Jazz, Bop, New Orleans/Classic Jazz, Big Band
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One of the most exciting trumpeters to emerge during the swing era, Roy Eldridge's combative approach, chance-taking style and strong musicianship were an inspiration (and an influence) to the next musical generation, most notably Dizzy Gillespie. Although he sometimes pushed himself farther than he could go, Eldridge never played a dull solo. Roy Eldridge started out playing trumpet and drums in carnival and circus bands. With the Nighthawk Syncopators he received a bit of attention by playing a note-for-note re-creation of Coleman Hawkins' te...
See also
- Lester Young (8)
Similar artists
- Dizzy Gillespie (84)
- Clark Terry (17)
- Hot Lips Page (1)
Influenced by
- Duke Ellington (169)
- Louis Armstrong (74)
- Coleman Hawkins (30)
- Benny Carter (23)
- Johnny Hodges (16)
- Rex Stewart (3)
- Sidney Bechet (2)
- Jonah Jones (1)
- King Oliver (0)
- Cozy Cole (0)
Followers
- Miles Davis (281)
- Oscar Peterson (166)
- Billie Holiday (109)
- Dizzy Gillespie (84)
- Charlie Parker (59)
- Wynton Marsalis (58)
- Ben Webster (53)
- Lee Morgan (19)
- Ray Brown (16)
- Kenny Dorham (15)
- Art Farmer (10)
- Lester Young (8)
- Teddy Wilson (4)
- Clifford Brown (4)
- Harry James (3)
- Fats Navarro (1)
- Howard Mcghee (1)
- Willie Mitchell (0)
- Neal hefti (0)
Performed Songs By
- Benny Goodman (29)
- Joe Turner (6)
- Cab Calloway (4)
- George Gershwin (4)
- Gene Krupa (3)
- Earl Hines (2)
- Fats Waller (1)
- Irving Berlin (0)
- Earl Bostic (0)
- Hoagy Carmichael (0)
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