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Roy Eldridge

Date of birth
Jan 30, 1911
Date of death
Feb 26, 1989(aged 78)
Place of birth

Roy Eldridge

Biography of Roy Eldridge:

David Roy Eldridge (January 30, 1911 – February 26, 1989), nicknamed "Little Jazz", was an American jazz trumpeter. His sophisticated use of harmony, including the use of tritone substitutions, his virtuosic solos exhibiting a departure from the dominant style of jazz trumpet innovator Louis Armstrong, and his strong impact on Dizzy Gillespie mark him as one of the most influential musicians of the swing era and a precursor of bebop.

Roy Eldridge has acted in:

Coleman Hawkins – In Europe, London, Paris & Brussels(2008)
Ella Fitzgerald: Live in Cologne(1974) ... as Self - Trumpet
Ella(1964)
After Hours(1961) ... as Himself
Let Me Off Uptown(1942) ... as Dancer
Ball of Fire(1941) ... as Trumpeter (uncredited)

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