Roy Eldridge

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.

Birth and Death Data: Born January 1, 1911 (Pittsburgh), Died February 26, 1989 (New York City)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1935 - 1946

Roles Represented in DAHR: trumpet, vocalist, arranger, composer

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	BS-100360	10-in.	4/9/1936	I'm a fool for loving you	Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-100361	10-in.	4/9/1936	Moonrise on the lowlands	Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-100362	10-in.	4/9/1936	I'll always be in love with you	Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-100363	10-in.	4/9/1936	Jangled nerves	Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-100561	10-in.	5/23/1936	Mary had a little lamb	Roy Eldridge ; Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	vocalist
Victor	BS-100882	10-in.	8/4/1936	Shoe shine boy	Roy Eldridge ; Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	vocalist
Victor	BS-100885	10-in.	8/4/1936	Knock, knock, who's there?	Ed Cuffee ; Roy Eldridge ; Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet	vocalist
Victor	D5VB-0032	10-in.	1/9/1945	The grabtown grapple	Gramercy Five ; Artie Shaw	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	D5VB-0033	10-in.	1/9/1945	The sad sack	Gramercy Five ; Artie Shaw	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	D5VB-1045	10-in.	4/5/1945	September song	Artie Shaw Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	D5VB-1046	10-in.	4/5/1945	Little jazz	Artie Shaw Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer, instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	D5VB-1102	10-in.	7/31/1945	Scuttlebutt	Gramercy Five ; Artie Shaw	Jazz/dance sextet	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	D5VB-1103	10-in.	8/2/1945	The gentle grifter	Gramercy Five ; Artie Shaw	Jazz/dance sextet	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	D5VB-1104	10-in.	8/2/1945	Mysterioso	Gramercy Five ; Artie Shaw	Jazz/dance sextet	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	D5VB-1105	10-in.	8/2/1945	Hop, skip and jump	Gramercy Five ; Artie Shaw	Jazz/dance sextet	instrumentalist, trumpet
Columbia	W26572	10-in.	2/29/1940	Ghost of yesterday	Billie Holiday	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet
Columbia	W26573	10-in.	2/29/1940	Body and soul	Billie Holiday	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet
Columbia	W26574	10-in.	2/29/1940	What is this going to get us?	Billie Holiday	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet
Columbia	W26575	10-in.	2/29/1940	Falling in love again	Billie Holiday	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet
Columbia	W26900	10-in.	6/07/1940	I'm pulling through	Billie Holiday	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet
Columbia	W26901	10-in.	6/07/1940	Tell me more and more (and then some)	Billie Holiday	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet
Columbia	W26902	10-in.	6/07/1940	Laughing at life	Billie Holiday	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet
Columbia	W26903	10-in.	6/07/1940	Time on my hands	Billie Holiday	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet
Columbia	28617	10-in.	9/12/1940	I'm all for you	Billie Holiday	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet
Columbia	28618	10-in.	9/12/1940	I hear music	Billie Holiday	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet
Columbia	28619	10-in.	9/12/1940	The same old story	Billie Holiday	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet
Columbia	28620	10-in.	9/12/1940	Practice makes perfect	Billie Holiday	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet
Columbia	30457	10-in.	5/09/1941	I'm in a low down groove	Billie Holiday	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet
Columbia	30458	10-in.	5/09/1941	God bless the child	Billie Holiday	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet
Columbia	30459	10-in.	5/09/1941	Am I blue?	Billie Holiday	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet
Columbia	30460	10-in.	5/09/1941	Solitude	Billie Holiday	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet
Brunswick	B17766	10-in.	7/02/1935	I wished on the moon	Billie Holiday ; Teddy Wilson Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet
Brunswick	B17767	10-in.	7/02/1935	What a little moonlight can do	Billie Holiday ; Teddy Wilson Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet
Brunswick	B17768	10-in.	7/02/1935	Miss Brown to you	Billie Holiday ; Teddy Wilson Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet
Brunswick	B17769	10-in.	7/02/1935	A sunbonnet blue (and a yellow straw hat)	Billie Holiday ; Teddy Wilson Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet
Brunswick	B17913	10-in.	7/31/1935	What a night, what a moon, what a girl	Billie Holiday ; Teddy Wilson Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet
Brunswick	B17914	10-in.	7/31/1935	I'm painting the town red	Billie Holiday ; Teddy Wilson Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet
Brunswick	B17915	10-in.	7/31/1935	It's too hot for words	Billie Holiday ; Teddy Wilson Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet
Brunswick	B18196	10-in.	10/25/1935	Twenty-four hours a day	Billie Holiday ; Teddy Wilson Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet
Brunswick	B18197	10-in.	10/25/1935	Yankee Doodle never went to town	Billie Holiday ; Teddy Wilson Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet
Brunswick	B18199	10-in.	10/25/1935	Eeny meeny miney mo	Billie Holiday ; Teddy Wilson Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet
Brunswick	B18209	10-in.	10/31/1935	If you were mine	Billie Holiday ; Teddy Wilson Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet
Brunswick	B24044	10-in.	1/30/1939	What shall I say?	Billie Holiday ; Teddy Wilson Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet
Brunswick	B24045	10-in.	1/30/1939	It's easy to blame the weather	Billie Holiday ; Teddy Wilson Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet
Brunswick	B24046	10-in.	1/30/1939	More than you know	Billie Holiday ; Teddy Wilson Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet
Brunswick	B24047	10-in.	1/30/1939	Sugar (That sugar baby o' mine)	Billie Holiday ; Teddy Wilson Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet
Gramophone	0LA1885	10-in.	7/7/1937	Between the devil and the deep blue sea	Dicky Wells Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	arranger
Decca	60270	10-in.	12/20/1935	Swingin' on the Famous Door	Delta Four		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	60271	10-in.	12/20/1935	Farewell blues	Delta Four		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	71794		2/23/1944	In there	Charlie Barnet Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	71795	10-in.	2/23/1944	Saltin' away my sweet dreams	Charlie Barnet Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	71796	10-in.	2/23/1944	Baby won't you please come home	Charlie Barnet Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	71797		2/23/1944	The great lie	Charlie Barnet Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	71798	10-in.	2/24/1944	My heart isn't in it	Charlie Barnet Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	71799	10-in.	2/24/1944	Drop me off in Harlem	Charlie Barnet Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	71800	10-in.	2/24/1944	Gulf Coast blues	Charlie Barnet Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	71801	10-in.	2/24/1944	Flat top flip hiss lid	Charlie Barnet Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	72297	10-in.	6/26/1944	I can't get started	Roy Eldridge Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	72298	10-in.	6/26/1944	After you've gone	Roy Eldridge Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	72299	10-in.	6/26/1944	Body and soul	Roy Eldridge Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	72430	10-in.	10/13/1944	Fish market	Roy Eldridge Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	72431	10-in.	10/13/1944	Twilight time	Roy Eldridge Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	72432		10/13/1944	St. Louis blues	Roy Eldridge Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet, vocalist
Decca	72756	10-in.	3/5/1945	Little Jazz boogie	Roy Eldridge Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	72757	10-in.	3/5/1945	Embraceable you	Roy Eldridge Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	73335		1/31/1946	Baby that'll be the day	Roy Eldridge Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	73336		1/31/1946	All the cats join in	Roy Eldridge Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	73337		1/31/1946	Poor John	Roy Eldridge Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	73338		1/31/1946	Ain't that a shame	Roy Eldridge Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet, vocalist
Decca	73554		5/7/1946	Hi ho trailus boot whip	Roy Eldridge Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet, vocalist
Decca	73555		4/7/1946	Tippin' out	Roy Eldridge Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	73556		5/7/1946	Yard dog	Roy Eldridge Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	73557		5/7/1946	Les bounce	Roy Eldridge Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	73688		9/24/1946	Lover come back to me	Roy Eldridge Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	73689		9/24/1946	Rockin' chair	Roy Eldridge Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	73690		9/24/1946	It's the talk of the town	Roy Eldridge Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	73691		9/24/1946	I surrender dear	Roy Eldridge Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	84415			[Renumbering of C 15097]	Roy Eldridge		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	90601	10-in.	2/5/1936	Blue skies	Roy Eldridge		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	90602	10-in.	2/5/1936	Smut	Roy Eldridge		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	90603	10-in.	2/5/1936	My melancholy baby	Roy Eldridge		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	90604	10-in.	2/5/1936	Christopher Columbus	Roy Eldridge		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	[Unnumbered World Transcriptions master]		11/16/1943	I surrender, dear	Roy Eldridge Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	[Unnumbered World Transcriptions master]		11/16/1943	Lady be good	Roy Eldridge Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	[Unnumbered World Transcriptions master]		11/16/1943	After you've gone	Roy Eldridge Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	C 15095	10-in.	11/16/1943	The gasser	Roy Eldridge Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	C 15096	10-in.	11/16/1943	Jump through the window	Roy Eldridge Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	C 15097		11/16/1943	Minor jive	Roy Eldridge Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	C 15098		11/16/1943	Stardust	Roy Eldridge Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Eldridge, Roy," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/103162.

Eldridge, Roy. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/103162.

"Eldridge, Roy." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.