Roy Eldridge
Actor
- Born
- January 30, 1911 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
- Died
- February 26, 1989 (age 78)
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.
Known for
Acting5
- 2008Coleman Hawkins – In Europe, London, Paris & Brussels
- 1974Ella Fitzgerald: Live in Cologne as Self - Trumpet
- 1964Ella
- 1961After Hours as Himself
- 1941Ball of Fire as Trumpeter (uncredited)