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Roy Eldridge

Born January 30, 1911 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.Died February 26, 19893 films

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.

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Ball of Fire posterFirst watchBall of Fire19417.4as Trumpeter (uncredited)A supporting role in one of the best-rated films of their career.A group of academics have spent years shut up in a house working on the definitive encyclopedia. When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into…View film

Filmography

3 films as actor
  1. 2008Coleman Hawkins – In Europe, London, Paris & Brussels
  2. 1964Ella
  3. 1941Ball of FireTrumpeter (uncredited)