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Roy Eldridge
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
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…
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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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1974
Ella Fitzgerald: Live in Cologne
Movie Self - Trumpet
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1969
Das Sonntagskonzert
TV show Self
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1964
Ella
Movie
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1961
After Hours
Movie Himself
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1941
Ball of Fire
Movie Trumpeter (uncredited)
