Search results for "Roy Eldridge"

Chu Berry & Roy Eldridge: Body and Soul (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music November 21, 07

This record exerted a tremendous influence during the late 1930s. Coleman Hawkins may well have learned from Berry's...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE TRUMPETERS YOU NEED TO KNOW ON A FIRST NAME BASIS

We all know about Dizzy & Miles, Louis & Wynton, Bix & Brownie. Some trumpeters are so famous, that even a single na...

Gene Krupa with Roy Eldridge & Anita O'Day: Let Me Off Uptown (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music November 11, 07

After leaving Benny Goodman to front his own band, drummer Gene Krupa adopted Goodman's policy of circumscribed racia...

Gene Krupa & Roy Eldridge: Rockin' Chair (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music November 23, 07

In the 1950s, Eldridge rerecorded this song under his own name with a small combo, but this is the original masterpie...

Roy Eldridge & Dizzy Gillespie: Pretty-Eyed Baby (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music August 06, 09

In an interview, Jon Hendricks asked Dizzy Gillespie to demonstrate the evolution of styles by singing a riff as Loui...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: SCAT SINGING

Scat singing—improvised solos created by a vocalist using nonsense syllables for words—is one of the great parado...

Dizzy Gillespie & Roy Eldridge: I've Found a New Baby (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music February 05, 08

Known at times for having a contentious relationship, Gillespie and his idol, Roy Eldridge, are united for this recor...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: A DIZZY DOZEN GILLESPIE CLASSICS

From his seminal work with Charlie Parker to his collaborations with Chano Pozo, Dizzy Gillespie continually br...

Roy Eldridge: Melange (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music July 21, 09

Shades of Jazz at the Philharmonic, Roy Eldridge's old stomping grounds. At 64 years-of-age at the time of this reco...

Art Tatum & Roy Eldridge: Night and Day (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music October 10, 09

Art Tatum had performed with Roy Eldridge back in 1944 at a famous concert by the Esquire All-Stars, but their paths ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ART TATUM AT 100

Art Tatum would be celebrating his 100th birthday this week. His death at age 47 back in 1956 is now a distant eve...

Roy Eldridge, Coleman Hawkins & Benny Carter: Smack (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music November 23, 07

This ad-hoc recording ensemble (which revived a name used for various small group record dates from the 1920s and '30...

Roy Eldridge, Oscar Peterson, Dizzy Gillespie: Take The 'A' Train (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music March 20, 09

Oscar Peterson's spectacular intro and first statement of the famous musical theme is worth the price of admission by...

Coleman Hawkins: Bean Stalkin' (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music April 22, 09

A period of renewed interest and recognition for the influential saxophonist Coleman Hawkins began in the late '50's....

Eric Dolphy: Body & Soul (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music July 02, 09

A recording that features Eric Dolphy and Charles Mingus in the company of Roy Eldridge and Jo Jones is worth any amo...

Count Basie All-Stars: I Left My Baby (1957) (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music May 27, 08

James Andrew Rushing, born in Oklahoma City in 1903, first recorded "I Left My Baby" in 1939 under the aegis of Willi...

Herb Ellis: Tin Roof Blues (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music September 17, 09

In October 1957, as the final tour of Jazz At The Philharmonic was winding down, Norman Granz brought many of the JA...

Johnny Hodges: You Need To Rock (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music May 22, 08

Given its title and 1958 vintage, "You Need To Rock" might figure as an attempt by Swing Era stalwarts— all, except R...

Mildred Bailey: I'm Nobody's Baby (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music September 14, 08

Another lightweight tune gets first-class swing treatment here with Mildred Bailey fully in control. Roy Eldridge's t...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: MILDRED BAILEY

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The Esquire All Stars: I Got Rhythm (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music May 24, 08

The time was January 1944, and the first bebop band (led by Dizzy Gillespie) had just been hired on 52nd Street. Mea...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ART TATUM AT 100

Art Tatum would be celebrating his 100th birthday this week. His death at age 47 back in 1956 is now a distant eve...

Billie Holiday: Yankee Doodle Never Went to Town (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music November 19, 07

Making "Yankee Doodle" its official song was in keeping with Connecticut's Revolutionary spirit. As first sung by Bri...

Teddy Wilson (featuring Billie Holiday): What a Little Moonlight Can Do (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music January 20, 08

In June 1935, John Hammond approached Brunswick and secured a 12-month contract guaranteeing one session a month buil...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL BILLIE HOLIDAY PERFORMANCES

              Billie Holiday, artwork by Michae...

Billie Holiday: God Bless the Child (1941) (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music October 31, 07

"Them that's got shall get / Them that's not shall lose / So the Bible said." Thus claims Arthur Herzog's purported "...

Gene Krupa: Massachusetts (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music November 21, 07

Many state tributes are about a native who, torn from home, longs to return. Of these, the toughest to sing is "Massa...

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