Person
Roy Eldridge
Acting · 1911–1989 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Biography
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
Das Sonntagskonzert
Self

Ball of Fire
Trumpeter (uncredited)
After Hours
Himself
Ella
1964

Ella Fitzgerald: Live in Cologne
Self - Trumpet

Coleman Hawkins – In Europe, London, Paris & Brussels
2008

Let Me Off Uptown
Dancer
Filmography
- 2008Coleman Hawkins – In Europe, London, Paris & Brussels
- 1974Ella Fitzgerald: Live in CologneSelf - Trumpet
- 1969Das SonntagskonzertSelf
- 1964Ella
- 1961After HoursHimself
- 1942Let Me Off UptownDancer
- 1941Ball of FireTrumpeter (uncredited)
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