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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...
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    as an understated accompanist to singer Ella Fitzgerald and trumpeter Roy Eldridge. Peterson is considered one of history's great jazz pianists. He was...
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  • Hamp's Big Four Lionel Hampton (leader) Little Jazz Roy Eldridge (leader) Roy and Diz Roy Eldridge and Dizzy Gillespie (leader) Rock with Flip Flip Phillips...
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    trumpet virtuoso and improviser, building on the virtuosic style of Roy Eldridge but adding layers of harmonic and rhythmic complexity previously unheard...
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  • Eldridge may refer to: A. D. Eldridge (1851–?), American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly Aethelred Eldridge (1930–2018), American painter...
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  • Afro (Norgran) 1954: Dizzy and Strings (Norgran) 1954: Roy and Diz (Clef) – with Roy Eldridge 1954–1964: The Verve/Philips Dizzy Gillespie Small Group...
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    harmonic and melodic limits of their music, including Dizzy Gillespie, a Roy Eldridge-influenced trumpet player who, like Parker, was exploring ideas based...
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  • (1986) With Roy Eldridge Rockin' Chair (with Roy Eldridge, 1951–52) Dale's Wail (Eldridge, 1953) Little Jazz (Eldridge, 1954) Roy and Diz (Eldridge and Dizzy...
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    in the 1940s, as well as Duke Ellington, Art Tatum, Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge and Benny Goodman. The tritone substitution can be performed by exchanging...
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  • the 1939 jazz song "King of Bongo Bong" by Black American trumpeter Roy Eldridge. It also uses the background music from Black Uhuru's song "Bull ina...
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