[78-L] Roy Eldridge 100

[simmonssomer]

He was absolutely great but...he often annoyed me with his pyrotechnical 
high note ego flights.
I believe that he was better off in an orchestra where he was given one or 
two chorus solos.
He would go off the wall  and out of context with small group recordings and 
when he sat in live.
He did behave himself when he played in a  live Trad Dixie band venue.
He was extremely compettitve and, often, that trait dominated his playing.
That being said he belongs in the hall of fame as an important  jazz 
musician.

Al Simmons

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> 1911 - good year for trumpeters:
> Roy Eldridge (Jan 30)
> Yank Lawson (May 3)
> Cootie Wiiliams (July 10)
> Buck Clayton (Nov 12)
> Kristjan
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> Hans en Corrie skrev 2011-01-29 15:27:
>> This weekend Roy Eldridge, Mr. Little Jazz, was born 100 years ago. This
>> great trumpet player, now almost forgotten, could be labelled as the link
>> between the older generation of trumpet players and the beboppers like 
>> Dizzy
>> Gillespie, Howard McGhee and Clifford Brown:
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