76 sides recorded between 1935 & 1952
Featuring Teddy Wilson, Coleman Hawkins, Artie Shaw, Barney Kessel, Zoot Sims, Dick Hyman, Buddy Tate, Oscar Peterson...and many more!
Continuing AVID Entertainment's Gold Remasters 3 x CD Box Set series we present one of the unsung jazz trumpet hero's of the classic jazz era…Roy Eldridge, "The Little Jazz Giant".
Our musical journey begins in 1935 with The Delta Four before Roy was invited to front his own swing combo in 1937, a period he was to look back on as the happiest of his playing life.
There followed a period of big band success before Roy joined Artie Shaw in 1944 as a featured sideman on an astronomical $500 a week!
Following appearances in Europe including Paris and Stockholm, two great jazz cities, Roy returned to New York to fulfil an ambition to record with strings before finishing off our musical journey with four tracks recorded with Oscar Peterson in 1952.
CD1
1. Swingin' On That Famous Door
2. Farewell Blues
3. Mary Had A Little Lamb
4. Wabash Stomp
5. Florida Stomp
6. Heckler's Hop
7. Where The Lazy River Goes By
8. That Thing
9. After You've Gone
10. The Gasser
11. Jump Through The Window
12. I Can't Get Started
13. After You've Gone
14. Body And Soul
15. Fish Market
16. Twilight Time
17. Little Jazz Boogie
18. Embraceable You
19. All The Cats Join In
20. Ain't That A Shame?
21. Hi Ho Trailus Boot Whip
22. Tippin' Out
23. Yard Dog
24. Lover, Come Back To Me
25. Rockin' Chair
26. It's The Talk Of The Tow
CD2
1. Don't Be That Way
2. I Want To Be Happy
3. Fiesta In Brass
4. St Louis Blues
5. I Only Have Eyes For You
6. 'S'wonderful
7. I'm In The Mood For Love
8. "Bean" At The Met
9. The Grabtown Grapple
10. The Sad Sack
11. Little Jazz
12. Scuttlebutt
13. Mysterioso
14. Hop Skip And Jump
15. The Gentle Grifter
16. King David
17. Undecided
18. Ain't No Flies On Me
19. Wild Driver
20. If I Had You
21. Nuts
22. Goliath Bounce
23. I Remember Harlem
24. L'isle Adam
25. Tu Disais Que Tu M'aimais
CD3
1. I'd Love Him So
2. Fireworks
3. Wild Man Blues
4. Echoes Of Harlem
5. School Days
6. Saturday Night Fish Fry - Part 1
7. Saturday Night Fish Fry - Part 2
8. The Heat's On
9. No Rolling Blues
10. They Raided The Joint
11. Roy's Got Rhythm
12. Nappin' John
13. Scottie
14. Baby, What's The Matter With You?
15. Yard Dog
16. Sweet Lorraine
17. Jumbo The Elephant
18. Basin Street Blues
19. I Remember Harlem
20. Easter Parade
21. I See Everybody's Baby
22. Roy's Riff
23. Wrap You Troubles In Dreams
24. Rockin' Chair
25. Little Jazz
