Illinois Jacquet - Swing's the Thing LP cover. On a yellow background, three black and white, superimposed shots of Illinois Jacquet playing his tenor. The black LP (with a yellow label) plays vertically on a Miniot Wheel 3 linear-tracking turntable, behind.

Illinois Jacquet - Swing's the Thing

1956 and Jacquet is making a great case for why Swing should get more respect. Just a whole lot of energetic fun, and when the tempo slows down, some beautiful ballad playing.

With Jacquet (tenor), Roy Eldridge (trumpet), Jimmy […]

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#OTD #TDIH #February26, 1989: #DOTD: #RIP #RoyEldridge. #Jazz #LittleJazz #Swing #BigBand #Trumpeters #JazzSky #MusicSKy
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#OTD #TDIH #February26, 1989: #DOTD: #RIP #RoyEldridge. #Jazz #LittleJazz #Swing #BigBand #Trumpeters #JazzSky #MusicSKy
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#OTD #TDIH #February26, 1989: #DOTD: #RIP #RoyEldridge. #Jazz #LittleJazz #Swing #BigBand #Trumpeters #JazzSky #MusicSKy
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( #JCKaelin here: This is my favorite jazz recording. Blow, man, blow!)
#OTD #TDIH #February26, 1989: #DOTD: #RIP #RoyEldridge. #Jazz #LittleJazz #Swing #BigBand #Trumpeters #JazzSky #MusicSKy
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JANUARY 30TH HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROY ELDRIDGE!

ON THIS DAY IN JAZZ AGE MUSIC!
JANUARY 30TH...
Happy Birthday Roy Eldridge!

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#January30
#January30TH
#RoyEldridge
#Jazz
#JazzSky
#JazzAge
#MusicSky
#MusicianSky
#MUSIC
#JAZZ
#BLUES

( #JCKaelin here: This is my favorite jazz recording, & it features my favorite jazz trumpeter #RoyEldridge, in honor of his birthday #OTD #TDIH #January30, 1911! )
#Jazz #LittleJazz #Swing #BigBand #Trumpeters #JazzSky #MusicSKy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzFP...

It's #RoyEldridge! #LittleJazz himself all day! Yay! Listen all day #January30 to the Annual WKCR-FM All Day #RoyEldridgeBirthdayBroadcast at wkcr.org online or on 89.9 FM New York on your radio dial!

#OnThisDay:📆January 18, 1944 The #MetOpera House in #NYC hosts a #jazz #concert for the first time; performers include #LouisArmstrong, #BillieHoliday, #LionelHampton, #MildredBailey, #RedNorvo #RoyEldridge #JackTeagarden, and #BennyGoodman via remote hookup

#ClassicalMusic
#MusicHistory

Ella Fitzgerald - Antibes 64

Ella Fitzgerald - Antibes 64

Ella Fitzgerald - Antibes 64
- #EllaFitzgerald (voc), #TommyFlanagan (p), Bill Yancey (b), Gus Johnson (dr), #RoyEldridge (tp)
The Cricket Song : www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGlg...
#jazz jazzsky

First day back at work after 8 days off and it kinda sucked. Needed an attitude adjustment. #NormanGranz #JazzatthePhilharmonic #jazz #vinylsky #BuddyRich #BennyCarter#LesterYoung #RoyEldridge #CarnegieHall #live 1952

JATP - Stuttgart, le 28 mai 1958

#JATP - Stuttgart, le 28 mai 1958 ( #ColemanHawkins, #DizzyGillespie, Gus Johnson, Herb Ellis, Joe Turner, Lou Levy, Max Bennett, Pete Johnson, #RayBrown, #RoyEldridge, #SonnyStitt, #StanGetz )

#jazz jazzsky

Museum Frieder Burda Roy Eldridge – Eine Jazzlegende vor der Kamera Virtuos, bahnbrechend, unverkennbar: Roy Eldridge (1911–1989) gilt als einer der größten Jazztrompeter aller Zeiten. Das musikalische Wunderkind aus...

📷Roy Eldridge (1911–1989), einer der größten Jazztrompeter aller Zeiten, prägte den #Jazz der #1930er. Richard #Pousette-Dart fotografiert ihn im Juli 1955 für #Vogue 🌟Eine von 32 Fotografien Pousette-Darts, die z.Zt im #MuseumFriederBurda, #Poesie des Lichts" zu sehen sind #RoyEldridge #Photo

1952 - Jazz at the Philharmonic - Miami Beach

1952 - Jazz at the Philharmonic - Miami Beach

#jazz #EllaFitzgerald #GeneKrupa #BuddyRich #LesterYoung #RoyEldridge #FlipPhillips #CharlieShavers #HankJones #BarneyKessel #RayBrown #OscarPeterson

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Take a listen to jazz trumpet master Roy Eldridge, known as "Little Jazz"
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#royeldridge #jazz #trumpet #jazzmasters

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#jazz #blacksky #graphicdesign #albumcoverart #music #improv #royeldridge #bluenoterecords

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #JazzRecordRequests

Irving Berlin, Roy Eldridge, Gerald Wiggins, Kenny Clarke & Pierre Michelot:
🎵 Easter Parade

#BBCRadio3 #IrvingBerlin #RoyEldridge #GeraldWiggins #KennyClarke #PierreMichelot

#NowPlaying️ #ArtTatum #RoyEldridge #vinyl

The Trumpet Kings - At The Montreux Jazz Festival 1975

The Trumpet Kings - At The Montreux Jazz Festival 1975
#nowspinning #dizzygillespie #royeldridge #clarkterry #vinyl #vinylrecords #jazzsky

( #JCKaelin here: This is my favorite jazz recording. Blow, man, blow!)
#OTD #TDIH #February26, 1989: #DOTD: #RIP #RoyEldridge. #Jazz #LittleJazz #Swing #BigBand #Trumpeters #AmericanMusic
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzFP...

Portrait of Little Jazz: A Tribute to Roy Eldridge He could split the stratosphere with his high notes… play you sweet and low with his ballads… glide with sudden speed through the middle registers and then slow into a cooking groove…and woe to any ot...

“We should all bow our heads to Roy because he's the one who made us take risks playing the trumpet. He did things that nobody would ever dare to do."—Joe Wilder on #RoyEldridge, born on this date in 1911. Here’s a previous Night Lights tribute:
#Jazzsky
#Jazz

( #JCKaelin here: This is my favorite jazz recording, & it features my favorite jazz trumpeter #RoyEldridge, in honor of his birthday #OTD #TDIH #January30, 1911! )
#Jazz #LittleJazz #Swing #BigBand #Trumpeters #AmericanMusic
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzFP...

It's #RoyEldridge! #LittleJazz himself all day! Yay! Listen all day #January30 to the Annual WKCR-FM All Day #RoyEldridgeBirthdayBroadcast at wkcr.org online or on 89.9 FM New York on your radio dial!

1960 - American Jazz Festival - Sportpalast in Berlin

1960 - American Jazz Festival - Sportpalast in Berlin

#CannonballAdderley, #DizzyGillespie,
#JayJayJohnson, #BennyCarter, #ColemanHawkins, #StanGetz, #DonByas, #RoyEldridge, #JoJones, Candido

#jazz jazzsky

A candid shot of saxophonist Lester Young and trumpeter/vocalist Roy Eldridge from the "A Great Day in Harlem" photo session, taken by bassist/photographer Milt Hinton.

The Friends of Milt Hinton #6

Jazz greats Lester Young and Roy Eldridge confer on "A Great Day in Harlem".

#IfCharlieParkerWasAGunslinger #FriendsOfMiltHinton
#MiltHinton #LesterYoung #RoyEldridge

🔊 #NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #JazzRecordRequests

Roy Eldridge & His Little Jazz Four:
🎵 Bye Bye Blackbird

#BBCRadio3 #RoyEldridge #HisLittleJazzFour

MOMENTOS MUSICALES [181]

🎼 Canción: "Drum Boogie"
🖊 Autores: #RoyEldridge & #GeneKrupa [Música y Letra]
🎤 Intérprete: #BarbaraStanwyck (doblada por #MarthaTilton)
🎬 Película: "Ball of Fire"
📽 Director: #HowardHawks

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Ella Fitzgerald "Them There Eyes" on The Ed Sullivan Show , February 2, 1964 ( + Roy Eldridge)
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#jazz #EllaFitzgerald #RoyEldridge