"Portrait of Little Jazz: Roy Eldridge"

[ghost of miles]

This week's Night Lights program pays a centennial tribute to the man trombonist Trummy Young described as "a bubbling gladiator" and whom fellow trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie called "the messiah of our generation":

Portrait Of Little Jazz:  A Centennial Tribute To Roy Eldridge

The program focuses on recordings Eldridge made between the late 1930s and 1950s, including encounters with Chu Berry, Benny Carter and Coleman Hawkins, classic sides with Gene Krupa and Artie Shaw, and some of Eldridge's Verve leader dates. It is archived for online listening..

 

To delve deeper into a truly comprehensive overview of Eldridge's considerable musical legacy, check out this weekend's 48-hour WKCR Eldridge marathon broadcast.

Edited January 31, 2017 by ghost of miles

[lipi]

That looks really good...but it's in RealAudio format. Ugh. Any chance of getting these posted in mp3, or are there licensing restrictions that force these to be streaming-only?

[ghost of miles]

Alex, yes, unfortunately it's a matter of legal/copyright issues that requires us to stream the show in RealPlayer. This thread might be helpful for finding other ways of accessing the show.

[ghost of miles]

We recently re-aired "Portrait of Little Jazz," and it remains archived for online listening:

http://indianapublicmedia.org/nightlights/portrait-jazz-roy-eldridge/

[ghost of miles]

Up for Roy Eldridge's birthday:

 

Portrait Of Little Jazz:  A Tribute To Roy Eldridge

[ghost of miles]

One more go-around for Portrait of Little Jazz, which re-aired on Night Lights stations this past week.

[Jim Duckworth]

Essential listening!

 

[ghost of miles]

Up for Roy Eldridge’s birthday today:

Portrait of Little Jazz

[Stompin at the Savoy]

Good program!

[Gheorghe]

Recently I had listened to some Roy Eldridge where he replaces Diz on a concert of the Giants of Jazz. Great to combine Roy Eldrige with Monk, Stitt, and Blakey !!! 

And one of my favourite tracks from the past is a broadcast of How High The Moon made in the best days of bebop. And Roy was so much ahead of his time, he ends the tune with the Ornithology line , showing that he can do bop as well as swing !!!!