Roy Eldridge is one of the great innovators of jazz trumpet playing, occupying the vital historical role that connects Louis Armstrong with Dizzy Gillespie. He talks to Charles Fox about half a century spent playing jazz - in Harlem clubs, touring with Jazz at the Philharmonic, and leading many groups of his own. He also reminisces about his associations with the saxophonists Chu Berry and Coleman Hawkins , and the recordings he made with Billie Holiday and Mildred Bailey. The programme 16 illustrated with records.