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Advice and guidance to those interested in building a library of jazz recordings

Programme offering advice and guidance to those interested in building a library of jazz recordings or adding to an existing one

Advice and guidance to those interested in building a library of jazz recordings.

Jazz Library: Roy Eldridge

05/03/2011

Roy Eldridge

BBC Radio 3 - Jazz Library, Roy Eldridge

Abram Wilson joins Alyn Shipton to select the key recordings by trumpeter Roy Eldridge.

Abram Wilson joins Alyn Shipton to select the key recordings by trumpeter Roy Eldridge, including partnerships with Gene Krupa, Chu Berry, Artie Shaw, Lester Young and Art Tatum.

Roy Eldridge, with his fiery tone, brilliant upper register and inventive phrasing, was the most musically combative trumpeter of the swing era. The heir to Louis Armstrong and the main influence on Dizzy Gillespie, his own canon of work stands alongside theirs. New Orleans-born trumpeter Abram Wilson helps Alyn Shipton to select the key recordings by Eldridge, including his creative partnerships with Gene Krupa, Chu Berry, Artie Shaw, Lester Young and Art Tatum.

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