Name: Little Jazz: The Best Of The Verve Years by Roy Eldridge
Brand: Roy Eldridge
SKU: 731452333827
Price: 9.9 USD
Availability: OnlineOnly
Rating: 3 (133 reviews)

COMPILATION

These 19 songs cut throughout the 1950s offer a smorgasbord of Roy Eldridge's expertise. There's an impressive array of musical talents and settings here, forming something of a sampler of Eldridge's time on the Verve label.

"Ja-Da" finds him combining with a spirited group of Basie alumni, while "Let Me Off Uptown" reunites the trumpeter with Anita O'Day and Gene Krupa in a reprise of their trend-setting 1941 hit which is as aurally fulfilling as the original. "I Remember Harlem" is another standout; here, the moody, atmospheric melody is like few other Eldridge recordings. Against a beautiful and eerie arrangement featuring a bevy of strings and flute, Eldridge's playing is gorgeous and seductive, illuminating the nocturnal mood of the song like a street light on a darkened avenue.

1. Dale's Wail

by Roy Eldridge

Performer: Russell Garcia
Roy Eldridge; Performer
Primary Artist: Roy Eldridge; Main Performer
Trumpet: Roy Eldridge; Performer
Composer: David Roy Eldridge; Composer
Lyricist: David Roy Eldridge; Composer
Producer: Norman Granz; Production
Recording Arrangement: Russell Garcia; Production
Composer Lyricist: David Roy Eldridge; Other

2. Little Jazz

by Roy Eldridge

Double Bass: Ray Brown; Performer
Primary Artist: Roy Eldridge; Main Performer
Drums: J.c. Heard; Performer
Guitar: Barney Kessel; Performer
Organ: Oscar Peterson; Performer
Performer: Russell Garcia
Barney Kessel
Roy Eldridge
Oscar Peterson
Ray Brown
J.c. Heard; Performer
Trumpet: Roy Eldridge; Performer
Composer: Buster Harding
Roy Eldridge; Composer
Lyricist: Roy Eldridge
Buster Harding; Composer
Producer: Norman Granz; Production
Recording Arrangement: Russell Garcia; Production
Composer Lyricist: Buster Harding
Roy Eldridge; Other

3. I Remember Harlem

by Roy Eldridge

Performer: Russell Garcia
Roy Eldridge; Performer
Primary Artist: Roy Eldridge; Main Performer
Trumpet: Roy Eldridge; Performer
Composer: G. Williams
David Roy Eldridge
Bob Astor; Composer
Lyricist: David Roy Eldridge
Bob Astor
G. Williams; Composer
Recording Arrangement: Russell Garcia; Production
Composer Lyricist: G. Williams
Bob Astor
David Roy Eldridge; Other

4. Let Me Off Uptown

by Gene Krupa Big Band, Anita O'day, Roy Eldridge

Featured Artist: Anita O'day
Roy Eldridge; Main Performer
Primary Artist: Gene Krupa Big Band; Main Performer
Drums: Gene Krupa; Performer
Performer: Gene Krupa
Quincy Jones
Anita O'day
Roy Eldridge; Performer
Trumpet: Roy Eldridge; Performer
Vocals: Anita O'day; Performer
Composer: Redd Evans
Earl Bostic; Composer
Lyricist: Earl Bostic
Redd Evans; Composer
Producer: Norman Granz; Production
Recording: Val Valentine; Production
Recording Arrangement: Quincy Jones; Production
Studio Personnel: Val Valentine; Production
Composer Lyricist: Redd Evans
Earl Bostic; Other

5. Rockin' Chair

by Roy Eldridge

Performer: Roy Eldridge
Russell Garcia; Performer
Primary Artist: Roy Eldridge; Main Performer
Trumpet: Roy Eldridge; Performer
Composer: Hoagy Carmichael; Composer
Lyricist: Hoagy Carmichael; Composer
Recording Arrangement: Russell Garcia; Production
Composer Lyricist: Hoagy Carmichael; Other

6. Willow Weep For Me

by Roy Eldridge

Primary Artist: Roy Eldridge; Main Performer
Composer: Ann Ronell; Composer
Lyricist: Ann Ronell; Composer
Producer: Norman Granz; Production
Composer Lyricist: Ann Ronell; Other

7. Bugle Call Rag

by Roy Eldridge, Central Plaza Dixielanders, Harry Edison, Buck Clayton

Primary Artist: Harry Edison
Roy Eldridge
Buck Clayton
Central Plaza Dixielanders
Harry "sweets" Edison; Main Performer
Composer: Jack Pettis
Elmer Schoebel
Billy Meyers; Composer
Lyricist: Elmer Schoebel
Jack Pettis
Billy Meyers; Composer
Producer: Norman Granz; Production
Composer Lyricist: Jack Pettis
Elmer Schoebel
Billy Meyers; Other

8. Ja Da

by Roy Eldridge, Central Plaza Dixielanders, Harry Edison, Buck Clayton

Bass ( Vocal): Walter Page; Performer
Bass (vocal): Walter Page; Performer
Primary Artist: Harry Edison
Roy Eldridge
Buck Clayton
Central Plaza Dixielanders
Harry "sweets" Edison; Main Performer
Clarinet: Eddie Barefield; Performer
Drums: Jo Jones; Performer
Performer: Roy Eldridge
Walter Page
Jo Jones
Dick Wellstood
Benny Morton
Eddie Barefield; Performer
Piano: Dick Wellstood; Performer
Trombone: Benny Morton; Performer
Trumpet: Roy Eldridge; Performer
Composer: Robert Louis Carleton; Composer
Lyricist: Robert Louis Carleton; Composer
Producer: Norman Granz; Production
Composer Lyricist: Robert Louis Carleton; Other

9. Wailin'

by Roy Eldridge

Primary Artist: Roy Eldridge; Main Performer
Composer: David Roy Eldridge; Composer
Lyricist: David Roy Eldridge; Composer
Composer Lyricist: David Roy Eldridge; Other

10. Blue Moon

by Roy Eldridge, Oscar Peterson

Primary Artist: Oscar Peterson
Roy Eldridge; Main Performer
Double Bass: Ray Brown; Performer
Drums: Buddy Rich; Performer
Guitar: Herb Ellis; Performer
Performer: Buddy Rich
Ray Brown
Herb Ellis
Oscar Peterson; Performer
Piano: Oscar Peterson; Performer
Composer: Richard Rodgers; Composer
Author: Lorenz Hart; Production
Producer: Norman Granz; Production

11. Sweet Georgia Brown

by Roy Eldridge

Primary Artist: Roy Eldridge; Main Performer
Composer: Ben Bernie
Kenneth Casey
Maceo Pinkard; Composer
Lyricist: Ben Bernie
Kenneth Casey
Maceo Pinkard; Composer
Producer: Norman Granz; Production
Composer Lyricist: Ben Bernie
Kenneth Casey
Maceo Pinkard; Other

12. Sunday

by Roy Eldridge, Coleman Hawkins

Primary Artist: Coleman Hawkins
Roy Eldridge; Main Performer
Composer: Albert West
Brian Goldwyn
Hank Hillman
Johannes C Vis; Composer
Lyricist: Albert West
Brian Goldwyn
Hank Hillman
Johannes C Vis; Composer
Composer Lyricist: Albert West
Brian Goldwyn
Hank Hillman
Johannes C Vis; Other