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245 10 a| Roy Eldridge, little jazz giant /c| John Chilton.;

260 a| London ;a| New York :b| Continuum,c| 2002.;

300 a| vi, 447 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :b| illustrations, portraits ;c| 25 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-432) and indexes.;

505 0 a| Smoketown -- Territory band travels -- A bite at the Big Apple -- Chicago bandleader -- Settling in New York -- Crusading with Krupa -- Starring with Shaw -- Jazz at the Philharmonic -- Interlude in Paris -- Tours and triumphs -- Flying with the hawk -- Festivals galore -- Radiance at Ryan's -- Ending with a song -- Roy on record (1935-39) -- Roy on record (1940-46) -- Roy on record (1947-55) -- Roy on record (1955-65) -- Roy on record (1965-85).;

520 a| This is the first biography of the spectacular trumpeter, Roy 'Little Jazz' Eldridge, whose style is universally recognized as the all-important link between the playing of Louis Armstrong and the achievements of modernist Dizzy Gillespie. Roy's daring harmonic approach and his technically awesome improvisations provided guidance and inspiration for countless jazz musicians, but he was also a star performer in his own right, whose recordings as a bandleader, and with Gene Krupa and Artie Shaw, gained him a durable international reputation. The indignities he experienced and overcame during the 1940's while working in otherwise all-white ensembles proved he was as bold a social pioneer as he was a performer. The author, who knew Eldridge for many years, presents a picture of a fiery yet sensitive individual, who never shunned candour and was at his happiest when playing the trumpet. New light is shed on the various occasions when Eldridge unwillingly became entangled with gangsters in New York and Chicago, and there are revealing details about Eldridge's uneven working relationship with Benny Goodman, Fletcher Henderson, Ella Fitzgerald and Count Basie.;

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Roy Eldridge, little jazz giant / John Chilton.

Author/creator	Chilton, John
Format	Book
Publication Info	London ; New York : Continuum, 2002.
Description	vi, 447 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
Subjects	Eldridge, Roy, 1911-1989. Trumpet players--United States. --Biography. Jazz musicians--United States. --Biography.

Contents	Smoketown -- Territory band travels -- A bite at the Big Apple -- Chicago bandleader -- Settling in New York -- Crusading with Krupa -- Starring with Shaw -- Jazz at the Philharmonic -- Interlude in Paris -- Tours and triumphs -- Flying with the hawk -- Festivals galore -- Radiance at Ryan's -- Ending with a song -- Roy on record (1935-39) -- Roy on record (1940-46) -- Roy on record (1947-55) -- Roy on record (1955-65) -- Roy on record (1965-85).
Abstract	This is the first biography of the spectacular trumpeter, Roy 'Little Jazz' Eldridge, whose style is universally recognized as the all-important link between the playing of Louis Armstrong and the achievements of modernist Dizzy Gillespie. Roy's daring harmonic approach and his technically awesome improvisations provided guidance and inspiration for countless jazz musicians, but he was also a star performer in his own right, whose recordings as a bandleader, and with Gene Krupa and Artie Shaw, gained him a durable international reputation. The indignities he experienced and overcame during the 1940's while working in otherwise all-white ensembles proved he was as bold a social pioneer as he was a performer. The author, who knew Eldridge for many years, presents a picture of a fiery yet sensitive individual, who never shunned candour and was at his happiest when playing the trumpet. New light is shed on the various occasions when Eldridge unwillingly became entangled with gangsters in New York and Chicago, and there are revealing details about Eldridge's uneven working relationship with Benny Goodman, Fletcher Henderson, Ella Fitzgerald and Count Basie.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-432) and indexes.
LCCN	2001047750
ISBN	0826456928

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