A key player in the development of bebop, Roy Eldridge was one of the first trumpet players in jazz to break away from the smooth, lyrical style of Louis Armstrong, and develop a faster pace and a more versatile delivery. His playing influenced an entire generation of jazz musicians, many of whom would go on to become leading players in their own right
4 Ballad Medley: I Remember You/Chelsea Bridge/I've Got the World on a String
5 Polite Blues
6 Close Your Eyes
7 Where's Art
8 I Don't Know
9 Striding
10 Wailing
11 I've Found a New Baby
12 I Can't Get Started
13 Sometimes I'm Happy
14 Ballad Medley: I'm Thru with Love/Can't We Be Friends/Don't You Think?/I Don't Know Why I Love You Like I Do/If I Had You
- Disc 2 -
1 Steeplechase
2 Tour de Force
3 Ballad Medley: I'm Thru with Love/The Nearness of You/Moonlight in Vermont/Summertime
4 Introduction
5 I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me
6 Day By Day
7 Embraceable You
8 Moonglow
9 Sweet Georgia Brown
- Disc 3 -
1 Salute to Benny
2 They Can't Take That Away from Me
3 Romping
4 Gypsy in My Soul
5 Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
6 Bossa Nova
7 The Way You Look Tonight
8 Sweet Sue, Just You
9 I've Got a Crush on You
10 When I Grow Too Old to Dream
11 Creme de Menthe
12 Honeysuckle Rose
13 All the Things You Are
14 Easy Living
15 But Not for Me
16 Songs of the Islands
17 Misty
- Disc 4 -
1 Bean Stalkin'
2 I Can't Get Started
3 Time on My Hands
4 The Walker
5 Tea for Two
6 Blue Moon
7 Cocktails for Two
8 Kerry
9 Satin Doll
10 Perdido
11 The Rabbit in Jazz
A key player in the development of bebop, Roy Eldridge was one of the first trumpet players in jazz to break away from the smooth, lyrical style of Louis Armstrong, and develop a faster pace and a more versatile delivery. His playing influenced an entire generation of jazz musicians, many of whom would go on to become leading players in their own right
