1941Nominee
Best Performance
Ball of Fire
Roy Eldridge
Actor
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
January 30, 1911
Biography
David Roy Eldridge (January 30, 1911 – February 26, 1989), nicknamed "Little Jazz", was an American jazz trumpeter. His sophisticated use of harmony, including the use of tritone substitutions, his virtuosic solos exhibiting a departure from the dominant style of jazz trumpet innovator Louis Armstrong, and his strong impact on Dizzy Gillespie mark him as one of the most influential musicians of the swing era and a precursor of bebop.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1961Nominee
Best Performance
After Hours
2008Nominee
Best Performance
Coleman Hawkins – In Europe, London, Paris & Brussels
Career Highlights
1974Highlight
Best Performance
Ella Fitzgerald: Live in Cologne