構成数 | 4枚

合計収録時間 | 05:08:54

Personnel: Roy Eldridge (vocals, trumpet); Buster Harding (vocals, piano); Anita Love, Laurel Watson, Anita O'Day, Billie Holiday, Billy Eckstine (vocals); Sam Allen (guitar, piano); Mike Bryan, Danny Barker , Lucky Fowler, John "BJ John" Smith, Freddie Green, John Collins, Snags Allen, Bob Lessey, Lawrence Lucie, Rolf Berg, John Trueheart, Allan Reuss, Barney Kessel, Bernard Addison, Billy Bauer , Ray Biondi, Albert Casey, Carmen Mastren (guitar); Russell Procope (clarinet, alto saxophone); Cecil Scott, Joe Marsala, John LaPorta, Ove Lind, Artie Shaw, Barney Bigard, Benny Goodman, Buster Bailey (clarinet); Chris Johnson , Clint Neagley, Sam Lee, Mascagni Ruffo, Jerome Pasquall, Andrew Gardner, Mike Doty, Ray Eckstrand, Joe Eldridge, George "Scoops" Carry, Rudy Tanza, Porter Kilbert, Sahib Shihab, Nuncio "Toots" Mondello (alto saxophone); Chu Berry, Coleman Hawkins, Jon Walton, George Lawson, Don Purvance, Don Byas, Dave Young Orchestra, Albert Ferreri, Walt Lockhart, Franz Jackson, Walter Bates, Carl-Henrik Norin, Elmer "Skippy" Williams, Hal Singer, Herbie Steward, Ike Quebec, Charles Bowen, Lester Young , Sam Musiker, Teddy Hill, Tex Beneke, Tom Archia, Vido Musso, Warne Marsh, Zoot Sims, Ben Webster (tenor saxophone); Ernie Caceres, Alan Townsend, Sam Listengart, Dave McRae , William Boucaya, Cecil Payne (baritone saxophone); Clarence Wheeler, Andrew Ferretti, Graham Young, Cootie Williams, Torg Halten, Robert Mason , Robert Williams & The Groovers, Emmett Berry, Thomas Grider, John "Bugs" Hamilton , Gus Aiken, Henry Clay, Harry James, Marion Hazel, Norman Murphy, Elton Hill, Al Beck, Bill Dillard, David Page , Sylvester Lewis, Joe Thomas , Bernie Glow, Bill Coleman , Bill Graham, Jimmy Maxwell, Elmon Wright, Stan Fishelson, Dick Vance, Paul Cohen (trumpet); Lennart Sundewall (bass trumpet); Dicky Wells, Fred Ohms, Sandy Watson, Fernando Arbello, George Wilson, Richard Dunlap, Fred Robinson , Gus Dixon, George Robinson, John Grassi, Eli Robinson, Nat Atkins, Charles Greenlea, J.C. Higginbotham, Albert Riding, Ward Silloway , Harold Matthews, Jack Teagarden, Roger G. Swift, Jay Kelliher, Ted Kelly, John McConnell, Kai Winding, Lou McGarity, Sandy Williams , Babe Wagner, Will Bradley, Benny Vasseur, Harry Rodgers, Ed Cuffee, Ollie Wilson (trombone); Charlie Norman (piano, harpsichord); Claude Bolling, Clyde Hart, Count Basie, Ken Kersey, Dick Hyman, Dodo Marmarosa, Irving "Duke" Jordan, Fletcher Henderson, Gerald Wiggins , Horace Henderson, Tony d'Amore, Rozelle Gayle, Teddy Cole, Bob Kitsis, Jess Stacy, Johnny Guarnieri, Milt Raskin, Raymond Fol, Art Tatum, Teddy Brannon (piano); Oscar Peterson (organ); Lionel Hampton, Terry Gibbs (vibraphone); Les Erskine, William Coles, Earl Phillips, Andrew Burman, Gene Krupa, Harold "Doc" West, Robert Barnet, Melody Saunders, Lee Abrams, Walter Johnson Jr., Armand Molinetti, Kenny Clarke, Lou Fromm, Max Roach, Panama Francis, Big Sid Catlett, Zutty Singleton, Bill Beason, Ed Shaughnessy, Charlie Smith (drums). Recording information: Arcadia Ballroom, NY (02/26/1935-07/09/1953); Chicago, IL (02/26/1935-07/09/1953); Hollywood, CA (02/26/1935-07/09/1953); Los Angeles, CA (02/26/1935-07/09/1953); Metropolitan Opera House, New York, NY (02/26/1935-07/09/1953); New York, NY (02/26/1935-07/09/1953); Paris, France (02/26/1935-07/09/1953); Stockholm, Sweden (02/26/1935-07/09/1953). Director: George Williams . Arrangers: George Williams ; Artie Shaw; Buster Harding. Roy "Little Jazz" Eldridge was the living, breathing embodiment of what jazz has always stood for. Friendly and funny, fiery and eloquent, well-versed in tradition, and more than able to joust with young innovators on their newly defined turf, Eldridge's most important stylistic descendent was Dizzy Gillespie. In 2004, Proper Records released Little Jazz: Trumpet Giant, a four-CD grab bag containing some of Eldridge's best recordings made during the years 1935-1953. Almost simultaneously, Avid came out with Little Jazz Giant, a t