Roy Eldridge

ROY ELDRIDGE d1989. American jazz trumpeter nicknamed "Little Jazz". 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. He died in New York aged 78 on February 26th 1989