David Roy Eldridge Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Roy Eldridge was born on January 30, 1911 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA as David Roy Eldridge. He was married to Viola Lee Fong. He died on February 26, 1989 in Valley Stream, Long Island, New York, USA.
Led his first band at the age of twenty, billed as Roy Elliott and his Palais Royal Orchestra.
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The contrast between his short physical stature and his energetic playing prompted Ellington saxophonist Otto Hardwick to bestow upon him the sobriquet of 'Little Jazz'.
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Outstanding swing-era trumpeter, a great stylist, who first gained international recognition with the Gene Krupa Orchestra (the only African-American member of the band, often exposing him to racist attacks), featuring on many classic solos, including "Rockin' Chair", "After You've Gone" and "Let Me Off Uptown" (with Anita O'Day). Fronted the band after Krupa was jailed in 1943 (even, on occasion, playing the drums), later leading several big bands under his own name in Chicago (Three Deuces Club) and New York (Savoy Ballroom, Famous Door, Arcadia Ballroom, etc).
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Encountered much racism while with the orchestras of Gene Krupa and Artie Shaw. In 1938, he contemplated quitting as a performer, briefly going on to study radio engineering.
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Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume Two, 1986-1990, pages 272-274. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999.
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Biography in: "American National Biography". Supplement 1, pp. 184-185. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
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Jazz trumpeter.
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Inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1985.
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Avengers: Age of Ultron
2015
writer: "Full Dress Hop" - as David Roy Eldridge
Midnight Swing
2013
Video short performer: "I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me"
Parashat Ha-Shavua
TV Series performer - 2 episodes, 2006 - 2008 writer - 2 episodes, 2006 - 2008
Keisarikunta
2004
writer: "Drum Boogie"
Any Way the Wind Blows
2003
writer: "Me and You Blues"
The Public Eye
1992
performer: "Embraceable You" 1928, first published 1930
$250,000
