Heckler's Hop

Roy Eldridge and His Orchestra · 1937

Context

Recorded in Chicago on January 23, 1937, for Vocalion by the orchestra Roy Eldridge was then leading at the Three Deuces, on a theme co-written with Edgar Battle and his brother Joe Eldridge. It gave its title to the Hep compilation of Eldridge's early years, listed in the "core collection" of the Penguin Guide to Jazz.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Swing, big bands. Among the origins and influences of Swing, big bands: Chicago, Stride (Harlem piano), Harlem: Henderson, Redman, Ellington, Kansas City, Boogie-woogie, Symphonic jazz, dance orchestras.

By the same artist

• Let Me Off Uptown (1941)
• Rockin' Chair (1952)
• Little Jazz (1952)

Sources

• jazzdisco.org
• EN: Heckler's Hop

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