Little Jazz

Roy Eldridge · 1952 · Same session of December 13, 1952 (Clef); title that takes up his nickname.

Context

Theme credited to Roy Eldridge and Buster Harding, bearing the trumpeter's nickname, recorded in New York on December 13, 1952 for Norman Granz with the Oscar Peterson trio joined by J. C. Heard. This session appears on the album Rockin' Chair (Clef MGC 704, 1955), a compilation of 1951 and 1952 sessions with different lineups. Eldridge had already recorded "Yard Dog" with Harding in August 1951.

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

• Rockin' Chair (1952)
• Let Me Off Uptown (1941)
• Heckler's Hop (1937)

Sources

• EN: Rockin' Chair (Roy Eldridge album)

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