Rockin' Chair

Roy Eldridge · 1952 · Recorded on December 13, 1952 with Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown and J. C. Heard (album Rockin' Chair, Clef, 1955).

Context

Hoagy Carmichael standard that became Roy Eldridge's signature track, which he had already popularized with Gene Krupa's orchestra. The Verve version consulted was recorded in New York on February 13, 1953, with Oscar Peterson's quartet, Peterson on organ; it opens with scatted cadenzas that the critic finds arbitrary, and in his view it does not equal the original.

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

• Little Jazz (1952)
• Let Me Off Uptown (1941)
• Heckler's Hop (1937)

Sources

• jazzhistoryonline.com
• wowrecords.sg

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