Roy Eldridge: Little Jazz Giant (Bayou Jazz Lives S.) - Softcover

Chilton, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0826465358 ISBN 13: 9780826465351

Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd., 2002

Synopsis

A biography of the spectacular trumpeter, Roy "Little Jazz" Eldridge, whose style is universally recognised as the all-important link between the playing of Louis Armstrong and the achievements of modernist, Dizzy Gillespie. The indignities he experienced and overcame during the 1940s while working in otherwise all-white ensembles proved he was as bold a social pioneer as he was a performer. New light is shed on the various occasions when he unwillingly became entangled with gangsters, his uneven working relationships and the hurdles he had to overcome when working in all-white ensembles.

About this title

Review:

'Once again, John Chilton has produced a superb chronicle of the life and work of an important player largely neglected by previous jazz writers, and in doing so he has done the worldwide jazz community a great service... The outstanding jazz book of the year.' JAZZ UK 'If there was such a thing, this brilliant volume would undoubtedly top the Jazz Journal "Book of the Year" poll. A masterpiece' JAZZ JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL 'A very thorough and revealing book about a jazzman's life... Chilton has him nicely and lovingly pinned down. An excellent book.' CRESCENDO AND JAZZ MUSIC

About the Author:

John Chilton is a jazz trumpeter and jazz writer, who in 2000 won the British Jazz Award for Writer of the Year. His books include Ride, Red, Ride, Billie's Blues, The Wizard of Jazz and The Song of the Hawk.

About this edition

• Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0826465358
• ISBN 13: 9780826465351
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 456