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On this day in jazz history…

The Birth of "Little Jazz" – Roy Eldridge (1911)

On January 30, 1911, Pittsburgh gave jazz David Roy Eldridge, soon nicknamed "Little Jazz." Starting on piano at five and drums at six, young Roy switched to trumpet after his brother Joe's encouragement.

When their mother died, Roy was just eleven. He locked himself away for hours, obsessively mastering the trumpet's upper register.

Eldridge revolutionized trumpet playing by mimicking saxophone improvisation with fast, scale-like passages and dramatic high-register leaps. He took Louis Armstrong's innovations higher and faster. Dizzy Gillespie studied every aspect of his playing, calling him his idol.

In 1941, Eldridge joined Gene Krupa's band as one of the first Black musicians featured prominently in a white big band. His duet with Anita O'Day, "Let Me Off Uptown," became a major hit.

Between Armstrong and Gillespie stands Roy Eldridge, the bridge that made bebop possible.

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