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Released
  
1955

Artist
  
Roy Eldridge

Label
  
Hallmark Records

Roy's Got Rhythm (1951)
  
Rockin' Chair (1951)

Release date
  
1955

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
January 20, 22 & 29, 1951 Stockholm, Sweden

Similar
  
Heckler's Hop, Happy Time, Rockin' Chair, Jazz MaturityWhere It's Comin, Oscar Peterson and the T

Roy's Got Rhythm is an album by American jazz trumpeter Roy Eldridge featuring tracks recorded in Sweden in 1951 and released on the EmArcy label. The album was originally recorded for the Swedish label Metronome, and some cuts were also released on Prestige Records.

Contents

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars with its review by Scott Yanow stating, "Between his Paris sessions of 1950 and 1951 for Vogue, trumpeter Roy Eldridge traveled to Sweden and recorded nine spirited selections for Metronome which were reissued on this EmArcy LP. None of Eldridge's sidemen (except for clarinetist Ove Lind who is just on two songs) gained much of a reputation outside of Sweden, but they fare well during these fairly basic performances which are based in swing but also influenced a little by early rhythm & blues".

Track listing

All compositions by Roy Eldridge except as indicated

  1. "Scotty" (George Duvivier) - 3:02
  2. "No Rolling Blues" (John Collins) - 3:06
  3. "The Heat's On" - 3:02
  4. "Saturday Nite Fish Fry Part 1" (Louis Jordan, Ellis Walsh) - 2:24
  5. "Saturday Nite Fish Fry Part 2" (Jordon, Walsh) - 2:34
  6. "Hoppin' John" (Collins) - 3:09
  7. "They Raided the Joint" - 3:15
  8. "School Days" (Will Cobb, Gus Edwards) - 2:58
  9. "Echos of Harlem" (Duke Ellington) - 2:47
  10. "Roy's Got Rhythm" - 3:26
  • Recorded in Stockholm, Sweden on January 20 (3-5, 8 & 9), January 22 (tracks 2, 7 & 10) and January 29 (tracks 1 & 6), 1951

    • Personnel

  • Roy Eldridge - trumpet, vocals
  • Leppe Sundevall - bass trumpet (tracks 3-5 & 8)
  • Ove Lind - clarinet (tracks 1 & 6)
  • Carl-Henrik Norin - tenor saxophone (tracks 3-5 & 8)
  • Charles Norman - piano, harpsichord
  • Gunnar Almstedt (tracks 1 & 6), Thore Jederby (tracks 2-5 & 7-10) - bass
  • Anders Burman - drums

    • Songs

    1Scotty3:04
    2No Rolling Blues3:08
    3The Heat's On3:04

    References

    Roy's Got Rhythm Wikipedia
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