Roy Eldridge
trumpet
Swing-era trumpeter; Barry remembers him alongside Coleman Hawkins, both as a guest with Barry’s trio and as a player he could sit in with because he played standards Barry knew.
- mentions
- 4
- recordings
- 4
- Barry speaking
- 1
What Barry says
Barry counts himself lucky to have played with Coleman Hawkins at the Embers: Barry had his trio there, Hawkins was brought in as a guest, and Roy Eldridge came too. He asks Marian McPartland to imagine the luck of it.
Barry uses Eldridge and Hawkins to show what jam sessions once offered: he could walk in where they were playing and sit in, because they would call standards he knew. Now that most bands play their own original tunes, he says, young players hardly get that chance.
Barry Harris on WKCR-FM ¶454Ted Panken, For Barry Harris’ 82nd Birthday ¶29
When Ted Panken reads a liner note listing Eldridge among the players Barry worked with as house pianist at the Rouge Lounge, Barry says he cannot vouch for those names; the ones he remembers are Lester Young and Flip Phillips.
Barry Harris on WKCR-FM ¶231Barry Harris on WKCR-FM ¶233Barry Harris on WKCR-FM ¶234
In his own words
I was so lucky when I think of getting to play with him [Coleman Hawkins] at the Embers. I had my trio and they brought him in as a guest, him and Roy Eldridge.
I could go in when Roy Eldridge and Coleman Hawkins be playing, and I could go on up there and play, because they’re going to play something I know.
Every mention
4 moments in the recordings, 1 of them Barry speaking. Each says who is talking.
Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland
- 23:10
Had Coleman Hawkins as a guest with his trio at the Embers, Roy Eldridge too; calls it luck.
Barry Harris Spanish TV
- 15:37
Someone else
Spanish TV narrator says that after touring with Max Roach, Barry played in Detroit with Webster and Eldridge.
Interview: tap dance and bebop
- 26:08
Someone else
Podcast host reads a biography naming Eldridge among players Barry worked with after moving to New York.
Barry Harris Workshop Madrid 2018
- 0:00
Someone else
A Spanish presenter lists Eldridge among the musicians Barry has played with.
In the interviews and notes
Barry recalls that he was free to join Eldridge and Hawkins on the bandstand, since they would call standards he knew. With everyone now writing originals, young players rarely get that chance, which is why he ran a Wednesday jam session when he had his own place.
The same memory appears in Panken’s DownBeat feature: Barry could join Eldridge and Hawkins on the bandstand because they played tunes he knew, a chance that original material has taken from young players.
Panken reads from a liner note that Barry’s on-the-job training at the Rouge Lounge included Lee Konitz, Lester Young, Eldridge and Ben Webster. Barry asks him to add Flip Phillips and says Young and Phillips are the only ones he remembers.
Barry Harris on WKCR-FM ¶231Barry Harris on WKCR-FM ¶233Barry Harris on WKCR-FM ¶234
Recordings that name them
Barry’s performances and records in the archive that credit or name them.
- Barry Harris Spanish TVMadrid, 1988, 47 min YouTube
Method ideas nearby
Ideas of the method taught in the classes where they come up, with how many mentions fall in each.