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Container
Contains 1 Result:
Roy Eldridge (Part 1), 1966
File — Box: 1, Reel: 16
Scope and Contents
Roy Eldridge mentions how to assimilate changes in style while maintaining identity. He mentions his first influences, Rex Stewart and Coleman Hawkins. He talks about arriving in New York in the early 1930’s, his practice routine, first hearing Louis Armstrong, and his experience as a black artist traveling with the white bands of Benny Goodman and Gene Krupa.
Dates:
1966