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PittSongs – Roy Eldridge

May 25, 2022

 

Song: “Algo Bueno”

Artist: Roy Eldridge (w/Dizzy Gillespie)

Album: Roy and Diz

Year Released: 1954

Genre: Swing

Local Connection: Born in Pittsburgh in 1911

Did you know?  Roy Eldridge, as the featured trumpet soloist in Artie Shaw and Gene Krupa’s bands, was something of an exception, as black musicians in the 1930s were not allowed to appear in public with white bands

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