Rockin' Chair (Roy Eldridge album)

Rockin' Chair
Studio album by Roy Eldridge
Released 1955
Recorded August and December 1951 and December 13, 1952
New York City
Genre Jazz
Label Clef
MGC 704
Producer Norman Granz
Roy Eldridge chronology
Roy's Got Rhythm
(1951)Roy's Got Rhythm1951
Rockin' Chair
(1951-52)
Dale's Wail
(1953)Dale's Wail1953

Rockin' Chair is an album by American jazz trumpeter Roy Eldridge recorded in 1951 and 1952 and originally released on the Clef label.[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]

Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars.[3]

Track listing

  1. "I See Everybody's Baby" (Robert Dade, George Williams) - 2:54
  2. "Little Jazz" (Roy Eldridge, Buster Harding) - 2:38
  3. "Basin Street Blues" (Spencer Williams) - 2:43
  4. "I Remember Harlem" (Eldridge, Bob Astor, Williams) - 3:30
  5. "Rockin' Chair" (Hoagy Carmichael) - 3:16
  6. "Easter Parade" (Irving Berlin) - 2:50
  7. "Roy's Riff" (Eldridge) - 3:09
  8. "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams" (Harry Barris, Ted Koehler, Billy Moll) - 3:21
  9. "Baby What's The Matter With You" (Teddy Brannon, Sam Theard) - 3:21
  10. "Yard Dog" (Eldridge, Harding) - 2:56
  11. "Sweet Lorraine" (Cliff Burwell, Mitchell Parish) - 2:52
  12. "Jumbo the Elephant" (Eldridge, Astor) - 2:49

Personnel

References

  1. Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Clef Label Discography, accessed November, 24, 2015
  2. Roy Eldridge Catalog accessed November 24, 2015
  3. 1 2 Allmusic listing, accessed November 24, 2015
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