MG C-113: Roy Eldridge Collates

	Label Type :	black/silver Mercury trumpeter type A
	Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	MG C113A    F
		SIDE-B	MG C113B    F

Comments

Great artwork (on the front cover) by David Stone Martin - one of my favourites.

Both the disc and the cover are (luckily) in near-mint condition.

Inside The Groove

A collection of Roy Eldridge's JATP-era recordings produced by Norman Granz.

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

Instead of other Collates series, this album is NOT a collection of Roy Eldridge's previously-released 78rpm/45rpm single tracks, but two different sessions aimed for this LP album.

On Side-B, Roy Eldridge is backed up with George Williams Orchestra with strings arrangements. Still, we can enjoy supreme trumpet play by the virtuoso “Little Jazz”. On the other hand, Side-A focuses on small combo performances by the Roy Eldridge Quintet. As always, literally he swings as if he was just like singing.

Strictly Personal Rating (to what extent I could enjoy this album)

8 out of 10

Track Listing

Personnel

Personnel/recorded date/master numbers confirmed with the Ruppli's discography.
(“The Mercury Labels - A Discography” by Ruppli and Novitsky, Greenwood Press, 1993)

Side-A:
Roy Eldridge (tp), Buddy Tate (ts),
Teddy Brannon (p), Clyde Lombardi (b), Charlie Smith (ds).
Recorded in New York City, August 1951.

Side-B:
Roy Eldridge (tp), George Williams and his Orchestra with strings.
Recorded in New York City, December 1951.

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Jackets

Front	Back

Labels

Side A	Side B