American trumpet player (b. 1911), Birth: 30-1-1911, Death: 26-2-1989
1.
I didn't know the right names for anything at first, but I knew what knocked me out. Changes... man I dug.
Roy Eldridge
2.
I was a young cat, and I was very fast, but I wasn't telling no kind of story.
Roy Eldridge
3.
I resolved to play my trumpet like a sax.
Roy Eldridge
4.
I'd listened to [Ornette Coleman] all kinds of ways. I listened to him high and I listened to him cold sober. I even played with him. I think he's jiving baby.
