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- <text id=89TT0688>
- <title>
- Mar. 13, 1989: Died:Roy Eldridge
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
- Mar. 13, 1989 Between Two Worlds:Middle-Class Blacks
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
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- MILESTONES, Page 70
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- <p> DIED. Roy Eldridge, 78, innovative jazz trumpeter; in Valley
- Stream, N.Y. Known as "Little Jazz" for his compact size and
- electrifying style, Eldridge became one of the first black
- musicians to play a leading role in a white band when he joined
- Gene Krupa in 1941. His inspired trumpet solo on Rockin' Chair
- reached the top of the charts.
- </p>
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- </body></article>
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