Roy Eldridge was as one of the most influential musicians of the swing era and a precursor of bebop. He was given the nickname Little Jazz; not only because he was short in stature, but he was full of jazz in every note he played. In the 1930s, it was not common for white bands to have a black featured soloist, as was the case with Eldridge; both with Artie Shaw and Gene Krupa's bands. Krupa, on at least one occasion, spent several hours in jail and paid fines for starting a fistfight with a res
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Roy Eldridge was as one of the most influential musicians of the swing era and a precursor of bebop. He was given the nickname Little Jazz; not only because he was short in stature, but he was full of jazz in every note he played. In the 1930s, it was not common for white bands to have a black featured soloist, as was the case with Eldridge; both with Artie Shaw and Gene Krupa's bands. Krupa, on at least one occasion, spent several hours in jail and paid fines for starting a fistfight with a res
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