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Also Known As Little Jazz • David Roy Eldridge
Born January 30, 1911 • Pittsburgh • Pennsylvania
Died February 26, 1989 (aged 78) • New York

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Roy Eldridge, c. 1946.
Roy Eldridge, c. 1946.
(From left to right) Thelonious Monk, Howard McGhee, Roy Eldridge, and Teddy Hill in front of Minton's Playhouse, New York City, c. 1947.
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