Roy Eldridge 4 – Montreux '77 (Pablo, 1977)

Roy Eldridge (tr); Oscar Peterson (p); Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (b); Bobby Durham (d)

Recorded on July 13, 1977

Swing-era trumpet hero Roy Eldridge could still bring it in 1977!

Oscar Peterson remarked that this Montreux date was one of his favorite jam sessions.

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Along with this Montreux date, I'd recommend Eldridge's 1970 recording The Nifty Cat (New World, 1986), originally released on Master Jazz Recordings.