Rockin' Chair is an album by American jazz trumpeter Roy Eldridge recorded in 1951 and 1952 and originally released on the Clef label.Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Clef Label Discography, accessed November 24, 2015
Reception
AllMusic awarded the album 4½ stars.
Track listing "I See Everybody's Baby" (Robert Dade, George Williams) – 2:54 "Little Jazz" (Roy Eldridge, Buster Harding) – 2:38 "Basin Street Blues" (Spencer Williams) – 2:43 "I Remember Harlem" (Eldridge, Bob Astor, Williams) – 3:30 "Rockin' Chair" (Hoagy Carmichael) – 3:16 "Easter Parade" (Irving Berlin) – 2:50 "Roy's Riff" (Eldridge) – 3:09 "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams" (Harry Barris, Ted Koehler, Billy Moll) – 3:21 "Baby What's The Matter With You" (Teddy Brannon, Sam Theard) – 3:21 "Yard Dog" (Eldridge, Harding) – 2:56 "Sweet Lorraine" (Cliff Burwell, Mitchell Parish) – 2:52 "Jumbo the Elephant" (Eldridge, Astor) – 2:49 Recorded in New York City in August 1951 (tracks 9–12), December 1951 (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 6) and on December 13, 1952 (tracks 2, 5, 7 & 8)
Personnel Roy Eldridge – trumpet Buddy Tate – tenor saxophone (tracks 9–12) Teddy Brannon (tracks 9–12), Oscar Peterson (tracks 2, 5, 7 & 8) – piano Herb Ellis – guitar (tracks 2, 5, 7 & 8) Clyde Lombardi (tracks 9–12), Ray Brown (tracks 2, 5, 7 & 8) – bass Charlie Smith (tracks 9–12), J. C. Heard (tracks 2, 5, 7 & 8) – drums Unidentified orchestra conducted by George Williams (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 6)
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