In 1950, trumpeter Roy Eldridge was having a bit of an identity crisis. Once considered one of the pacesetters, the emergence of Dizzy Gillespie and the bop stylists left Eldridge unsure what to do. But that year, when he travelled to France with Benny Goodman, the future seemed clearer. The Parisian audiences demanded that Eldridge play himself rather than try to copy the modernists, and he took their advice. Eldridge heads a quintet with tenor saxophonist Zoot Sims and does a good job of singing on the good-humored "Ain't No Flies on Me." While "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams" is the classic of that session, the later date features Roy with a quartet, and he is top form on "If I Had You" and "Someone to Watch Over Me."
Scott Yanow
Source : https://www.allmusic.com/album/roy-eldridge-in-paris-mw0000644408
Roy Eldridge
Zoot Sims
Roy and Zoot
Tracks
1 King David (Eldridge) 2:59
2 Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (Harris, Koehler) 3:11
3 The Man I Love (Gershwin) 3:27
4 Easter Parade (Berlin, Conquest) 2:54
5 Wild Driver (Eldridge) 3:03
6 Undecided (Robin, Shavers) 3:20
7 The Heat's On (Eldridge) 3:03
8 Goliath Bounce (Eldridge) 3:41
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Personnel
[# 1-3 & 6]
Roy Eldridge - tp & vc
Zoot Sims - ts
Dick Hyman - p
Pierre Michelot - b
Eddy Shaughnessy - dr
Recorded in Paris ; June 9, 1950
[# 4, 5 & 8]
Roy Eldridge - tp
Gerald Wiggins - p
Pierre Michelot - b
Kenny Clarke - dr
Recorded in Paris ; June 14, 1950
[# 7]
Roy Eldridge - tp
Don Byas - ts
Claude Bolling - p
Guy de Fatto - b
Armand Molinetti - dr
Recorded in Paris ; March 28, 1951