Une Petite Laitue
By Roy Eldridge
I. Just Fooling
II. Une Petite Laitue
III. I Remember Harlem
IV. Baby Don’t Be Like That
V. L’isle Adam
VI. Oh Shut Up!
VII. Hollywood Pastime
VIII. Sweet Lorraine
IX. Tu Disais Qu’tu M'aimais
From the original program: "Special thanks to Richard Avedon, Norma Stevens, Patsy Tarr, the late Dale Harris, Sidney and Frances Lewis, Vicente Wolf, Maurice and Lois Rosenfield, Abbot Miller and Sean Kelleher."
In the mid-1970s, photographer Richard Avedon gave Tharp a copy of an album by jazz musician Roy Eldridge. She revisited this recording in Roy’s Joys, an ensemble work for her modern dance company.
The choreography is rooted in the strong technique of the dancers. A spirit of spontaneity carries over from the Eldridge recordings. Even the unison duets are infused with this easy and carefree energy.
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Stahl and Mahoney in performance.
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Malone, Robinson and Howard perform.
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Company dancers in a brief excerpt.
All songs from the album "Roy Eldridge Vol. II - French Cooking"
Vogue Records - 1993
Just Fooling
By Roy Eldridge
Une Petite Laitue, I Remember Harlem, L'Isle Adam and Tu disais qu'tu M'aimais
By Roy Eldrdige with Benny Vasseur, Albert Ferreri, William Boucaya, Raumond Fol, Barney Spieler and Robert Barnet
Oh Shut Up! and Hollywood Pastime
By Roy Eldridge with Don Byas, Claude Bolling, Guy de fatto and Armand Molinetti
Une Petite Laitue
By Roy Eldridge