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Rockin’ Chair is an album by American jazz trumpeter Roy Eldridge recorded in 1951 and 1952 and originally released on the Clef label.

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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Released: 1955
Recorded: August and December 1951 and December 13, 1952
New York City
Label: Clef
MGC 704
Producer: Norman Granz