Rockin' Chair is an album by American jazz trumpeter Roy Eldridge recorded in 1951 and 1952 and originally released on the Clef label.^[1][2]

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AllMusic awarded the album 4½ stars.^[3]

1. "I See Everybody's Baby" (Robert Dade, George Williams) – 2:54
2. "Little Jazz" (Roy Eldridge, Buster Harding) – 2:38
3. "Basin Street Blues" (Spencer Williams) – 2:43
4. "I Remember Harlem" (Eldridge, Bob Astor, Williams) – 3:30
5. "Rockin' Chair" (Hoagy Carmichael) – 3:16
6. "Easter Parade" (Irving Berlin) – 2:50
7. "Roy's Riff" (Eldridge) – 3:09
8. "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams" (Harry Barris, Ted Koehler, Billy Moll) – 3:21
9. "Baby What's The Matter With You" (Teddy Brannon, Sam Theard) – 3:21
10. "Yard Dog" (Eldridge, Harding) – 2:56
11. "Sweet Lorraine" (Cliff Burwell, Mitchell Parish) – 2:52
12. "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)

• 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)