PROFILPELAJAR.COM

Roy and Diz
Roy and Diz
Studio album by Roy Eldridge and Dizzy Gillespie
Released	1954
Recorded	October 29, 1954; New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	74:23
Label	Clef; MGC 641 and MGC 671
Producer	Norman Granz
Dizzy Gillespie chronology
Roy Eldridge chronology
Roy and Diz Volume 2

Roy and Diz is an album by trumpeters Roy Eldridge and Dizzy Gillespie, recorded in 1954 and originally released on the Clef label as two separate volumes.^[1] Selections from these sessions were also released as Trumpet Battle and The Trumpet Kings.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[3]

The Billboard review of the second volume in 1955 stated: "The first Roy–Diz set, provocative as it was, struck many as more of a 'cutting contest' than a collaboration. While the competitive element is not absent in this second set, here this acts as a mutual stimulant."^[5] The AllMusic review awarded the album 3 stars.^[2]

Track listing

"Sometimes I'm Happy" (Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans) – 5:22
"Algo Bueno (Woody 'n' You)" (Dizzy Gillespie) – 6:10
"Trumpet Blues" (Roy Eldridge, Gillespie) – 7:54
"Ballad Medley – I’m Through with Love/Can't We Be Friends/Don't You Know?/I Don’t Know Why I Love You Like I Do/If I Had You" (Fud Livingston/Paul James, Kay Swift/Bobby Worth/Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk/Irving King, Ted Shapiro) – 10:17
"Blue Moon" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 9:04
"I've Found a New Baby" (Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams) – 9:14
"Pretty Eyed Baby" (Mary Lou Williams, Snub Mosley, William Luther Johnson) – 5:31
"I Can't Get Started" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) – 10:57
"Limehouse Blues" (Philip Braham, Douglas Furber) – 9:54

The original LP track order was

Roy & Diz: Tracks 6, 8, 3, 2 & 7
Roy & Diz #2: Tracks 1, 4, 9 & 5
Trumpet Battle: Tracks 6, 8, 1 & 4
The Trumpet Kings: Tracks 3, 2, 7, 9 & 5

Personnel

Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie – trumpet, vocals
Oscar Peterson – piano
Herb Ellis – guitar
Ray Brown – bass
Louis Bellson – drums

References

^ Dizzy Gillespie discography accessed March 27, 2012
^ ^a ^b Allmusic Review accessed April 4, 2012
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 83. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 425. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
^ "Reviews and Ratings of New Popular Albums". Billboard. Vol. 67, no. 48. November 26, 1955. p. 22.