Roy and Diz

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

The Allmusic review awarded the album 3 stars.^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[3]

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
1 2 Allmusic Review accessed April 4, 2012
↑ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 83. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

Roy Eldridge

Studio albums	Roy and Diz [with Dizzy Gillespie, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown, Louie Bellson] (1954) Roy's Got Rhythm (1955) Oscar Peterson and Roy Eldridge (1974) The Trumpet Kings Meet Joe Turner [with Big Joe Turner, Dizzy Gillespie, Harry "Sweets" Edison and Clark Terry] (1974) Happy Time (1975) Jazz Maturity...Where It's Coming From (1975) Oscar Peterson and the Trumpet Kings – Jousts (1975)

Compilation albums	Heckler's Hop (1995)

Live albums	The Trumpet Kings at Montreux '75 [with Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry] (1975) Montreux 1977 [with Oscar Peterson, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Bobby Durham] (1977)

Dizzy Gillespie

Studio albums	Bird and Diz (1952) Afro (1954) Diz and Getz (1955) Dizzy and Strings (1954) Roy and Diz (1954) Jazz Recital (1956) The Modern Jazz Sextet (1956) World Statesman (1956) Dizzy in Greece (1956) For Musicians Only (1956) Birks' Works (1957) Dizzy Gillespie and Stuff Smith (1957) Sittin' In (1957) Duets (1957) The Greatest Trumpet of Them All (1957) Sonny Side Up (1957) The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie (1959) Have Trumpet, Will Excite! (1959) A Portrait of Duke Ellington (1960) Gillespiana (1960) Perceptions (1961) The New Continent (1962) New Wave (1963) Something Old, Something New (1963) Dizzy Goes Hollywood (1964) Jambo Caribe (1964) Gil Fuller & the Monterey Jazz Festival Orchestra featuring Dizzy Gillespie (1965) The Melody Lingers On (1966) It's My Way (1969) Cornucopia (1969) The Real Thing (1970) Portrait of Jenny (1970) Dizzy Gillespie's Big 4 (1974) The Trumpet Kings Meet Joe Turner (1974) Oscar Peterson and Dizzy Gillespie (1974) Oscar Peterson and the Trumpet Kings – Jousts (1974) The Bop Session (1975) Jazz Maturity...Where It's Coming From (1975) Afro-Cuban Jazz Moods (1975) Bahiana (1975) Carter, Gillespie Inc. (1976) Dizzy's Party (1976) Free Ride (1977) The Gifted Ones (1977) The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4 (1980) The Alternate Blues (1980) To a Finland Station (1981) Closer to the Source (1984) New Faces (1985) Dizzy Gillespie Meets Phil Woods Quintet (1986) Oop-Pop-A-Da (1988)

Live albums	Jazz at Massey Hall (1953) Dizzy Gillespie at Newport (1957) An Electrifying Evening with the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet (1961) Carnegie Hall Concert (1961) Dizzy on the French Riviera (1962) Dizzy Gillespie and the Double Six of Paris (1963) Live at the Village Vanguard (1967) Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac (1967) The Dizzy Gillespie Reunion Big Band (1968) Dizzy Gillespie and the Mitchell Ruff Duo in Concert (1971) Giants (1971) The Giants of Jazz (1971) The Giant (1973) The Source (1973) The Dizzy Gillespie Big 7 (1975) The Trumpet Kings at Montreux '75 (1975) Dizzy Gillespie Jam (1977) Digital at Montreux, 1980 (1980) Musician, Composer, Raconteur (1981) One Night in Washington (1983) Live at the Royal Festival Hall (1989) Max + Dizzy: Paris 1989 (1989) Bird Songs: The Final Recordings (1992) To Bird with Love (1992) To Diz with Love (1992)

Compilation albums	Groovin' High (1955) Dee Gee Days: The Savoy Sessions (1976) The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (1995) The Great Blue Star Sessions 1952-1953 (2004) Dizzy Digs Paris (2006)

Soundtrack albums	The Cool World (1964) The Winter in Lisbon (1990)

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