Roy and Diz
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{{Infobox album
| name = Roy and Diz
| type = Album
| artist = Roy Eldridge and Dizzy Gillespie
| cover = Roy and Diz.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1954
| recorded = October 29, 1954
New York City
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| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 74:23
| label = Clef
MGC 641 and MGC 671
| producer = Norman Granz
| chronology = Dizzy Gillespie
| prev_title = Dizzy and Strings
| prev_year = 1954
| next_title = Jazz Recital
| next_year = 1955
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Roy Eldridge
| type = album
| prev_title = Little Jazz
| prev_year = 1954
| title = Roy and Diz
| year = 1954
| next_title = Urbane Jazz
| next_year = 1955
}}
{{Extra album cover
| header = Roy and Diz Volume 2
| type = album
| cover = Roy and Diz -2.jpg
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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.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/dizzy-gillespie/catalog/#clef-mgc-671 Dizzy Gillespie discography] accessed March 27, 2012 Selections from these sessions were also released as Trumpet Battle and The Trumpet Kings.
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
|rev3 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| rev3Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{Cite book
|editor-last=Swenson
|editor-first=J.
| year = 1985
| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone
| location = USA
| isbn = 0-394-72643-X
| pages = 83
}}
|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
|rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=425}}
}}
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."{{cite magazine |date=November 26, 1955 |title=Reviews and Ratings of New Popular Albums |magazine=Billboard |volume=67 |issue=48 |page=22}} The AllMusic review awarded the album 3 stars.[http://allmusic.com/album/roy-and-diz-r153876 Allmusic Review] accessed April 4, 2012
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
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Category:Dizzy Gillespie albums