Roy and Diz

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Roy and Diz
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Studio album by
Released1954
RecordedOctober 29, 1954
New York City
Genre Jazz
Length74:23
Label Clef
MGC 641 and MGC 671
Producer Norman Granz
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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. [1] Selections from these sessions were also released as Trumpet Battle and The Trumpet Kings.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]

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

  1. "Sometimes I'm Happy" (Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans) - 5:22
  2. "Algo Bueno (Woody 'n' You)" (Dizzy Gillespie) - 6:10
  3. "Trumpet Blues" (Roy Eldridge, Gillespie) - 7:54
  4. "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
  5. "Blue Moon" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 9:04
  6. "I've Found a New Baby" (Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams) - 9:14
  7. "Pretty Eyed Baby" (Mary Lou Williams, Snub Mosley, William Luther Johnson) - 5:31
  8. "I Can't Get Started" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) - 10:57
  9. "Limehouse Blues" (Philip Braham, Douglas Furber) - 9:54

The original LP track order was

Personnel

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References

  1. Dizzy Gillespie discography accessed March 27, 2012
  2. 1 2 Allmusic Review accessed April 4, 2012
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 425. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  4. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 83. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
  5. "Reviews and Ratings of New Popular Albums". Billboard . Vol. 67 no. 48. November 26, 1955. p. 22.