Diz and Getz

Diz and Getz
Studio album by Dizzy Gillespie
Released	1955
Recorded	December 9, 1953 in Radio Recorders, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Jazz, bebop
Length	47:19
Label	Verve
Producer	Norman Granz
Dizzy Gillespie chronology
Jazz at Massey Hall (1953) Diz and Getz (1955) Afro (1954)
Stan Getz chronology
Interpretations by the Stan Getz Quintet#2 (1953) Diz and Getz (1953) Stan Getz at The Shrine (1954)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]

Diz and Getz is an album by Dizzy Gillespie, featuring Stan Getz. ^[4]

Track listing

1. "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) – 6:40
2. "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart" (Ellington, Mills, Henry Nemo, John Redmond) – 6:19
3. "Exactly Like You" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 5:01
4. "It's the Talk of the Town" (Jerry Livingston, Al J. Neiburg, Marty Symes) – 6:55
5. "Impromptu" (Dizzy Gillespie) – 7:50
6. "One Alone" (Gillespie) – 3:04
7. "Girl of My Dreams" (Sunny Clapp) – 3:19
8. "Siboney, Pt. 1" (Ernesto Lecuona, Theodora Morse) – 4:23
9. "Siboney, Pt. 2" – 4:10

Personnel

• Dizzy Gillespie – trumpet
• Stan Getz – tenor saxophone
• Herb Ellis – guitar
• Oscar Peterson – piano
• Ray Brown – double bass
• Max Roach – drums

On track 6 only:

• Dizzy Gillespie – trumpet
• Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone
• Wade Legge – piano
• Lou Hackney – double bass
• Charli Persip – drums

References

1. AllMusic review
2. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 82. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 553. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
4. Diz and Getz at AllMusic