Dizzy Gillespie

2 LPs ON 1 D
5 STARS DOWN BEAT MAGAZINE

This edition contains Dizzy Gillespie & Roy Eldridge’s complete original LP Roy & Diz (Clef MG C-641), as well as its second volume, Roy & Diz Vol.2 (Clef MG C-671). Both albums were recorded during a single date that pairs the two stars with Oscar Peterson on piano, Ray Brown on bass, Herb Ellis on guitar and Louis Bellson on drums. This was the first session ever to feature Dizzy Gillespie and Roy Eldridge together in the studio as the sole horns.

Includes 16-page booklet

PERSONNEL:

DIZZY GILLESPIE & ROY ELDRIDGE trumpet (also vocals on 5)
OSCAR PETERSON piano HERB ELLIS guitar
RAY BROWN bass LOUIS BELLSON drums

Los Angeles, October 29, 1954.

(1-5) Originally issued as Roy & Diz (Clef MG C-641).
(6-9) Originally issued as Roy & Diz Vol.2 (Clef MG C-671).

Tracks:

01 I FOUND A NEW BABY 9:15
02 I CAN’T GET STARTED 10:59
03 TRUMPET BLUES 7:55
04 ALGO BUENO 6:12
05 PRETTY EYED BABY 5:34
06 SOMETIMES I’M HAPPY 5:23
07 BALLAD MEDLEY: I’M THROUGH WITH LOVE / CAN’T WE BE FRIENDS? /
      DON’T YOU KNOW? / I DON’T KNOW WHY / IF I HAD YOU 11:18
08 LIMEHOUSE BLUES 9:56 09 BLUE MOON 9:05

Total Time: 75:40

Down Beat original review: Roy and Diz (Clef MG C-641)
“Roy and Diz play at the top of their competitive form. The up-tempo exchanges are marked by cracking fire and driving imagination and make for an exciting series of trumpet duels. I wonder how long Chet Baker or Maynard Ferguson could stand up in that ring?” (Nat Hentoff)