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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. Selections from these sessions were also released as Trumpet Battle and The Trumpet Kings.

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

Personnel:
Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie – trumpet, vocals
Oscar Peterson – piano
Herb Ellis – guitar
Ray Brown – bass
Louis Bellson – drums

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Released: 1954
Recorded: October 29, 1954
New York City
Length: 74:23
Label: Clef
MGC 641 and MGC 671
Producer: Norman Granz