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.

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AllMusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[4]

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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]

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

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