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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)

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AllMusic
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

Diz and Getz is an album by Dizzy Gillespie, featuring Stan Getz.

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

• Dizzy Gillespie albums
• Albums produced by Norman Granz
• Verve Records albums
• Stan Getz albums
• 1955 collaborative albums