Harry Carney – With Strings (1955)

Clef – MG C-640Rec. Date : December 14, 1954Album is Not Streamable Baritone Sax : Harry CarneyBass : Wendell MarshallBass Clarinet : Harry CarneyClarinet : Jimmy HamiltonDrums : Louis BellsonFrench Horn : Tony MirandaGuitar : Billy BauerPiano : Leroy LovettStrings : UnknownTenor Sax : Jimmy HamiltonTrumpet : Ray Nance Billboard : 04/23/1955Score of 74 There can be few interested in jazz who are

Roy Eldridge and Dizzy Gillespie – Roy and Diz (1955)

Clef – MG C-641Rec. Date : October 29, 1954Stream this Album Trumpet : Roy Eldridge, Dizzy GillespieBass : Ray BrownDrums : Louis BellsonGuitar : Herb EllisPiano : Oscar PetersonVocals : Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie Billboard : 03/19/1955Score of 79 Roy and Diz playing together? Hard to believe, but true. These two great trumpet players, the outstanding stars of two different jazz eras, combine for

Roy Eldridge and Dizzy Gillespie – Roy and Diz #2 (1955)

Clef – MG C-671Rec. Date : October 29, 1954Stream this Album Trumpet : Roy Eldridge, Dizzy GillespieBass : Ray BrownDrums : Louis BellsonGuitar : Herb EllisPiano : Oscar PetersonVocals : Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie Billboard : 11/26/1955Score of 80 The first Roy-Diz set set, provocative as it was, struck many as more of a “cutting contest” than a collaboration. While the