Duets (Dizzy Gillespie album)

Duets is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie featuring Sonny Rollins and Sonny Stitt, recorded in 1957 and released on the Verve label. The recordings on this album are from the same sessions and with the same personnel that produced the Sonny Side Up album which had Sonny Stitt and Sonny Rollins playing simultaneously with Dizzy Gillespie. On the Duets album, as the name implies, Sonny Stitt and Sonny Rollins played separately with Dizzy Gillespie.[2]

Duets
Studio album by Dizzy Gillespie
Released	Mid March 1958[1]
Recorded	December 11, 1957 Nola Studios, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	39:18
Label	Verve MGV 8260
Producer	Norman Granz
Dizzy Gillespie chronology
Dizzy Gillespie at Newport (1957) Duets (1958) The Greatest Trumpet of Them All (1957)

Reception

The AllMusic review states that "the highlights are many."[3]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Dizzy Gillespie

1. "Wheatleigh Hall" - 8:48
2. "Sumphin'" - 10:26
3. "Con Alma" [alternate take] - 9:08 Bonus track on CD reissue
4. "Con Alma" - 9:26
5. "Anythin'" - 10:29 Bonus track on CD reissue
6. "Haute Mon'" - 10:38

Personnel

• Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet
• Sonny Stitt - tenor saxophone (tracks 3, 4, & 6), alto saxophone (track 5)
• Sonny Rollins - tenor saxophone (tracks 1 & 2)
• Ray Bryant - piano
• Tommy Bryant - bass
• Charlie Persip - drums

References

1. Billboard Mar 31, 1958
2. Dizzy Gillespie discography accessed March 23, 2012
3. Greenberg, A. Allmusic Review accessed March 23, 2012