This is a list of works by American jazz musician Dizzy Gillespie.
Discography As leader
Studio albums
10" LPs YearTitleLabelNotes1951Dizzy Gillespie Plays Johnny Richards ConductsDiscoveryconducted by Johnny Richards1952Dizzy GillespieDee Gee1952Dizzy Gillespie – Vol. 2Dee Gee1952Dizzy, Volume IAtlanticas Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra1952Dizzy, Volume IIAtlantic1952Bird and DizMercury/Clefwith Charlie Parker1953Horn of PlentyBlue Note1953Dizzy in ParisSwing/Contemporaryreissued by Vogue in 19551953Dizzy Gillespie Plays in ParisVoguereissued as Dizzy Gillespie Plays in 19541954The Dizzy Gillespie Stan Getz SextetNorgranwith Stan Getz; reissued on Diz and Getz1954More of the Dizzy Gillespie Stan Getz Sextet (Album 2)Norgranwith Stan Getz; reissued on Diz and Getz
12" LPs +YearTitleLabelNotesVerve years: 1952–19611954Roy and DizClefwith Roy Eldridge; reissued on Roy and Diz1954Roy and Diz #2Clefwith Roy Eldridge; reissued on Roy and Diz1954AfroNorgran1954Dizzy and StringsNorgranalso released as Diz Big Band1955Jazz RecitalNorgran1956The Modern Jazz SextetNorgranas The Modern Jazz Sextet1956World StatesmanNorgran1957Dizzy in GreeceVerve1957For Musicians OnlyVervewith Stan Getz and Sonny Stitt1957Dizzy Gillespie and Stuff SmithVervewith Stuff Smith1958Birks' WorksVerve1958Sittin' InVervewith Stan Getz and Coleman Hawkins1958DuetsVervewith Sonny Rollins and Sonny Stitt1959Sonny Side UpVervewith Sonny Stitt and Sonny Rollins1959The Ebullient Mr. GillespieVerve1959Have Trumpet, Will Excite!Verve1959The Greatest Trumpet of Them AllVerveas The Dizzy Gillespie Octet featuring Benny Golson1960A Portrait of Duke EllingtonVervearranged by Clare Fischer1960GillespianaVervecomposed and arranged by Lalo Schifrin1961PerceptionsVervecomposed and arranged by J.J. Johnson, conducted by Gunther Schuller1962–19751963New Wave!Philips1963Something Old, Something NewPhilips1964Dizzy Gillespie and the Double Six of ParisPhilips1964Dizzy Goes HollywoodPhilips1964The Cool WorldPhilips1964Jambo CaribeLimelight1965The New ContinentLimelightcomposed and arranged by Lalo Schifrin1967The Melody Lingers OnLimelight1969It's My WaySolid Statealso released as My Way1970CornucopiaSolid State1970The Real ThingPerceptionfeaturing James Moody1970Portrait of JennyPerception1975The Bop SessionSonetwith Sonny Stitt, John Lewis, Hank Jones, Percy Heath, Max RoachPablo years: 1975–19831975Dizzy Gillespie's Big 4Pabloalso released as Dizzy's Big 41975Oscar Peterson and Dizzy GillespiePablowith Oscar Peterson1976Afro-Cuban Jazz MoodsPablowith Machito1976BahianaPablo2xLP1976Carter, Gillespie Inc.Pablowith Benny Carter1977Dizzy's PartyPabloas The Dizzy Gillespie 61977Free RidePablocomposed and arranged by Lalo Schifrin1978Jazz Maturity... Where It's Coming FromPablowith Roy Eldridge1979The Gifted OnesPablowith Count Basie1980The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4Pablowith Freddie Hubbard, Clark Terry, Oscar Peterson1982The Alternate BluesPablowith Freddie Hubbard, Clark Terry, Oscar Peterson1983To a Finland StationPablowith Arturo Sandoval1984–19901984Closer to the SourceAtlantic1985New FacesGRP1987Dizzy Gillespie Meets Phil Woods QuintetTimelesswith Phil Woods1988EndlesslyImpulse!1989The Symphony SessionsProJazzalso released as A Night in Tunisia (Fast Choice, 1991) with Rochester Philharmonic conducted by Johnny Dankworth; with Ron Holloway, Ed Cherry, John Lee, Ignacio Berroa1990The Winter in LisbonMilan Entertainmentoriginal soundtrack
Live albums +YearTitleLabelNotes1953Dizzy over ParisRoyal Roost10" LP1953Jazz at Massey HallDebutas The Quintet, with Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus, Max Roach1953The Fabulous Pleyel Jazz Concert, Vol. 1Vogue/Swing10" LP; as Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra1953The Fabulous Pleyel Jazz Concert, Vol. 2Vogue/Swing10" LP; as Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra1954Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra Featuring Chano PozoVogue10" LP1956A Night at Carnegie Hall with Charlie Parker and Dizzy GillespieBirdland10" LP1957In ConcertGNP Crescendoexpanded reissue of Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra Featuring Chano Pozo1957Dizzy Gillespie at NewportVerve1961An Electrifying Evening with the Dizzy Gillespie QuintetVerve1961Carnegie Hall ConcertVerve1962Dizzy on the French RivieraPhilipsarranged by Lalo Schifrin1967Swing Low, Sweet CadillacImpulse!1968Live at the Village VanguardSolid State1968The Dizzy Gillespie Reunion Big BandMPS1971GiantsPerceptionalso released as Mary Lou Williams and the Trumpet Giants; with Bobby Hackett, Mary Lou Williams1971Dizzy Gillespie and the Mitchell Ruff Duo in ConcertMainstreamwith Willie Ruff, Dwike Mitchell1972The Giants of JazzAtlanticwith Art Blakey, Al McKibbon, Thelonious Monk, Sonny Stitt, Kai Winding1973The GiantAmerica1973The SourceAmerica1975The Dizzy Gillespie Big 7 at the Montreux Jazz FestivalPablo1975The Trumpet Kings at Montreux '75Pabloas The Trumpet Kings; with Roy Eldridge, Clark Terry, Oscar Peterson1977Montreux '77: Dizzy Gillespie JamPablo Live1980Digital at Montreux, 1980Pablo Live1982Musician-Composer-RaconteurPablo Live2xLP1983One Night in WashingtonElektra Musician1990Live at the Royal Festival HallEnjawith the United Nation Orchestra1990Max + Dizzy: Paris 1989A&Mwith Max Roach1992The Copenhagen ConcertSteepleChase1992Live! at Blues AlleyBlues Alleywith Ron Holloway, Ed Cherry, John Lee, Ignacio Berroa1992Bird Songs: The Final RecordingsTelarc1992To Bird with LoveTelarc1992To Diz with LoveTelarc
Compilations +YearTitleLabelNotes1947Dizzy Gillespie and His All-StarsMusicraft4x10" shellac1955Diz and GetzNorgranwith Stan Getz; compiles The Dizzy Gillespie Stan Getz Sextet, and More of the Dizzy Gillespie Stan Getz Sextet (Album 2)1955Groovin' HighSavoy1956Trumpet BattleClefwith Roy Eldridge1956The Trumpet KingsClefwith Roy Eldridge1976Dee Gee Days: The Savoy Sessions (1951–1952)Savoyincludes all tracks on The Champ (Savoy) and School Days (Regent)1977Diz and RoyVerve2xLP; with Roy Eldridge1994Roy and DizVervewith Roy Eldridge; compiles Roy and Diz, and Roy and Diz #21995Birks Works: The Verve Big Band SessionsVerve2xCD; compiles World Statesman, Dizzy in Greece, and Birks' Works1995The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (1946–1949)Bluebird RCA2xCD2004The Great Blue Star Sessions 1952–1953EmArcy2xCD; includes all tracks on Dizzy Gillespie and His Operatic Strings Orchestra (Fontana) and some tracks released on Dizzy at Home and Abroad (Atlantic)2006Dizzy Digs ParisGiant Steps2xCD; live and studio recordings; includes all tracks on Dizzy Over Paris (Roost)
Box sets +YearTitleLabelNotes2006The Verve/Philips Dizzy Gillespie Small Group SessionsMosaic7xCD
Appears on Modern Jazz Trumpets (Prestige, 1951, 10") credited to Fats Navarro / Dizzy Gillespie / Miles Davis / Kenny Dorham Hot vs. Cool: A Battle of Jazz (MGM, 1952, 10") credited to Jimmy McPartland and the Dixieland Stars / Dizzy Gillespie and the Birdland Stars 1941 (Minton's Playhouse & Monroe's Uptown, New York City) (Esoteric, 1953) live; credited to Dizzy Gillespie / Charley Christian; reissued by Vogue in 1957 as At Minton's Bird - Diz - Bud - Max (Savoy, 1953, 10") I/We Had a Ball (Limelight, 1965) 1 track by Dizzy's quintet, plus 3 tracks by Quincy Jones with Dizzy
With The Paris All Stars 1989: Homage to Charlie Parker (A&M) with Jackie McLean, Phil Woods, Stan Getz, Milt Jackson, Hank Jones, Percy Heath, Max Roach
As sideman With Benny Carter New Jazz Sounds (Norgran, 1954) In the Mood for Swing (MusicMasters, 1988)
With Arnett Cobb Show Time (Fantasy, 1987)
With CTI All Stars Rhythmstick (CTI, 1990)
With Duke Ellington Jazz Party (Columbia, 1959)
With Aretha Franklin Who's Zoomin' Who? (Arista, 1985)
With Gil Fuller Gil Fuller & the Monterey Jazz Festival Orchestra featuring Dizzy Gillespie (Pacific Jazz, 1965)
With Coleman Hawkins Rainbow Mist (Delmark, 1944 ) compilation of Apollo recordings
With Woody Herman Woody and Friends at Monterey Jazz Festival 1979 (Concord Jazz, 1981) with Stan Getz, Slide Hampton, Woody Shaw
With Quincy Jones Back on the Block (Warner Bros., 1989)
With Chaka Khan What Cha' Gonna Do for Me (Warner Bros., 1981)
With Moe Koffman Oop-Pop-A-Da (Soundwings, 1988)
With Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich Krupa and Rich (Clef, 1955)
With Mike Longo Talk with the Spirits (Pablo, 1976)
With Louie Louie Sittin' in the Lap of Luxury (WTG/Epic, 1990)
With Chuck Mangione Tarantella (A&M, 1981)
With the Manhattan Transfer Vocalese (Atlantic, 1985)
With Carmen McRae November Girl (Black Lion, 1970 ) with the Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band At the Great American Music Hall (Blue Note, 1976)
With Charles Mingus Charles Mingus and Friends in Concert (Columbia, 1972)
With Katie Bell Nubin Soul, Soul Searching (Verve, 1960)
With Oscar Peterson Oscar Peterson Jam - Montreux '77 (Pablo) Jousts (Pablo, 1978)
With Mongo Santamaria Montreux Heat! (Pablo, 1980) Summertime (Pablo, 1980)
With Lillian Terry Oo-Shoo-Be-Doo-Be...Oo, Oo...Oo, Oo (Black Saint, 1985)
With Big Joe Turner The Trumpet Kings Meet Joe Turner (Pablo, 1975)
With Randy Weston Spirits of Our Ancestors (Verve, 1993)
Compositions
"Anthropology" (AKA "Thriving from a Riff") "Be-Bop" "Birks' Works" "Blue 'n' Boogie" "The Champ" "Con Alma" "Cool Breeze" "Cubana Be/Cubana Bop" "Dizzy Atmosphere" "Emanon" "Fiesta Mojo" "Groovin' High" "Guarachi Guara" (AKA "Soul Sauce") "He Beeped When He Shoulda Bopped" "In the Land of Oo-Bla-Dee" "Kush" "Lorraine" "Manteca" "A Night in Tunisia" (AKA "Interlude") "One Bass Hit" "Ool-Ya-Koo" "Oop Bop Sh'Bam" "Ow!" "Ray's Idea" "Salt Peanuts" "Shaw 'Nuff" "Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac" "That's Earl, Brother" "Things to Come" "Tin Tin Deo" "Tour De Force" "Two Bass Hit" "Woody 'n' You" (AKA "Algo Bueno")
Filmography 1946: Jivin' In Be-Bop 1983: Jazz in America (Embassy) 1986: In Redondo Beach/Jazz in America (Embassy) 1991: Dizzy Gillespie: A Night in Tunisia (View) 1993: Live in London (Kultur) 1998: Dizzy Gillespie & Charles Mingus (Vidjazz) 1998: Dizzy Gillespie: Ages (Vidjazz) 1999: Jazz Casual: Dizzy Gillespie (Rhino) 2001: Jivin'in Be-Bop (Jazz Classic Video) 2001: Dizzy Gillespie: A Night in Chicago (View) 2001: Live at the Royal Festival Hall 1987 (Pioneer) 2002: Live in Montreal (Image) 2003: 20th Century Jazz Masters (Idem) 2003: Swing Era (with Mel Tormé) (Idem) 2005: Norman Granz Jazz in Montreux: Presents Dizzy Gillespie Sextet '77 (Eagle Vision) 2005: Summer Jazz Live at New Jersey 1987 (FS World Jazz/Alpha Centauri Entertainment) 2005: A Night in Havana: Dizzy Gillespie in Cuba (New Video Group) filmed in 1985 with Arturo Sandoval, Sayyd Abdul Al Khabyyr) 2006: Jazz Icons: Live in '58 & '70 (Universal) 2008: London Concerts 1965 & 1966 (Impro-Jazz [Spain])
Bibliography To Be or Not to Bop. New York: Doubleday, 1979. To Be or Not to Bop. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2009.
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