List of works by Dizzy Gillespie

This is a list of works by American jazz musician Dizzy Gillespie.

As leader

 * 1937–1949: The Complete RCA Victor Recordings compilation album (RCA Victor)
 * 1945–1947: Groovin' High compilation album (Savoy)
 * 1948: Gene Norman Presents Dizzy Gillespie in Concert (GNP Crescendo 23)
 * 1950: Bird and Diz (Clef) – with Charlie Parker
 * 1951–52: Dee Gee Days: The Savoy Sessions compilation album (Savoy) – includes all tracks on The Champ (Savoy) and School Days (Regent)
 * 1952–53: The Great Blue Star Sessions 1952-1953 compilation album (EmArcy) – includes all tracks on Dizzy Gillespie and His Operatic Strings Orchestra (Fontana) and some tracks released on Dizzy at Home and Abroad (Atlantic)
 * 1952: Horn of Plenty (Blue Note 1952)
 * 1953: Dizzy Digs Paris (Giant Steps) – includes all tracks on Dizzy Over Paris (Roost)
 * 1953: Jazz at Massey Hall (Debut) – with Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus and Max Roach
 * 1953: Diz and Getz (Norgran) – with Stan Getz
 * 1954: Afro (Norgran)
 * 1954: Dizzy and Strings (Norgran)
 * 1954: Roy and Diz (Clef) – with Roy Eldridge
 * 1954–1964: The Verve/Philips Dizzy Gillespie Small Group Sessions (Mosaic Records)
 * 1954–55: Jazz Recital (Norgran) – also released as Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra
 * 1955: One Night in Washington (Elektra Musician [1983])
 * 1956: Modern Jazz Sextet (Norgran)
 * 1956: World Statesman – Big Band (Norgran)
 * 1956 and 1957: Dizzy in Greece – Big Band Studio Recordings (Verve)
 * 1956: For Musicians Only (Verve) – with Stan Getz and Sonny Stitt
 * 1957: Birks' Works – Big Band (Verve)
 * 1957: Dizzy Gillespie and Stuff Smith (Verve)
 * 1957: Sittin' In (Verve) – with Stan Getz and Coleman Hawkins
 * 1957: Dizzy Gillespie at Newport – Big Band (Verve)
 * 1957: Duets (Verve) – with Sonny Rollins and Sonny Stitt
 * 1957: The Greatest Trumpet of Them All (Verve) – with Benny Golson
 * 1957: Sonny Side Up (Verve) – with Sonny Rollins and Sonny Stitt
 * 1959: The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie (Verve)
 * 1959: Have Trumpet, Will Excite! (Verve)
 * 1960: The Copenhagen Concert (SteepleChase) – with Leo Wright and Junior Mance
 * 1960: A Portrait of Duke Ellington (Verve) – arranged by Clare Fischer
 * 1960: Gillespiana (Verve) – composed and arranged by Lalo Schifrin
 * 1961: An Electrifying Evening with the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet (Verve)
 * 1961: Carnegie Hall Concert (Verve)
 * 1961: Perceptions (Verve) – composed and arranged by J.J. Johnson, conducted by Gunther Schuller
 * 1962: Dizzy on the French Riviera (Philips) – with Elek Bacsik
 * 1962: The New Continent (Limelight) – composed and arranged by Lalo Schifrin
 * 1963: New Wave (Philips) – 8 tracks
 * 1963: New Wave! (Wing WL1152) – 7 tracks
 * 1963: Something Old, Something New (Philips)
 * 1963: Dizzy Gillespie and the Double Six of Paris (Philips)
 * 1964: Dizzy Goes Hollywood (Philips)
 * 1964: The Cool World (Philips)
 * 1964: Jambo Caribe (Limelight)
 * 1964: I/We Had a Ball (Limelight, 1965) – 1 track + 3 with Quincy Jones
 * 1965: Gil Fuller & the Monterey Jazz Festival Orchestra featuring Dizzy Gillespie (Pacific Jazz) – with Gil Fuller
 * 1966: The Melody Lingers On (Limelight)
 * 1967: Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac (Impulse!)
 * 1967: Live at the Village Vanguard (Solid State)
 * 1968: The Dizzy Gillespie Reunion Big Band (MPS)
 * 1969: It's My Way (Solid State) – also released as My Way
 * 1969: Cornucopia (Solid State)
 * 1970: The Real Thing (Perception) – with James Moody
 * 1970: Portrait of Jenny (Perception)
 * 1971: Giants (Perception) – with Bobby Hackett and Mary Lou Williams
 * 1971: Dizzy Gillespie and the Mitchell Ruff Duo in Concert (Mainstream) – with Willie Ruff and Dwike Mitchell
 * 1971: The Giants of Jazz (Atlantic) – with Art Blakey, Al McKibbon, Thelonious Monk, Sonny Stitt and Kai Winding
 * 1973: The Giant (America)
 * 1973: The Source (America)
 * 1974: Dizzy Gillespie's Big 4 (Pablo)
 * 1974: The Trumpet Kings Meet Joe Turner (Pablo) – with Joe Turner, Roy Eldridge, Harry "Sweets" Edison and Clark Terry
 * 1974: Oscar Peterson and Dizzy Gillespie (Pablo) – with Oscar Peterson
 * 1974: Oscar Peterson and The Trumpet Kings - Jousts (Pablo) – with Oscar Peterson
 * 1975: The Bop Session (Sonet) – with Sonny Stitt, John Lewis, Hank Jones, Percy Heath and Max Roach
 * 1975: Jazz Maturity...Where It's Coming From (Pablo) – with Oscar Peterson and Roy Eldridge
 * 1975: Afro-Cuban Jazz Moods (Pablo) – with Machito
 * 1975: The Dizzy Gillespie Big 7 (Pablo) – also released as Dizzy
 * 1975: The Trumpet Kings at Montreux '75 (Pablo) – with Roy Eldridge, Clark Terry and Oscar Peterson
 * 1975: Bahiana (Pablo)
 * 1976: Carter, Gillespie Inc. (Pablo) – with Benny Carter
 * 1976: Dizzy's Party (Pablo)
 * 1977: Free Ride (Pablo) – composed and arranged by Lalo Schifrin
 * 1977: The Gifted Ones (Pablo) – with Count Basie
 * 1977: Dizzy Gillespie Jam (Pablo) – with Jon Faddis
 * 1980: The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4 (Pablo) – with Freddie Hubbard, Clark Terry and Oscar Peterson
 * 1980: The Alternate Blues (Pablo) – with Freddie Hubbard, Clark Terry and Oscar Peterson
 * 1980: Digital at Montreux, 1980 (Pablo)
 * 1981: Musician, Composer, Raconteur (Pablo)
 * 1981: To a Finland Station (Pablo) – with Arturo Sandoval
 * 1984: Closer to the Source (Atlantic)
 * 1985: New Faces (GRP)
 * 1986: Dizzy Gillespie Meets Phil Woods Quintet – with Phil Woods
 * 1988: Endlessly (Impulse!)
 * 1988: Oop-Pop-A-Da (Soundwings) – with Moe Koffman
 * 1989: Live at the Royal Festival Hall (Enja) – with the United Nation Orchestra
 * 1989: Max + Dizzy: Paris 1989 (A&M) – with Max Roach
 * 1989: The Paris All Stars Homage to Charlie Parker (A&M) with Jackie McLean, Phil Woods, Stan Getz, Milt Jackson, Hank Jones, Percy Heath and Max Roach
 * 1989: The Symphony Sessions (ProJazz) and 1991 as A Night in Tunisia (Fast Choice) (with Rochester Philharmonic conducted by Johnny Dankworth, Ron Holloway, Ed Cherry, John Lee)
 * 1990: The Winter in Lisbon (Milan Entertainment) – soundtrack
 * 1991: Live! at Blues Alley (with Ron Holloway, Ed Cherry, John Lee, Ignacio Berroa)
 * 1992: Bird Songs: The Final Recordings (Telarc)
 * 1992: To Bird with Love (Telarc)
 * 1992: To Diz with Love (Telarc)

As sideman
With Benny Carter With Arnett Cobb With Chaka Khan With CTI All Stars With Duke Ellington With Coleman Hawkins With Quincy Jones With Aretha Franklin With Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich With Mike Longo With the Manhattan Transfer With Chuck Mangione
 * New Jazz Sounds (Norgran, 1954)
 * In the Mood for Swing (MusicMasters, 1988)
 * Show Time (Fantasy, 1987)
 * What Cha' Gonna Do for Me (Warner Bros., 1981)
 * Rhythmstick (CTI, 1990)
 * Jazz Party (Columbia, 1959)
 * Rainbow Mist (Delmark, 1944 [1992]) compilation of Apollo recordings
 * Back on the Block (Warner Bros., 1989)
 * Who's Zoomin' Who? (Arista, 1985)
 * Krupa and Rich (Clef, 1955)
 * Talk with the Spirits (Pablo, 1976)
 * Vocalese (Atlantic, 1985)


 * Tarantella (A&M Records, 1981)

With Carmen McRae With Charles Mingus With Katie Bell Nubin With Oscar Peterson With Mongo Santamaria With Woody Shaw With Lillian Terry With Randy Weston With Louie Louie
 * November Girl (Black Lion, 1970 [1975]) with the Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band
 * At the Great American Music Hall (Blue Note, 1976)
 * Charles Mingus and Friends in Concert (Columbia, 1972)
 * Soul, Soul Searching (Verve, 1960)
 * Oscar Peterson Jam - Montreux '77 (Pablo)
 * Montreux Heat! (Pablo, 1980)
 * Summertime (Pablo, 1980)
 * Woody Shaw and Friends at Monterey Jazz Festival 1979 (Concord Jazz, 1979)
 * Oo-Shoo-Be-Doo-Be...Oo, Oo...Oo, Oo (Black Saint, 1985)
 * Spirits of Our Ancestors (Verve, 1993)
 * Sittin' in the Lap of Luxury (WTG/Epic, 1990)

Compositions

 * "Anthropology" (AKA "Thriving from a Riff")
 * "Be-Bop"
 * "Birks' Works"
 * "Blue 'n' Boogie"
 * "The Champ"
 * "Con Alma"
 * "Dizzy Atmosphere"
 * "Emanon"
 * "Fiesta Mojo"
 * "Groovin' High"
 * "Guachi Guara" (AKA "Soul Sauce")
 * "He Beeped When He Shoulda Bopped" (AKA "He Beeped When He Should Have Bopped")
 * "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 Video)
 * 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
 * 2003 Swing Era (with Mel Tormé) (Idem)
 * 2005 Norman Granz Jazz in Montreux: Presents Dizzy Gillespie Sextet '77 (Eagle Vision USA)
 * 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 and Sayyd Abdul Al Khabyyr)
 * 2006 Jazz Icons: Live in '58 & '70 (Universal)
 * 2008 London Concerts 1965 & 1966 (Impro-Jazz Spain)