# List of works by Dizzy Gillespie

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

## Discography
### 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
* New Jazz Sounds (Norgran, 1954)
* In the Mood for Swing (MusicMasters, 1988)
With Arnett Cobb
* Show Time (Fantasy, 1987)
With Chaka Khan
* What Cha' Gonna Do for Me (Warner Bros., 1981)
With CTI All Stars
* Rhythmstick (CTI, 1990)
With Duke Ellington
* Jazz Party (Columbia, 1959)
With Coleman Hawkins
* Rainbow Mist (Delmark, 1944 [1992]) compilation of Apollo recordings
With Quincy Jones
* Back on the Block (Warner Bros., 1989)
With Aretha Franklin
* Who's Zoomin' Who? (Arista, 1985)
With Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich
* Krupa and Rich (Clef, 1955)
With Mike Longo
* Talk with the Spirits (Pablo, 1976)
With the Manhattan Transfer
* Vocalese (Atlantic, 1985)
With Chuck Mangione
* Tarantella (A&M Records, 1981)
With Carmen McRae
* November Girl (Black Lion, 1970 [1975]) 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)
With Mongo Santamaria
* Montreux Heat! (Pablo, 1980)
* Summertime (Pablo, 1980)
With Woody Shaw
* Woody Shaw and Friends at Monterey Jazz Festival 1979 (Concord Jazz, 1979)
With Lillian Terry
* Oo-Shoo-Be-Doo-Be...Oo, Oo...Oo, Oo (Black Saint, 1985)
With Randy Weston
* Spirits of Our Ancestors (Verve, 1993)
With Louie Louie
* 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)