List of works by Dizzy Gillespie

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

## Discography

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### As leader

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* 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[1]
* 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

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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)

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## Compositions

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This list of songs or music-related items is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (October 2021)

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* "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")
* "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

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* 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)[3]
* 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)

## Bibliography

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* To Be or Not to Bop. New York: Doubleday, 1979.
* To Be or Not to Bop. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2009.[4]

## References

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1. ^ Gieske, Tony (January 22, 1961). "Accent on Jazz: Trumpet Men Do Keep Blowing the Right Way". The Washington Post. p. G4. ProQuest 141284288. "And on A Portrait of Duke Ellington (Verve MG V 8386), that depth and skill, stimulated by a change in the stale Gillespie repertoire and complemented by rich, radically imaginative arrangements by, I am told, Clare Fischer, result in a really classic album. Fischer, a young conservatory graduate, is a new name to be reckoned with."
2. ^ "Dizzy Gillespie – Album Discography – AllMusic". AllMusic.
3. ^ Artist: Gillespie, Dizzy. "VIEW DVD Listing". View.com. Retrieved October 20, 2010.
4. ^ "Dizzy Gillespie @ARTISTdirect". ARTISTdirect.

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Studio albums|

* Bird and Diz (1952)
* Afro (1954)
* Diz and Getz (1955)
* Dizzy and Strings (1954)
* Roy and Diz (1954)
* Jazz Recital (1956)
* The Modern Jazz Sextet (1956)
* World Statesman (1956)
* Dizzy in Greece (1956)
* For Musicians Only (1956)
* Birks' Works (1957)
* Dizzy Gillespie and Stuff Smith (1957)
* Sittin' In (1957)
* Duets (1957)
* The Greatest Trumpet of Them All (1957)
* Sonny Side Up (1959)
* The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie (1959)
* Have Trumpet, Will Excite! (1959)
* A Portrait of Duke Ellington (1960)
* Gillespiana (1960)
* Perceptions (1961)
* The New Continent (1962)
* New Wave (1963)
* Something Old, Something New (1963)
* Dizzy Goes Hollywood (1964)
* Jambo Caribe (1964)
* I/We Had a Ball (1965)
* Gil Fuller & the Monterey Jazz Festival Orchestra featuring Dizzy Gillespie (1965)
* The Melody Lingers On (1966)
* It's My Way (1969)
* Cornucopia (1969)
* The Real Thing (1970)
* Portrait of Jenny (1970)
* Dizzy Gillespie's Big 4 (1974)
* The Trumpet Kings Meet Joe Turner (1974)
* Oscar Peterson and Dizzy Gillespie (1974)
* Oscar Peterson and the Trumpet Kings – Jousts (1974)
* The Bop Session (1975)
* Jazz Maturity...Where It's Coming From (1975)
* Afro-Cuban Jazz Moods (1975)
* Bahiana (1975)
* Carter, Gillespie Inc. (1976)
* Dizzy's Party (1976)
* Free Ride (1977)
* The Gifted Ones (1977)
* The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4 (1980)
* The Alternate Blues (1980)
* To a Finland Station (1983)
* Closer to the Source (1984)
* New Faces (1985)
* Dizzy Gillespie Meets Phil Woods Quintet (1986)
* Endlessly (1988)
* Oop-Pop-A-Da (1988)

Live albums|

* Jazz at Massey Hall (1953)
* Dizzy Gillespie at Newport (1957)
* An Electrifying Evening with the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet (1961)
* Carnegie Hall Concert (1961)
* Dizzy on the French Riviera (1962)
* Dizzy Gillespie and the Double Six of Paris (1963)
* Live at the Village Vanguard (1967)
* Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac (1967)
* The Dizzy Gillespie Reunion Big Band (1968)
* Dizzy Gillespie and the Mitchell Ruff Duo in Concert (1971)
* Giants (1971)
* The Giants of Jazz (1971)
* The Giant (1973)
* The Source (1973)
* The Dizzy Gillespie Big 7 (1975)
* The Trumpet Kings at Montreux '75 (1975)
* Dizzy Gillespie Jam (1977)
* Digital at Montreux, 1980 (1980)
* Musician, Composer, Raconteur (1981)
* One Night in Washington (1983)
* Live at the Royal Festival Hall (1989)
* Max + Dizzy: Paris 1989 (1989)
* Bird Songs: The Final Recordings (1992)
* To Bird with Love (1992)
* To Diz with Love (1992)

Compilation
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* Modern Jazz Trumpets (1951)
* Groovin' High (1955)
* Dee Gee Days: The Savoy Sessions (1976)
* The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (1995)
* The Great Blue Star Sessions 1952–1953 (2004)
* Dizzy Digs Paris (2006)

Soundtracks|

* The Cool World (1964)
* The Winter in Lisbon (1990)

Compositions|

* "Anthropology"
* "Birks' Works"
* "Blue 'n' Boogie"
* "Con Alma"
* "Dizzy Atmosphere"
* "Groovin' High"
* "Manteca"
* "A Night in Tunisia"
* "Oop Bop Sh'Bam"
* "Salt Peanuts"
* "Woody 'n' You"

Books|

* To Be or Not to Bop (1979)

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* List of works
* Bird (1988 film)

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