List of works by Dizzy Gillespie

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

• 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

• 1989: Homage to Charlie Parker (A&M) with Jackie McLean, Phil Woods, Stan Getz, Milt Jackson, Hank Jones, Percy Heath, Max Roach

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 [1992]) 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 [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)
• 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)

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• "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")

• 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)^[3]
• 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])

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