Dizzy Gillespie Discography - session index

1941 (The age of 24)

• Charlie Christian 7  Minton's Playhouse, NYC, May, 1941
• Dizzy Gillespie 4
• Dizzy Gillespie 7
• Dizzy Gillespie 7
• Dizzy Gillespie 5

1943 (The age of 26)

• Billy Eckstine's Jam Session  Room 305 Of Savoy Hotel, Chicago, IL, Feb. 15, 1943

1944

• Coleman Hawkins Orch.  NYC, Feb. 16, 1944
• Coleman Hawkins Orch.  NYC, Feb. 22, 1944
• Billy Eckstine Orch.  NYC, Sep. 5, 1944

1945

• Clyde Hart's All Stars  NYC, Jan. 4, 1945
• Dizzy Gillespie 6  NYC, Jan. 9, 1945
• Boyd Raeburn Orch.  NYC, Jan. 27, 1945
• Boyd Raeburn Orch.  NYC, Jan., 1945
• Dizzy Gillespie 6  NYC, Feb. 9, 1945
• Dizzy Gillespie 6  NYC, Feb. 28, 1945
• Albinia Jones w/ Don Byas' Swing Seven  NYC, Apr. 14, 1945
• Lionel Hampton Orch.  Carnegie Hall, NYC, Apr. 15, 1945
• Dizzy Gillespie All Stars  NYC, May 11, 1945
• Sarah Vaughan w/ Dizzy Gillespie 7  NYC, May 25, 1945
• Charlie Parker 6  Lincoln Square, NY, May 30, 1945
• Dizzy Gillespie 5  Academy Of Music, Philadelphia, PA, June 5, 1945
• Red Norvo Selected 6  WOR Recording Studios, NYC, June 6, 1945
• Red Norvo Selected 6
• Dizzy Gillespie - Charlie Parker  Town Hall, NYC, June 22, 1945
• Charlie Parker Rebeboppers  WOR Studios, Broadway, NYC, Nov. 26, 1945
• Dizzy Gillespie Bebop Six  AFRS Jubilee, NBC Studios, Hollywood, CA, Dec. 29, 1945
• Slim Gaillard Orch.  prob. Hollywood, CA, Dec. 29, 1945
• Dizzy Gillespie - Charlie Parker  prob. NYC, 1945

1946

• Dizzy Gillespie Rebop Six  WEAF RB, Billy Berg's Supper Club, Hollywood, CA, Jan. 24, 1946
• JATP  Philharmonic Auditorium, LA, Jan. 28, 1946
• Wilbert Baranco Rhythm Bombardiers  LA, Jan., 1946
• Dizzy Gillespie w/ Johnny Richards Orch.  LA, Jan.-Feb., 1946
• Tempo Jazz Men / Dizzy Gillespie Jazzmen  Electro Broadcast Studios, Glendale, CA, Feb. 5, 1946
• Tempo Jazz Men / Dizzy Gillespie Jazzmen  Electro Broadcast Studios, Glendale, CA, Feb. 7, 1946
• Dizzy Gillespie 5  California, Feb., 1946
• Tony Scott Down Beat Club 7  NYC, Mar. 6, 1946
• Dizzy Gillespie 6  NYC, May 15, 1946
• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.  Spotlight Lounge, Washington, DC, May-June, 1946
• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.  NYC, June 10, 1946
• JATP  Carnegie Hall, NYC, June 17, 1946
• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.  Spotlight Lounge, Washington, DC, June 18, 1946
• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.  Spotlight Lounge, Washington, DC, July 6, 1946
• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.  NYC, July 9, 1946
• Ray Brown's All Stars / The Bebop Boys  NYC, Sep. 25, 1946
• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.  NYC, Nov. 12, 1946

1947 (The age of 30)

• JATP  Carnegie Hall, NYC, May 12, 1947
• Barry Ulanov's All Star Modern Jazz Musicians  WOR RB, NYC, Sep. 13, 1947
• Barry Ulanov's All Star Modern Jazz Musicians  WOR RB, NYC, Sep. 20, 1947
• Charlie Parker 5  Carnegie Hall, NYC, Sep. 29, 1947
• Dizzy Gillespie Big Band

1948

• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.  Salle Pleyel, Paris, France, Feb. 28, 1948

1949

• The Metronome All Stars  RCA Studios, NYC, Jan. 3, 1949
• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.  NYC, Nov. 21, 1949

1950

• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.  NYC, Jan. 9, 1950
• The Metronome All Stars  NYC, Jan. 10, 1950
• Dizzy Gillespie - Charlie Parker 5  NYC, June 6, 1950
• Dizzy Gillespie 6  Chicago, IL, middle 1950
• Dizzy Gillespie 6  NYC, Sep. 16, 1950
• Dizzy Gillespie w/ Johnny Richards' Orch.  LA, Oct. 31, 1950
• Dizzy Gillespie w/ Johnny Richards' Orch.  LA, Nov. 1, 1950

1951

• Dizzy Gillespie 6  Birdland, NYC, Jan. 6, 1951
• Dizzy Gillespie 6  Birdland, NYC, Jan. 13, 1951
• Dizzy Gillespie 6  Birdland, NYC, Jan. 20, 1951
• Dizzy Gillespie 7  Birdland, NYC, Feb. 3, 1951
• Dizzy Gillespie 6  Detroit, MI, Mar. 1, 1951
• Dizzy Gillespie 7  Birdland, NYC, Mar. 17, 1951
• Dizzy Gillespie - Charlie Parker 5  Birdland, NYC, Mar. 31, 1951
• Dizzy Gillespie - Charlie Parker 5  RB, Voice Of America, Birdland, NYC, spr. 1951
• Dizzy Gillespie 6  NYC, Apr. 16, 1951
• Dizzy Gillespie 5  NYC, Aug. 16, 1951
• Dizzy Gillespie 6  NYC, Oct. 25, 1951

1952 (The age of 35)

• Dizzy Gillespie - Charlie Parker 5  Dumont TV Studios, NYC, Feb. 24, 1952
• Dizzy Gillespie 5  NYC, Feb. 29, 1952
• Dizzy Gillespie 6  Theatre Des Champs-Elysees, Paris, France, Mar. 25, 1952
• Dizzy Gillespie Jazz Ensemble  Studio Jouvenet, Paris, France, Mar. 27, 1952
• Dizzy Gillespie Operatic Strings  Paris, France, Apr. 5, 1952
• Dizzy Gillespie Operatic Strings  Theatre Des Champs-Elysees, Paris, France, Apr. 5, 1952
• Dizzy Gillespie 5
• Dizzy Gillespie 5  Theatre Des Champs-Elysees, Paris, France, Apr. 6, 1952
• Dizzy Gillespie Jazz Ensemble  Schola Cantorum, Paris, France, Apr. 11, 1952
• Dizzy Gillespie 5  Chicago, IL, July 18, 1952
• Charlie Parker 6 w/ Strings  Carnegie Hall, NYC, 2nd set, Nov. 14, 1952
• Dizzy Gillespie & The Cool Jazz Stars  Hot versus Cool, Birdland, NYC, Nov. 24, 1952

1953

• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.  Paris, France, Feb. 9, 1953
• Dizzy Gillespie 6  Salle Pleyel, Paris, France, Feb. 9, 1953 or Mar. 25, 1952
• The 5  Massey Hall, Toronto, Canada, May 15, 1953
• Dizzy Gillespie - Charlie Parker 6 w/ Miles Davis  Birdland, NYC, May 23, 1953
• Norman Granz' Jam Session  NYC, Sep. 2, 1953
• Dizzy Gillespie - Stan Getz 6  Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA, Dec. 9, 1953

1954

• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.  NYC, May 24, 1954
• Dizzy Gillespie 5  NYC, May 25, 1954
• Dizzy Gillespie Latin American Rhythm  NYC, June 3, 1954
• Dizzy Gillespie 6  NYC, June 8, 1954
• Benny Carter 7  Fine Sound Studios, NYC, Sep. 14, 1954
• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.  NYC, Sep. 15, 1954
• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.  NYC, Sep. 16, 1954
• JATP  Bushnell Memorial Auditorium, Hartford, CT, Sep. 17, 1954
• Dizzy Gillespie - Roy Eldridge 6  NYC, Oct. 29, 1954
• Norman Granz' Jam Session  NYC, Oct. 30, 1954

1955

• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.  NYC, Sep. 12, 1955
• JATP  Opera House, Chicago, IL, Oct. 2, 1955
• Gene Krupa - Buddy Rich 9  NYC, Nov. 1, 1955
• Tour De Force  NYC, Nov. 2, 1955
• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.  LA, Nov. 8, 1955
• JATP  Berlin, West Germany, 1955

1956

• The Modern Jazz 6  Fine Sound Studios, NYC, Jan. 12, 1956
• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.  NYC, Feb. 14, 1956
• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.  NYC, May 18 & 19, 1956
• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.  NYC, June 6, 1956
• Tour De Force  LA, Oct. 16, 1956
• Dizzy Gillespie 7  Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA, Oct. 16, 1956
• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.  Birdland, NYC, Nov. 4-Dec. 2, 1956
• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.  Birdland, NYC, Dec. 1, 1956

1957 (The age of 40)

• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.  NYC, Apr. 7, 1957
• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.  NYC, Apr. 8, 1957
• Dizzy Gillespie - Stuff Smith 5  NYC, Apr. 17, 1957
• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.  Chester, PA, June 14, 1957
• Ella Fitzgerald w/ Duke Ellington Orch.  LA, June 24, 1957
• Sittin' In  WOR Studios, NYC, June 26, 1957
• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.  Newport Jazz Fest., Newport, RI, evening, July 6, 1957
• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.  NYC, July 8, 1957
• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.  Chester, PA, July 14, 1957
• JATP  Opera House, Chicago, IL, Oct. 20, 1957
• Dizzy Gillespie w/ Sonny Stitt & Sonny Rollins  NYC, Dec. 11, 1957
• Dizzy Gillespie 8  NYC, Dec. 17, 1957
• Dizzy Gillespie w/ Sonny Stitt & Sonny Rollins  NYC, Dec. 19, 1957
• Dizzy Gillespie - Bud Powell 5  Paris, France, 1957

1958

• Les Tricheurs (Soundtrack)  Paris, France, May 1, 1958

1959

• Dizzy Gillespie 6  NYC, Feb. 17, 1959
• Dizzy Gillespie 6  NYC, Feb. 18, 1959
• Dizzy Gillespie 6  NYC, Feb. 20, 1959

1960

• Katie Bell Nubin  NYC, Jan., 1960
• Dizzy Gillespie 5  Chicago, IL, Mar. 28 & 29, 1960
• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.  NYC, Apr. 27, 1960
• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.  NYC, Apr. 27 & 28, 1960
• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.  NYC, Apr. 28, 1960
• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.  NYC, Nov. 14 & 15, 1960
• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.  NYC, Nov. 16, 1960
• JATP  Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden, Nov. 21, 1960
• JATP
• JATP

1961

• Dizzy Gillespie 6  Museum Of Modern Art, NYC, Feb. 9, 1961
• Dizzy Gillespie Big Band  Carnegie Hall, NYC, Mar. 4, 1961
• Dizzy Gillespie w/ Gunther Schuller Orch.  NYC, May 18, 1961

1963 (The age of 46)

• Dizzy Gillespie 4 & The Double Six Of Paris  Europasonor Studios, Paris, France, July 8, 1963
• Dizzy Gillespie 5  Universal Recording Studios, Chicago, IL, Sep. 11, 1963
• Dizzy Gillespie 5  Universal Recording Studios, Chicago, IL, Sep. 12, 1963
• Dizzy Gillespie 5  Universal Recording Studios, Chicago, IL, Sep. 13, 1963
• Dizzy Gillespie 5  Universal Recording Studios, Chicago, IL, Sep. 14, 1963

1964

• Dizzy Gillespie 5  Nola Penthouse Studios, NYC, Apr. 21, 1964
• Dizzy Gillespie 5  Nola Penthouse Studios, NYC, Apr. 22, 1964
• Dizzy Gillespie 5  Nola Penthouse Studios, NYC, Apr. 23, 1964
• Dizzie Gillespie 6  Chicago, IL, Nov. 4, 1964
• Dizzie Gillespie 6  Chicago, IL, Nov. 5, 1964
• Dizzie Gillespie 6  Chicago, IL, Nov. 6, 1964
• Quincy Jones Orch.  NYC, Dec. 20, 1964

1965

• Billy Taylor & The Be-Bop All Stars  Charlie Parker Memorial Concert, Carnegie Hall, NYC, Mar. 27, 1965
• Dizzy Gillespie 5

1967 (The age of 50)

• Dizzy Gillespie 5  Memory Lane, LA, May 25 & 26, 1967
• Jazz For A Sunday Afternoon  Village Vanguard, NYC, Oct. 1, 1967
• Jazz For A Sunday Afternoon

1969

• Stars Of Bop  Paris, France, 1969

1971

• Giants Of Jazz  T.N.P., Paris, France, Oct. 22, 1971
• Giants Of Jazz  Philharmonie, Berlin, West Germany, Nov. 5, 1971
• Giants Of Jazz  Berne or Zurich, Switzerland, Nov. 12, 1971
• Giants Of Jazz  Victoria Theatre, London, England, 1st concert, Nov. 14, 1971
• Giants Of Jazz  Victoria Theatre, London, England, 2nd concert, Nov. 14, 1971

1972 (The age of 55)

• Charles Mingus Orch.  Philharmonic Hall, NYC, Feb. 4, 1972
• Billy Eckstine at Newport In New York '72  Radio City Music Hall, NYC, July 1, 1972
• Newport In New York '72  Radio City Music Hall, NYC, July 3, 1972

1973

• Dizzy Gillespie 6  Paris, France, Apr. 13, 1973

1974

• The Dizzy Gillespie's Big 4  LA, Sep. 17 & 19, 1974
• The Trumpet Kings w/ Joe Turner  LA, Sep. 18, 1974
• The Trumpet Kings w/ Joe Turner  LA, Sep. 19, 1974
• Oscar Peterson - Dizzy Gillespie 2  London, England, Nov. 28 & 29, 1974

1975

• The Bop Session  NYC, May 19 & 20, 1975
• Roy Eldridge - Dizzy Gillespie 5  NYC, June 3, 1975
• Dizzy Gillespie Y Machito Y Su Orquesta  NYC, June 4 & 5, 1975
• The Dizzy Gillespie Big 7  Montreux Jazz Fest., Casino De Montreux, Switzerland, July 16, 1975
• The Trumpet Kings
• Dizzy Gillespie 7  LA, Nov. 19 & 20, 1975

1976

• Mike Longo 6 w/ Dizzy Gillespie  NYC, Jan. 16, 1976
• Benny Carter - Dizzy Gillespie 6  LA, Apr. 27, 1976
• Carmen McRae  Great American Music Hall, SF, June 15, 16 & 17, 1976
• Dizzy Gillespie 6  LA, Sep. 15 & 16, 1976

1977 (The age of 60)

• Dizzy Gillespie w/ Lalo Schifrin Orch.  Hollywood, CA, Jan. 31, Feb. 1 & 2, 1977
• Count Basie - Dizzy Gillespie 4  Las Vegas, NV, Feb. 3, 1977
• Oscar Peterson Jam  Montreux Jazz Fest., Casino De Montreux, Switzerland, July 14, 1977
• Dizzy Gillespie Jam

1979

• Woody Shaw Orch.  Monterey Jazz Fest., Monterey, CA, Sep. 15, 1979

1980

• The Trumpet Summit Meets The Oscar Peterson Big 4  Group IV Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA, Mar. 10, 1980
• Dizzy Gillespie 3  Montreux Jazz Fest., Casino De Montreux, Switzerland, July 19, 1980
• Mongo Santamaria Band
• Mongo Santamaria Band  Mountain Recording Studios, Montreux, Switzerland, July 19, 1980

1981

• Dizzy Gillespie 6  Montreux Jazz Fest., Casino De Montreux, Switzerland, July 17, 1981

1982 (The age of 65)

• Dizzy Gillespie - Arturo Sandoval 5  Helsinki, Finland, Sep. 9, 1982

1985

• Lilian Terry  Milan, Italy, May 13-15, 1985
• The Manhattan Transfer  aut. 1985

1989 (The age of 72)

• Quincy Jones Orch.  LA, early 1989
• Max Roach - Dizzy Gillespie 2  Maison De La Culture De La Seine Saint Denis, Bobigny, Paris, France, Mar. 23, 1989
• Max Roach & Dizzy Gillespie Interview  Hotel Rafael, Paris, France, June 15, 1989
• Paris All Stars  La Grande Halle, La Villette, Paris, France, June 15, 1989

1992 (The age of 75)

• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.  Blue Note, NYC, Jan. 25, 1992

Others

• The Best Of Dizzy Gillespie  unknown location, date
• Oscar Peterson, a.o.  1967-1986
• Randy Weston  BMG Studios, NYC, released Mar. 17, 1992