Dizzy Gillespie Discography - session index

1937 (age 20)

• Teddy Hill Orch.   NYC, May 17, 1937

1939

• Lionel Hampton Orch.   NYC, Sep. 11, 1939

1941

• Dizzy Gillespie's Jam Session   Minton's Playhouse, NYC, May, 1941

1942

• Les Hite Orch.   NYC, c. Jan., 1942

1943

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

1944

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

1945

• Clyde Hart's All Stars   NYC, Jan. 4, 1945
• Dizzy Gillespie 6   NYC, Jan. 9, 1945
• Oscar Pettiford 18 All Stars   same location, date
• 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 with 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 with 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 Studios, NYC, June 6, 1945
• Dizzy Gillespie - Charlie Parker   Town Hall, NYC, June 22, 1945
• Charlie Parker Rebeboppers / The Be Bop Boys   WOR Studios, Broadway, NYC, Nov. 26, 1945
• Dizzy Gillespie Bebop Six   AFRS Jubilee, NBC Studios, Hollywood, CA, Dec. 29, 1945
• Slim Gaillard Orch.   LA, prob. 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 with Johnny Richards Orch.   LA, Jan. or 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 Orch.   NYC, Feb. 22, 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, June, 1946
• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.   Spotlight Lounge, Washington, DC, July 6, 1946
• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.   NYC, July 9, 1946
• Ray Brown's All Stars / The Be Bop Boys   NYC, Sep. 25, 1946
• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.   NYC, Nov. 12, 1946

1947 (age 30)

• JATP   Carnegie Hall, NYC, May 12, 1947
• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.   NYC, Aug. 22, 1947
• Barry Ulanov's All Star Modern Jazz Musicians   RB, Bands For Bonds, WOR Studios, NYC, Sep. 13, 1947
• Barry Ulanov's All Star Modern Jazz Musicians   RB, Bands For Bonds, WOR Studios, NYC, Sep. 20, 1947
• Dizzy Gillespie 5   Carnegie Hall, NYC, Sep. 29, 1947
• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.   same location, date
• The Metronome All Stars   RKO Pathe Studios, NYC, Dec. 21, 1947
• The Metronome All Stars + Stan Kenton Orch.   same location, date
• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.   NYC, Dec. 22, 1947
• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.   NYC, Dec. 30, 1947

1948

• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.   Salle Pleyel, Paris, France, Feb. 28, 1948
• The Original Dizzy Gillespie Big Band   Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, CA, July 19, 1948
• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.   NYC, Dec. 29, 1948

1949

• Metronome All-Star Bands   RCA Studios, NYC, Jan. 3, 1949
• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.   NYC, Apr. 14, 1949
• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.   NYC, May 6, 1949
• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.   NYC, July 6, 1949
• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.   NYC, Nov. 21, 1949

1950

• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.   NYC, Jan. 9, 1950
• Metronome All-Stars   NYC, Jan. 10, 1950
• Charlie Parker - Dizzy Gillespie 5   NYC, June 6, 1950
• Dizzy Gillespie 6   Chicago, mid 1950
• Dizzy Gillespie 6   NYC, Sep. 16, 1950
• Dizzy Gillespie with Johnny Richards' Orch.   LA, Oct. 31, 1950
• Dizzy Gillespie with 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 / Dizzie Gillespie All Stars   NYC, Apr. 16, 1951
• Dizzy Gillespie 5   NYC, Aug. 16, 1951
• Dizzy Gillespie 6   NYC, Oct. 25, 1951

1952

• 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
• The Dizzy Gillespie Jazz Ensemble   Studio Jouvenet, Paris, France, Mar. 27, 1952
• Dizzy Gillespie Operatic Strings   Theatre Des Champs-Elysees, Paris, France, Apr. 5, 1952
• Dizzy Gillespie 5   Theatre Des Champs-Elysees, Paris, France, Apr. 6, 1952
• The Dizzy Gillespie Jazz Ensemble   Schola Cantorum, Paris, France, Apr. 11, 1952
• Dizzy Gillespie 5   Chicago, July 18, 1952
• Charlie Parker 6   Carnegie Hall, NYC, Nov. 15, 1952
• Dizzy Gillespie's Cool Jazz All-Stars / Buddy DeFranco and The Cool Jazz All-Stars / Don Elliott and The Cool Jazz All-Stars   Hot versus Cool, Birdland, NYC, Nov. 24, 1952
• Dizzy Gillespie 6   live in NYC, 1952

1953

• Dizzy Gillespie 5   Salle Pleyel, Paris, France, Feb. 9, 1953
• Dizzy Gillespie 6   Paris, France, Feb. 22, 1953
• Dizzy Gillespie Operatic Strings   Studio Pathe Magellan, Paris, France, Feb. 22, 1953
• Dizzy Gillespie 5   Cinema Rex, Paris, France, Feb. 22, 1953
• Dizzy Gillespie Grand Orch.   same location, date
• The 5   Massey Hall, Toronto, Canada, May 15, 1953
• Dizzy Gillespie - Charlie Parker 6 with Miles Davis   Birdland, NYC, May 23, 1953
• Dizzy Gillespie 4   Birdland, NYC???, c. late May, 1953
• Norman Granz' Jam Session   NYC, Sep. 2, 1953
• The Dizzy Gillespie - Stan Getz 6   Radio Recorders, LA, Dec. 9, 1953

1954

• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.   Fine Sound, NYC, May 24, 1954
• Dizzy Gillespie 5   Fine Sound, NYC, May 25, 1954
• Dizzy Gillespie Latin American Rhythm   Fine Sound, NYC, June 3, 1954
• Dizzy Gillespie 6   Fine Sound, NYC, June 8, 1954
• Benny Carter 7   Fine Sound, NYC, Sep. 14, 1954
• Dizzy Gillespie with Johnny Richards Orch.   NYC, Sep. 15, 1954
• Dizzy Gillespie with Johnny Richards 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

• JATP   live in Stockholm, Sweden, Feb. 2, 1955
• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.   NYC, Sep. 12, 1955
• JATP   Opera House, Chicago, Oct. 2, 1955
• Gene Krupa - Buddy Rich 9   LA, Nov. 1, 1955
• Tour De Force   LA, Nov. 2, 1955
• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.   Radio Recorders, LA, Nov. 8, 1955
• JATP   Berlin, W. Germany, 1955

1956

• The Modern Jazz 6   Fine Sound, 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
• For Musicians Only   Radio Recorders, LA, Oct. 16, 1956
• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.   Birdland, NYC, Nov. 4-Dec. 2, 1956
• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.   Birdland, NYC, Dec. 1, 1956

1957 (age 40)

• Dizzy Gillespie Big Band   NYC, Apr. 7, 1957
• Dizzy Gillespie Big Band   NYC, Apr. 8, 1957
• Dizzy Gillespie - Stuff Smith 5   NYC, Apr. 17, 1957
• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.   Chester, PA, June 14, 1957
• Ella Fitzgerald with Duke Ellington Orch.   LA, June 24, 1957
• Sittin' In   WOR Studios, NYC, June 26, 1957
• The Dizzy Gillespie Band At Newport   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, Oct. 20, 1957
• Dizzy Gillespie Duets with Sonny Rollins and Sonny Stitt   Nola Penthouse Sound Studios, NYC, Dec. 11, 1957
• The Dizzy Gillespie 8 feat. Benny Golson   NYC, Dec. 17, 1957
• Dizzy Gillespie Duets with Sonny Rollins and Sonny Stitt   Nola Penthouse Sound Studios, NYC, Dec. 19, 1957
• Dizzy Gillespie - Bud Powell 5   Paris, France, 1957

1958

• Les Tricheurs (Soundtrack)   Paris, France, May 1, 1958
• Sonny Stitt 5   England, May, 1958

1959

• Dizzy Gillespie 6   NYC, Feb. 17, 1959
• Dizzy Gillespie 6   NYC, Feb. 18, 1959
• Dizzy Gillespie 6   NYC, Feb. 20, 1959
• Dizzy Gillespie 5   live in Copenhagen, Denmark, Sep. 17, 1959

1960

• Katie Bell Nubin with Dizzie Gillespie Orch.   NYC, Jan., 1960
• Dizzy Gillespie 5   Chicago, 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
• Dizzy Gillespie 5   Salle Pleyel, Paris, France, Nov. 25, 1960

1961

• The Dizzy Gillespie 5   The Museum Of Modern Art, NYC, Feb. 9, 1961
• The Dizzy Gillespie Big Band   Carnegie Hall, NYC, Mar. 4, 1961
• Dizzy Gillespie, Trumpet Soloist + 21 Conducted By Gunther Schuller, Composed and Arranged By J.J. Johnson   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, May 18 & 22, 1961

1962

• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.   United Recording, LA, Sep., 1962
• Leo Parker & Dizzy Gillespie, a.o.   scheduled c. 1962?

1963

• Dizzy Gillespie 5   A&R Studios, NYC, Apr. 25, 1963
• Dizzy Gillespie 4 and The Double Six Of Paris   Europasonor Studios, Paris, France, July 8, 1963
• Dizzy Gillespie 5   Universal Recording, Chicago, Sep. 11, 1963
• Dizzy Gillespie 5   Universal Recording, Chicago, Sep. 12, 1963
• Dizzy Gillespie 5   Universal Recording, Chicago, Sep. 13, 1963
• Dizzy Gillespie 5   Universal Recording, Chicago, Sep. 14, 1963

1964

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

1965

• Dizzy Gillespie 5   Charlie Parker 10th Memorial Concert, Carnegie Hall, NYC, Mar. 27, 1965
• Dizzy Gillespie 5/4   same location, date
• Billy Taylor and The Be-Bop All Stars   same location, date
• Gil Fuller & The Monterey Jazz Festival Orch. feat. Dizzy Gillespie   Pacific Jazz Studios, LA, June 8 & 9, 1965
• Dizzy Gillespie 5 feat. James Moody   L'Olympia, Paris, France, Nov. 24, 1965

1967 (age 50)

• Dizzy Gillespie 5   NYC, May 10, 1967
• Dizzy Gillespie 5   Memory Lane, LA, May 25, 1967
• Dizzy Gillespie 5   Memory Lane, LA, May 26, 1967
• Jazz For A Sunday Afternoon   Village Vanguard, NYC, Oct. 1, 1967

1969

• Stars Of Bop   live in Paris, France, 1969

1970

• Dizzy Gillespie   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1970

1971

• Dizzy Gillespie and The Mitchell Ruff 2   Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, Apr. 21, 1971
• Dizzy Gillespie - Johnny Griffin 5   ORTF, live in Chateauvallon, France, Aug. 29, 1971
• The Giants Of Jazz   Sala Grande Del Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi, Milan, Italy, Oct. 20, 1971
• Giants Of Jazz / Bop Fathers   Theatre National Populaire, Paris, France, Oct. 22, 1971
• The Giants Of Jazz   Congress Hall, Warsaw, Poland, Oct. 29, 1971
• The Giants Of Jazz   Palac Lucerna Velky Sal, Prague, Czechoslovakia, Oct. 30, 1971
• The Giants Of Jazz   live in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Nov. 2, 1971
• Giants Of Jazz   Philharmonie, Berlin, W. Germany, Nov. 5, 1971
• The Giants Of Jazz   Kongresshalle, Boblingen, W. Germany, Nov. 7, 1971
• Giants Of Jazz   Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen, Denmark, Nov. 9, 1971
• The Giants Of Jazz   Victoria Theatre, London, England, 1st concert, Nov. 14, 1971
• The Giants Of Jazz   Victoria Theatre, London, England, 2nd concert, Nov. 14, 1971
• Dizzy Gillespie with The Mitchell/Ruff 2   prob. 1970s

1972

• Charles Mingus Orch.   Philharmonic Hall, Lincoln Center, 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
• Charles Mingus Band feat. Dizzy Gillespie   Fest. De Jazz De Nice, Nice, France, July 20, 1972
• Giants Of Jazz   studio recordings, Bern, Switzerland, Nov. 12, 1972

1973

• Dizzy Gillespie 6   Paris, France, Apr. 13, 1973
• Dizzy Gillespie 5 +   Laren Jazz Fest., Singer Concert Hall, Laren, Holland, Aug. 25, 1973

1974

• Dizzy Gillespie's Big 4   Cherokee Studios, LA, Sep. 17 & 19, 1974
• The Trumpet Kings with Joe Turner   LA, Sep. 18, 1974
• The Trumpet Kings with Joe Turner   LA, Sep. 19, 1974
• Dizzy Gillespie - Sonny Stitt 5   live in Copenhagen, Denmark, Oct. 28, 1974
• The Dizzy Gillespie 5   live in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Nov. 15, 1974
• Dizzy Gillespie 5   live in Paris, France, Nov. 19, 1974
• Oscar Peterson - Dizzy Gillespie 2   Advision Studios, London, England, Nov. 28 & 29, 1974

1975

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

1976

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

1977 (age 60)

• Dizzy Gillespie with Lalo Schifrin Orch.   Wally Heider Recording Studio, LA, Jan. 31, & Feb. 1, 2, 1977
• Count Basie - Dizzy Gillespie 4   Las Vegas Recording Studio, Las Vegas, NV, Feb. 3, 1977
• Oscar Peterson Jam   Montreux Jazz Fest., Mountain Studios, Montreux, Switzerland, July 14, 1977
• Dizzy Gillespie Jam   same location, date

1979

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

1980

• The Trumpet Summit Meets The Oscar Peterson Big 4   Group IV Studios, LA, Mar. 10, 1980
• Dizzy Gillespie 3   Mountain Studios, Montreux, Switzerland, July 19, 1980
• Mongo Santamaria with Dizzy Gillespie and Toots Thielemans   Montreux Jazz Fest., Montreux, Switzerland, July 19, 1980
• Mongo Santamaria Band   same location, date
• Aurex Jazz Festival '80 - Battle Of The Horns   Aurex Jazz Fest., Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan, 1st day, Sep. 2, 1980
• Aurex Jazz Festival '80 - Battle Of The Horns   Aurex Jazz Fest., Expo Park, Osaka, Japan, Sep. 6, 1980
• Aurex Jazz Festival '80 - Battle Of The Horns   Aurex Jazz Fest., Yokohama Stadium, Yokohama, Japan, Sep. 7, 1980
• Chuck Mangione   The American Hotel Ballroom, Rochester, NY, Dec. 27, 1980

1981

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

1982

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

1985

• Dizzy Gillespie Y Su Grupo   Fest. International De Jazz 1985, Havana, Cuba, Feb. 16, 1985
• Lilian Terry   Milan, Italy, May 13-15, 1985
• The Manhattan Transfer   fall 1985
• Dizzy Gillespie 5   A&R Studios, NYC, released 1985

1986

• Dizzy Gillespie Meets The Phil Woods 5   Studio 44, Monster, Holland, Dec. 14, 1986

1987 (age 70)

• Show Time   Gus S. Wortham Center, Houston, TX, Aug. 10, 1987

1989

• Quincy Jones Orch.   LA, early 1989
• James Moody 4 with Dizzy Gillespie   NYC, Mar. 11, 12 & 13, 1989
• Max Roach - Dizzy Gillespie 2   Maison De La Culture De La Seine Saint Denis, Bobigny, Paris, France, Mar. 23, 1989
• Max Roach and Dizzy Gillespie Interview   Hotel Rafael, Paris, France, June 15, 1989
• Paris All Stars   La Grande Halle, La Villette, Paris, France, June 15, 1989
• Rhythmstick   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 19-21, 1989

1991

• Randy Weston Group   BMG Studios, NYC, May 20, 21 & 22, 1991

1992

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

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