Wynton Kelly Discography - session index

1948 (age 17)

• Hal Singer 5   NYC, c. June, 1948

1949

• Billy Stewart   NYC, Feb. 18, 1949
• Babs Gonzales Orch.   Capitol Melrose Studios, LA, Mar. 15, 1949
• Babs Gonzales Orch.   NYC, Apr. 27, 1949
• Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson   Cincinnati, OH, Aug. 10, 1949
• Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson   Cincinnati, OH, Aug. 30, 1949

1950

• Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis 5   NYC, Feb. 7, 1950

1951 (age 20)

• Dinah Washington   RB, Birdland, NYC, Jan. 13, 1951
• Dinah Washington   RB, Birdland, NYC, Jan. 20, 1951
• Dinah Washington   NYC, Feb. 27, 1951
• Dinah Washington   LA, June 1, 1951
• Dinah Washington   LA, June 2, 1951
• Dinah Washington   RB, Birdland, NYC, July 21, 1951
• Wynton Kelly 3   WOR Studios, NYC, July 25, 1951
• Wynton Kelly 3   WOR Studios, NYC, Aug. 1, 1951
• Dinah Washington with Nook Shrier Orch.   NYC, Sep. 24, 1951

1952

• Dinah Washington   LA, Jan. 18, 1952
• Dinah Washington   Chicago, Mar. 24, 1952
• Lester Young 5   Birdland, NYC, Apr. 25, 1952
• Lester Young 5   Birdland, NYC, May 2, 1952
• Lester Young 5   Birdland, NYC, May 3, 1952
• Dinah Washington   Chicago, May 6, 1952
• Dinah Washington   RB, Birdland, NYC, June 21, 1952
• Dizzy Gillespie 5   Chicago, July 18, 1952

1953

• Dinah Washington   NYC, June 10, 1953

1954

• Dinah Washington   NYC, June, 1954
• Dizzy Gillespie with Johnny Richards Orch.   NYC, Sep. 16, 1954
• Jay Jay Johnson 5   VGS, Hackensack, NJ, Sep. 24, 1954
• Art Farmer 4   VGS, Hackensack, NJ, Nov. 9, 1954

1955

• Dinah Washington   NYC, Jan. 11, 1955
• Dinah Washington   NYC, Jan. 12, 1955
• Dinah Washington   Capitol Studios, NYC, Mar. 15, 1955
• Dinah Washington   Capitol Studios, NYC, Mar. 16, 1955
• Dinah Washington   Capitol Studios, NYC, Mar. 17, 1955
• Dinah Washington   RB, Basin Street East, NYC, July 10, 1955
• Dinah Washington   LA, Nov. 10, 1955
• Dinah Washington   LA, Nov. 11, 1955
• Dinah Washington   LA, Nov. 12, 1955
• Dinah Washington   LA, Dec., 1955

1956

• Johnny Griffin 4   VGS, Hackensack, NJ, Apr. 17, 1956
• Billie Holiday with Tony Scott's Orch.   NYC, June 6, 1956
• Billie Holiday with Tony Scott's Orch.   NYC, June 7, 1956
• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.   Birdland, NYC, Nov. 4-Dec. 2, 1956
• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.   Birdland, NYC, Dec. 1, 1956
• Sonny Rollins 5   VGS, Hackensack, NJ, Dec. 16, 1956

1957

• Lee Morgan - Wynton Kelly 7   LA, Feb. 18, 1957
• Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars and Charlie Persip's Jazz Statesmen   The Lighthouse, Hermosa Beach, CA, Feb. 27, 1957
• Lee Morgan 6   VGS, Hackensack, NJ, Mar. 24, 1957
• Art Blakey and JM Plus Four   RCA Victor Studio No. 3, NYC, Apr. 2, 1957
• Johnny Griffin 7   VGS, Hackensack, NJ, Apr. 6, 1957
• 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
• Clark Terry 5   Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, Apr., 1957
• Miles Davis with Gil Evans Orch.   Columbia 30th Street Studio, NYC, May 27, 1957
• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.   Chester, PA, June 14, 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
• Charlie Rouse - Paul Quinichette 5   NYC, Aug. 29, 1957
• Jazz Lab   NYC, Aug. 30, 1957
• Jazz Lab with Jackie Paris   NYC, Sep. 3, 1957
• Jazz Lab   NYC, Sep. 5, 1957
• Ernie Henry 8   Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, Sep. 15, 1957
• A.K. Salim   VGS, Hackensack, NJ, Sep. 17, 1957
• Sonny Rollins 4   VGS, Hackensack, NJ, Sep. 22, 1957
• Ernie Henry 4   Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, Sep. 30, 1957
• Shafi Hadi 6   NYC, Sep., 1957
• The Benny Golson 5 and Band   NYC, Oct. 14 & 17, 1957
• Abbey Lincoln with The Riverside Jazz Stars   Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, Oct. 28, 1957
• Steve Lacy 4   VGS, Hackensack, NJ, Nov. 1, 1957
• Sonny Redd 5   Chicago, Nov. 12, 1957
• Jimmy Cleveland 8   NYC, Dec. 12, 1957
• Jimmy Cleveland 8   NYC, Dec. 13, 1957
• Benny Golson 6   Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, Dec. 19 & 23, 1957

1958

• Wynton Kelly 4/3   Metropolitan Sound Studios, NYC, Jan. 31, 1958
• Hank Mobley - Lee Morgan 5   VGS, Hackensack, NJ, Feb. 9, 1958
• Betty Carter   NYC, Feb., 1958
• The Pepper-Knepper 5   Beltone Studios, NYC, Mar. 25, 1958
• Blue Mitchell Big Six   Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, July 2 & 3, 1958
• Dinah Washington   Newport Jazz Fest., Newport, RI, July 6, 1958
• Terry Gibbs 6   same location, date
• Abbey Lincoln   Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, Aug., 1958
• Cannonball Adderley 5 with Milt Jackson   Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, Oct. 28, 1958
• Donald Byrd 6   VGS, Hackensack, NJ, Dec. 21, 1958
• Blue Mitchell 5   Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, Dec., 1958

1959

• Miles Davis 6   RB, Bandstand USA, Birdland, NYC, Jan. 3, 1959
• Paul Chambers 5   Universal Recording, Chicago, Feb. 2, 1959
• Paul Chambers 5   Universal Recording, Chicago, Feb. 3, 1959
• Cannonball Adderley 5   Universal Recording, Studio B, Chicago, Feb. 3, 1959
• Wynton Kelly 6   Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, Feb. 19, 1959
• Paul Chambers 4   Universal Recording, Chicago, Feb., 1959?
• Miles Davis 6   Columbia 30th Street Studio, NYC, Mar. 2, 1959
• Wynton Kelly 3   Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, Mar. 10, 1959
• Nat Adderley 6   Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, Mar. 23 & 27, 1959
• Sonny Criss 5   Chicago, Mar., 1959
• Abbey Lincoln   Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, spr. & fall 1959
• Miles Davis 5 with Gil Evans Orch.   TVB by WCBS-TV, The Robert Herridge Theater: The Sound Of Miles Davis, CBS TV's Studio 61, NYC, Apr. 2, 1959
• Cannonball Adderley 4   Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, Apr. 23, 1959
• Cannonball Adderley 4   Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, Apr. 27, 1959
• Cannonball Adderley 4   Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, May 12, 1959
• Philly Joe Jones' Big Band Sounds   Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, May, 1959
• Wynton Kelly 5   Fine Sound, NYC, Aug. 12, 1959
• The Curtis Fuller Jazztet with Benny Golson   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Aug. 25, 1959
• Johnny Griffin 6   Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, Aug., 1959
• Blue Mitchell 6   Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, Sep., 1959
• Jimmy Heath 6   same location, date
• Bill Henderson with Benny Golson's Orch.   Chicago, Oct. 27, 1959
• Wayne Shorter 5   Fine Sound, NYC, Nov. 9, 1959
• Wayne Shorter 5   Fine Sound, NYC, Nov. 10, 1959
• Dizzy Reece 5   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Nov. 14, 1959
• Dizzy Reece 5   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Nov. 19, 1959
• John Coltrane 4   Atlantic Studios, NYC, Nov. 24, 1959
• John Coltrane 4   Atlantic Studios, NYC, Dec. 2, 1959
• Sonny Red 4   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Dec. 5, 1959
• Frank Strozier 5   Fine Sound, NYC, Dec. 9, 1959

1960

• Sonny Red 4   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Jan. 23, 1960
• Frank Strozier 5   Bell Sound Studios, Studio B, NYC, Feb. 3, 1960
• Lee Morgan 5   same location, date
• Hank Mobley 4   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Feb. 7, 1960
• Lee Morgan 5   Bell Sound Studios, Studio B, NYC, Feb. 8, 1960
• Miles Davis 6   Shrine Auditorium, LA, Feb. 27, 1960
• Art Pepper 5   Contemporary Records' studio, LA, Feb. 29, 1960
• Miles Davis 5   L'Olympia, Paris, France, 1st concert, Mar. 21, 1960
• Miles Davis 5   L'Olympia, Paris, France, 2nd concert, Mar. 21, 1960
• Miles Davis 5   Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden, 1st concert, Mar. 22, 1960
• Miles Davis 5   Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden, 2nd concert, Mar. 22, 1960
• Miles Davis 5   Tivolis Koncertsal, Copenhagen, Denmark, Mar. 24, 1960
• Miles Davis 5   Kongresshalle, Frankfurt/Main, W. Germany, Mar. 30, 1960
• John Coltrane 4   Rheinhalle, Dusseldorf, W. Germany, Apr. 4, 1960
• Miles Davis 5   Kongresshaus, Zurich, Switzerland, Apr. 8, 1960
• Miles Davis 5   Kurhaus, Scheveningen, The Hague, Holland, Apr. 9, 1960
• Miles Davis 5   Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Holland, Apr. 9, 1960
• Booker Little 4   NYC, Apr. 15, 1960
• King Curtis 5   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Apr. 21, 1960
• James Clay & David "Fathead" Newman 5   Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, Apr. 26, 1960
• Wynton Kelly 3   Bell Sound Studios, NYC, Apr. 27, 1960
• Paul Chambers 6   Bell Sound Studios, NYC, May 12, 1960
• Bob Brookmeyer 5   NYC, May 16, 1960
• Art Taylor 6   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Aug. 6, 1960
• Nat Adderley and The Big Sax Section   Plaza Sound Studios, NYC, Aug. 9, & Sep. 15, 1960
• Blue Mitchell 4   Plaza Sound Studios, NYC, Aug. 24 & 25, 1960
• King Curtis 5 with Nat Adderley and Wynton Kelly   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Sep. 18, 1960
• Walter Benton 5   Plaza Sound Studios, NYC, Sep. 19 & 21, 1960
• Miles Davis 5   Free Trade Hall, Manchester, England, Sep. 27, 1960
• Nat Wright   NYC, Sep., 1960
• Miles Davis 5   L'Olympia, Paris, France, 1st concert, Oct. 11, 1960
• Miles Davis 5   L'Olympia, Paris, France, 2nd concert, Oct. 11, 1960
• Miles Davis 5   Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden, 1st concert 1st set, Oct. 13, 1960
• Miles Davis 5   Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden, 1st concert 2nd set, Oct. 13, 1960
• Miles Davis 5   Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden, 2nd concert 1st set, Oct. 13, 1960
• Miles Davis 5   Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden, 2nd concert 2nd set, Oct. 13, 1960
• Miles Davis 5   Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Holland, Oct. 15, 1960
• Bunky Green 6   Chicago, Oct. 28, 1960
• Hank Mobley 5   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Nov. 13, 1960
• Grant Green 4   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Nov. 26, 1960
• Paul Gonsalves 5   Bell Sound Studios, NYC, Dec. 20, 1960
• Dave 'Fathead' Newman 4   NYC, Dec. 21, 1960
• Teri Thornton   Plaza Sound Studios, NYC, Dec. 23, 1960, & Jan. 10, 1961

1961 (age 30)

• Sam Jones Plus 10   Plaza Sound Studios, NYC, Jan. 13 & 26, 1961
• Philly Joe Jones - Elvin Jones 7   Atlantic Studios, NYC, Feb. 2, 1961
• Cannonball Adderley Orch.   Plaza Sound Studios, NYC, Feb. 28, & May 9, 15, 1961
• Miles Davis 5   Columbia 30th Street Studio, NYC, Mar. 7, 1961
• Don Sleet 5   Plaza Sound Studios, NYC, Mar. 16, 1961
• Miles Davis 5 with John Coltrane   Columbia 30th Street Studio, NYC, Mar. 20, 1961
• Miles Davis 5 with John Coltrane   Columbia 30th Street Studio, NYC, Mar. 21, 1961
• Hank Mobley 5   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Mar. 26, 1961
• Miles Davis 5   The Blackhawk, SF, Set 1, Apr. 21, 1961
• Miles Davis 5   The Blackhawk, SF, Set 2, Apr. 21, 1961
• Miles Davis 5   The Blackhawk, SF, Set 3, Apr. 21, 1961
• Miles Davis 5   The Blackhawk, SF, Set 1, Apr. 22, 1961
• Miles Davis 5   The Blackhawk, SF, Set 2, Apr. 22, 1961
• Miles Davis 5   The Blackhawk, SF, Set 3, Apr. 22, 1961
• Miles Davis 5   The Blackhawk, SF, Set 4, Apr. 22, 1961
• The Cannonball Adderley 5 Plus   Plaza Sound Studios, NYC, May 11, 1961
• Miles Davis 5 with Gil Evans 21-Piece Orch.   Carnegie Hall, NYC, May 19, 1961
• Miles Davis 5 with Gil Evans 21-Piece Orch.   Carnegie Hall, NYC, First Half Of Concert, May 19, 1961
• Miles Davis 5 with Gil Evans 21-Piece Orch.   Carnegie Hall, NYC, Second Half Of Concert, May 19, 1961
• Nat Adderley 4   Plaza Sound Studios, NYC, July 19, 1961
• Wynton Kelly 3   Bell Sound Studios, Studio A, NYC, July 20, 1961
• Wynton Kelly 3   Bell Sound Studios, Studio A, NYC, July 21, 1961
• Wynton Kelly 3   Bell Sound Studios, Studio A, NYC, prob. July 21, 1961
• Joy Bryan   Contemporary Records, LA, July 26, 28 & 29, 1961
• Helen Humes   Contemporary's studio, LA, July 27, 28 & 29, 1961
• Mark Murphy   Plaza Sound Studios, NYC, Sep. & Oct., 1961
• Hank Mobley 4   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Dec. 5, 1961
• Milt Jackson and Wes Montgomery   Plaza Sound Studios, NYC, Dec. 18 & 19, 1961
• Eddie Jefferson   Plaza Sound Studios, NYC, Dec., 1961, & Jan.-Feb., 1962

1962

• Blue Mitchell and Orch.   Plaza Sound Studios, NYC, Mar. 7, 8 & 28, 1962
• Roland Kirk 4   Nola Penthouse Sound Studios, NYC, Apr. 18, 1962
• Wes Montgomery 5   Tsubo, Berkeley, CA, June 25, 1962
• Sam Jones & Co.   Plaza Sound Studios, NYC, June 25, & Aug. 15, 1962
• Dinah Washington   NYC, July 5, 9, & Nov. 16, 27-29, 1962
• Chuck Mangione 5   Plaza Sound Studios, NYC, July 31, 1962
• Benny Golson 4   NYC, Oct. 30, 1962
• Benny Golson 4   NYC, Oct. 31, 1962
• Benny Golson 4   NYC, Nov. 1, 1962

1963

• Wynton Kelly 4 with Claus Ogerman Orch.   NYC, May 10, 1963
• Wynton Kelly 4 with Claus Ogerman Orch.   NYC, Nov. 14, 1963
• Wynton Kelly 4 with Claus Ogerman Orch.   NYC, Nov. 15, 1963

1964

• Eddie Harris 6   NYC, Jan. 15 & 16, 1964
• Wynton Kelly 5 with Tommy Rey Caribe Steel Band   Webster Hall, NYC, Mar. 10, 1964
• Wynton Kelly 5   Webster Hall, NYC, Mar. 11, 1964
• Wynton Kelly 5   Webster Hall, NYC, Mar. 19, 1964
• Jimmy Heath 5 feat. Kenny Burrell and Wynton Kelly   Plaza Sound Studios, NYC, spr. 1964
• Wynton Kelly, a.o.   NYC, May 27, 1964
• Lorez Alexandria   LA, Sep. 10, 1964
• Lorez Alexandria   LA, 1964

1965

• Wynton Kelly, a.o.   NYC, Jan. 19, 1965
• The Wynton Kelly 3   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Feb. 5, 1965
• Wynton Kelly, a.o.   NYC, May 26, 1965
• Wes Montgomery with Wynton Kelly 3   Half Note, NYC, June 24, 1965
• Wes Montgomery with Wynton Kelly 3   Half Note, NYC, June 25, 1965
• Wynton Kelly 3   same location, date
• Wes Montgomery with Wynton Kelly 3 + Claus Ogerman Orch.   Half Note, NYC, June 25, 1965; overdubs recorded NYC, Oct. 8, 1968
• Wes Montgomery with Wynton Kelly 3   Half Note, NYC, June, 1965
• Johnny Lytle 6   NYC, c. mid 1965
• Wynton Kelly 3   Half Note, NYC, July 2, 1965
• Wes Montgomery with Wynton Kelly 3   Half Note, NYC, Aug. 13, 1965
• Wes Montgomery with Wynton Kelly 3 + Claus Ogerman Orch.   Half Note, NYC, Aug. 13, 1965; overdubs recorded NYC, Oct. 8, 1968
• Wynton Kelly 3   Half Note, NYC, Aug. 17, 1965
• Wes Montgomery with Wynton Kelly 3   Half Note, NYC, Sep. 17, 1965
• Wes Montgomery with Wynton Kelly 3 + Claus Ogerman Orch.   Half Note, NYC, Sep. 17, 1965; overdubs recorded NYC, Oct. 8, 1968
• Wes Montgomery with Wynton Kelly 3   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Sep. 22, 1965
• Wes Montgomery with Wynton Kelly 3   RB, WABC-FM, Half Note, NYC, Sep. 24, 1965
• Wes Montgomery with Wynton Kelly 3   RB, WABC-FM, Half Note, NYC, Nov. 5, 1965
• Wes Montgomery with Wynton Kelly 3   RB, WABC-FM, Half Note, NYC, Nov. 12, 1965
• Wes Montgomery with Wynton Kelly 3   RB, WABC-FM, Half Note, NYC, Nov. 19, 1965
• Wes Montgomery with Wynton Kelly 3   RB, Half Note, NYC, c. 1965

1966

• Johnny Lytle 6   NYC, Jan. 21, 1966
• Johnny Lytle 6   NYC, Jan. 22, 1966
• Wynton Kelly 3 with Wes Montgomery   The Penthouse, Seattle, WA, Apr. 14 & 21, 1966
• Wynton Kelly 3   NYC, Sep., 1966

1967

• Phil Upchurch 5   Plaza Sound Studios, NYC, Sep. 13, 1967
• Wynton Kelly 4   The Left Bank Jazz Society, Famous Ballroom, Baltimore, MD, Nov. 12, 1967

1968

• Joe Henderson with Wynton Kelly 3   The Left Bank Jazz Society, Famous Ballroom, Baltimore, MD, Apr. 21, 1968
• Wynton Kelly 3   P.S. Recording Studios, Chicago, Aug. 4, 1968
• Wynton Kelly 5   The Left Bank Jazz Society, Famous Ballroom, Baltimore, MD, Sep. 22, 1968
• Cecil Payne 5   Town Sound Studios, Englewood, NJ, Dec. 16, 1968
• Donna Drake   LA, 1968

1969

• Clifford Jordan 7/8   Town Sound Studios, Englewood, NJ, spr. 1969
• Illinois Jacquet 5   NYC, Sep. 16, 1969

1970

• Gene Ammons 5   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Feb. 2, 1970
• Leon Thomas - T-Bone Walker - Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson - Joe Turner   Carnegie Hall, NYC, May, 1970
• Dexter Gordon 4   NYC, Aug. 27, 1970

Others

• Miles Davis 5   Kurhaus, Scheveningen, The Hague, Holland, Apr. 9, 1960
• Miles Davis 5   L'Olympia, Paris, France, Oct. 11, 1960
• Miles Davis 5   USA-TV-appearance, early 1961

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