This is a list of works by American jazz musician
Dizzy Gillespie
John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie ( ; October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator and singer. He was a trumpet virtuoso and improvisation, improviser, building on the virtuosic style of Roy El ...
.
Discography
As leader
*1937–1949: ''
The Complete RCA Victor Recordings'' compilation album (
RCA Victor
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)
*1945–1947: ''
Groovin' High'' compilation album (
Savoy
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)
*1948: ''Gene Norman Presents Dizzy Gillespie in Concert'' (
GNP Crescendo 23)
*1950: ''
Bird and Diz'' (
Clef) – with
Charlie Parker
Charles Parker Jr. (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955), nicknamed "Bird" or "Yardbird", was an American jazz Saxophone, saxophonist, bandleader, and composer. Parker was a highly influential soloist and leading figure in the development of beb ...
*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
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)
*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
Earl Rudolph "Bud" Powell (September 27, 1924 – July 31, 1966) was an American jazz pianist and composer. A pioneer in the development of bebop and its associated contributions to jazz theory,Grove Powell's application of complex phrasing to ...
,
Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus Jr. (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979) was an American jazz Double bass, upright bassist, composer, bandleader, pianist, and author. A major proponent of collective Musical improvisation, improvisation, he is considered one of ...
and
Max Roach
Maxwell Lemuel Roach (January 10, 1924 – August 16, 2007) was an American jazz drummer and composer. A pioneer of bebop, he worked in many other styles of music, and is generally considered one of the most important drummers in history. He wo ...
*1953: ''
Diz and Getz'' (
Norgran) – with
Stan Getz
Stan Getz (born Stanley Gayetski; February 2, 1927 – June 6, 1991) was an American jazz saxophonist. Playing primarily the tenor saxophone, Getz was known as "The Sound" because of his warm, lyrical tone, with his prime influence being the wis ...
*1954: ''
Afro
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'' (Norgran)
*1954: ''
Dizzy and Strings'' (Norgran)
*1954: ''
Roy and Diz'' (Clef) – with
Roy Eldridge
David Roy Eldridge (January 30, 1911 – February 26, 1989), nicknamed "Little Jazz", was an American jazz trumpeter. His sophisticated use of harmony, including the use of tritone substitutions, his virtuosic solos exhibiting a departure from ...
*1954–1964: ''The Verve/Philips Dizzy Gillespie Small Group Sessions'' (
Mosaic Records
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The sets recordings are leased from the major record companies, usually for a three- or f ...
)
*1954–55: ''
Jazz Recital'' (Norgran) – also released as ''Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra''
*1955: ''
One Night in Washington'' (
Elektra Musician 983
*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
Sonny Stitt (born Edward Hammond Boatner Jr.; February 2, 1924 – July 22, 1982) was an American jazz saxophonist of the bebop/hard bop idiom. Known for his warm tone, he was one of the best-documented saxophonists of his era, recording over ...
*1957: ''
Birks' Works
''Birks' Works'' is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie recorded in 1957 and released on the Verve label. '' – Big Band (Verve)
*1957: ''
Dizzy Gillespie and Stuff Smith'' (Verve)
*1957: ''
Sittin' In'' (Verve) – with Stan Getz and
Coleman Hawkins
Coleman Randolph Hawkins (November 21, 1904 – May 19, 1969), nicknamed "Hawk" and sometimes "Bean", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.Yanow, Scot"Coleman Hawkins: Artist Biography" AllMusic. Retrieved December 27, 2013. One of the first ...
*1957: ''
Dizzy Gillespie at Newport'' – Big Band (Verve)
*1957: ''
Duets'' (Verve) – with
Sonny Rollins
Walter Theodore "Sonny" Rollins (born September 7, 1930) is an American retired jazz tenor saxophonist who is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians.
In a seven-decade career, Rollins recorded over sixt ...
and Sonny Stitt
*1957: ''
The Greatest Trumpet of Them All'' (Verve) – with
Benny Golson
Benny Golson (January 25, 1929 – September 21, 2024) was an American bebop and hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger. He came to prominence with the big bands of Lionel Hampton and Dizzy Gillespie, more as a writer than a p ...
*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
Douglas Clare Fischer (October 22, 1928 – January 26, 2012) was an American keyboardist, composer, arranger, and bandleader. After graduating from Michigan State University (from which, five decades later, he would receive an honorary doctorat ...
*1960: ''
Gillespiana'' (Verve) – composed and arranged by
Lalo Schifrin
Boris Claudio "Lalo" Schifrin (born June 21, 1932) is an Argentine-American pianist, composer, arranger, and conductor. He is best known for his large body of film and TV scores since the 1950s, incorporating jazz and Music of Latin America, Lati ...
*1961: ''
An Electrifying Evening with the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet'' (Verve)
*1961: ''
Carnegie Hall Concert'' (Verve)
*1961: ''
Perceptions
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'' (Verve) – composed and arranged by
J.J. Johnson, conducted by
Gunther Schuller
Gunther Alexander Schuller (November 22, 1925June 21, 2015) was an American composer, conductor, horn player, author, historian, educator, publisher, and jazz musician.
Biography and works
Early years
Schuller was born in Queens, New York City ...
*1962: ''
Dizzy on the French Riviera'' (
Philips
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) – with
Elek Bacsik
*1962: ''
The New Continent'' (
Limelight
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) – 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
Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was an American record producer, composer, arranger, conductor, trumpeter, and bandleader. Over the course of his seven-decade career, he received List of awards and nominations re ...
*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
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'' (Solid State)
*1970: ''
The Real Thing'' (
Perception
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) – with
James Moody
*1970: ''
Portrait of Jenny'' (Perception)
*1971: ''
Giants
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Giant(s) or The Giant(s) may also refer to:
Mythology and religion
*Giants (Greek mythology)
* Jötunn, a Germanic term often translated as 'g ...
'' (Perception) – with
Bobby Hackett and
Mary Lou Williams
Mary Lou Williams (born Mary Elfrieda Scruggs; May 8, 1910 – May 28, 1981) was an American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer. She wrote hundreds of compositions and arrangements and recorded more than one hundred records (in 78, 45, and ...
*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
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Blakey made a name for himself in the 1 ...
,
Al McKibbon,
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Sphere Monk ( October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982) was an American Jazz piano, jazz pianist and composer. He had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the Jazz standard, standard jazz repertoire, includ ...
, Sonny Stitt and
Kai Winding
*1973: ''
The Giant'' (
America
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)
*1973: ''
The Source'' (America)
*1974: ''
Dizzy Gillespie's Big 4'' (
Pablo)
*1974: ''
The Trumpet Kings Meet Joe Turner'' (Pablo) – with
Joe Turner,
Roy Eldridge
David Roy Eldridge (January 30, 1911 – February 26, 1989), nicknamed "Little Jazz", was an American jazz trumpeter. His sophisticated use of harmony, including the use of tritone substitutions, his virtuosic solos exhibiting a departure from ...
,
Harry "Sweets" Edison and
Clark Terry
*1974: ''
Oscar Peterson and Dizzy Gillespie'' (Pablo) – with
Oscar Peterson
Oscar Emmanuel Peterson (August 15, 1925 – December 23, 2007) was a Canadian jazz pianist and composer. As a virtuoso who is considered to be one of the greatest Jazz piano, jazz pianists of all time, Peterson released more than 200 recordin ...
*1974: ''
Oscar Peterson and The Trumpet Kings - Jousts'' (Pablo) – with Oscar Peterson
*1975: ''
The Bop Session'' (
Sonet) – with Sonny Stitt,
John Lewis
John Robert Lewis (February 21, 1940 – July 17, 2020) was an American civil rights activist and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives for from 1987 until his death in 2020. He participated in the 1960 Nashville ...
,
Hank Jones
Henry Jones Jr. (July 31, 1918 – May 16, 2010) was an American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger, and composer. Critics and musicians have described Jones as eloquent, lyrical, and impeccable. In 1989, The National Endowment for the Arts h ...
,
Percy Heath
Percy Heath (April 30, 1923 – April 28, 2005) was an American jazz bassist, brother of saxophonist Jimmy Heath and drummer Albert Heath, with whom he formed the Heath Brothers in 1975. Heath played with the Modern Jazz Quartet througho ...
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
Frank Grillo (born Francisco Raúl Gutiérrez Grillo; December 3, 1909 – April 15, 1984) known professionally as Machito (previously as Macho), was a Latin jazz musician who helped refine Afro-Cuban jazz and create both Cubop and salsa music ...
*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
Bennett Lester Carter (August 8, 1907 – July 12, 2003) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader. With Johnny Hodges, he was a pioneer on the alto saxophone. From the beginning of his career ...
*1976: ''
Dizzy's Party'' (Pablo)
*1977: ''
Free Ride'' (Pablo) – composed and arranged by Lalo Schifrin
*1977: ''
The Gifted Ones'' (Pablo) – with
Count Basie
William James "Count" Basie (; August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. In 1935, he formed the Count Basie Orchestra, and in 1936 took them to Chicago for a long engagement and the ...
*1977: ''
Dizzy Gillespie Jam'' (Pablo) – with
Jon Faddis
*1980: ''
The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4'' (Pablo) – with
Freddie Hubbard
Frederick Dewayne Hubbard (April 7, 1938 – December 29, 2008) was an American jazz trumpeter. He played bebop, hard bop, and post-bop styles from the early 1960s onwards. His unmistakable and influential tone contributed to new perspectives fo ...
, 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
John Lenwood McLean (May 17, 1931 – March 31, 2006) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, composer, bandleader, and educator. He is one of the few musicians to be elected to the ''DownBeat'' Hall of Fame in the year of their death.
Bio ...
, 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
Ronald Edward Holloway (born August 24, 1953) is an American tenor saxophonist. He is listed in the ''Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz'' where veteran jazz critic Ira Gitler described Holloway as a "Hard bear-down-hard-bopper who can blow auth ...
, 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
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)
*1992: ''
To Bird with Love'' (Telarc)
*1992: ''
To Diz with Love'' (Telarc)
As sideman
With
Benny Carter
Bennett Lester Carter (August 8, 1907 – July 12, 2003) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader. With Johnny Hodges, he was a pioneer on the alto saxophone. From the beginning of his career ...
* ''
New Jazz Sounds'' (Norgran, 1954)
* ''
In the Mood for Swing'' (MusicMasters, 1988)
With
Arnett Cobb
Arnett Cleophus Cobb (August 10, 1918 – March 24, 1989)
accessed July 2010. was an American tenor saxophonist, somet ...
* ''
Show Time'' (Fantasy, 1987)
With
Chaka Khan
Yvette Marie Stevens (born March 23, 1953), better known by her stage name Chaka Khan ( ), is an American singer. Known as the " Queen of Funk", her career has spanned more than five decades beginning in the early 1970s as the lead vocalist of ...
* ''
What Cha' Gonna Do for Me'' (Warner Bros., 1981)
With CTI All Stars
* ''
Rhythmstick'' (
CTI, 1990)
With
Duke Ellington
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Born and raised in Washington, D ...
* ''
Jazz Party'' (
Columbia, 1959)
With
Coleman Hawkins
Coleman Randolph Hawkins (November 21, 1904 – May 19, 1969), nicknamed "Hawk" and sometimes "Bean", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.Yanow, Scot"Coleman Hawkins: Artist Biography" AllMusic. Retrieved December 27, 2013. One of the first ...
* ''
Rainbow Mist'' (Delmark, 1944
992 compilation of Apollo recordings
With
Quincy Jones
Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was an American record producer, composer, arranger, conductor, trumpeter, and bandleader. Over the course of his seven-decade career, he received List of awards and nominations re ...
* ''
Back on the Block'' (
Warner Bros.
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, 1989)
With
Aretha Franklin
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* ''
Who's Zoomin' Who?'' (Arista, 1985)
With
Gene Krupa
Eugene Bertram Krupa (January 15, 1909 – October 16, 1973) was an American jazz drummer, bandleader, and composer. Krupa is widely regarded as one of the most influential drummers in the history of popular music. His drum solo on Benny Goodman ...
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
Charles Frank Mangione ( ; born November 29, 1940) is an American flugelhorn player, trumpeter and composer.
He came to prominence as a member of Art Blakey's band in the 1960s, and later co-led the Jazz Brothers with his brother, Gap Mangione, ...
* Tarantella (A&M Records, 1981)
With
Carmen McRae
* ''
November Girl'' (Black Lion, 1970
975 with the
Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band
* ''
At the Great American Music Hall'' (
Blue Note, 1976)
With
Charles Mingus
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* ''
Charles Mingus and Friends in Concert'' (Columbia, 1972)
With Katie Bell Nubin
* ''Soul, Soul Searching'' (Verve, 1960)
With
Oscar Peterson
Oscar Emmanuel Peterson (August 15, 1925 – December 23, 2007) was a Canadian jazz pianist and composer. As a virtuoso who is considered to be one of the greatest Jazz piano, jazz pianists of all time, Peterson released more than 200 recordin ...
* ''
Oscar Peterson Jam - Montreux '77'' (Pablo)
With
Mongo Santamaria
* ''Montreux Heat!'' (Pablo, 1980)
* ''Summertime'' (Pablo, 1980)
With
Woody Shaw
Woody Herman Shaw Jr. (December 24, 1944 – May 10, 1989) was an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, cornetist, composer, arranger, band leader, and educator. Shaw is widely known as one of the 20th century's most important and influentia ...
* ''Woody Shaw and Friends at Monterey Jazz Festival 1979'' (
Concord Jazz
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, 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
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* Epic film, a genre of film defined by the spectacular presentation of human drama on a grandiose scale
Epic(s) ...
, 1990)
Compositions
*"
Anthropology
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" (AKA "Thriving from a Riff")
*"Be-Bop"
*"
Birks' Works
''Birks' Works'' is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie recorded in 1957 and released on the Verve label. "
*"
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
* 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)
* 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
Melvin Howard Tormé (September 13, 1925 – June 5, 1999), nicknamed "the Velvet Fog", was an American musician, singer, composer, arrangement, arranger, drummer, actor, and author. He composed the music for "The Christmas Song" ("Chestnuts Roa ...
)'' (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
* ''
To Be or Not to Bop''. New York:
Doubleday, 1979.
* ''
To Be or Not to Bop''. Minneapolis
University of Minnesota Press 2009.
References
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