b. John Birks Gillespie, 21st October, 1917, Cheraw, South Carolina, U.S.A.
d. 6th January 1993, Englewood, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Albums:
Development of an American Artist, 1940-1946 (Smithsonian 1940)
Dizzy Gillespie with Charlie Christian (Esoteric 1941)
Complementary Works, Vol. 5 (Masters of 1945)
In the Beginning (Prestige 1945)
Shaw Nuff (Musicraft 1945)
Modern Trumpets (Dial 1946)
Dizziest (Bluebird 1946)
One Bass Hit (Musicraft 1946)
Live at the Spotlite (Hi-Fly 1946)
Live 1946 (Bandstand 1946)
At the Downbeat Club (Summer, 1947) ([live] 1947)
It Happened One Night (Natural 1947)
Live at Carnegie Hall (Artistry 1947)
Jivin' in Be Bop (Moon 1947)
Dizzy Gillespie and Max Roach in Paris [live] (Vogue 1948)
Dizzy Gillespie and His Big Band (GNP Crescendo 1948)
Good Bait (Spotlite 1948)
Dizzy Gillespie Plays, Johnny Richards... (Discovery 1950)
Dee Gee Days: Savoy Sessions (Savoy 1951)
Dizzy Gillespie [Dee Gee] (Dee Gee 1951)
The Champ (Savoy 1951)
School Days (Savoy Jazz 1951)
Dizzy Gillespie, Vol. 2 (Atlantic 1952)
Dizzy Gillespie, Vol. 1 (Atlantic 1952)
Horn of Plenty (Blue Note 1952)
Dizzy Gillespie in Concert [live] (Daybreak 1952)
Dizzy Gillespie in Paris, Vol. 2 [live] (Vogue 1952)
Dizzy Gillespie with Strings (Clef 1952)
Jazz from Paris [live] (Clef 1952)
Dizzy Gillespie/Gerry Mulligan (Europa 1952)
On the Sunny Side of the Street (Moon 1952)
In Paris [live] (Vogue 1952)
Dizzy over Paris (Roost 1953)
Dizzy Gillespie Paris Concert [live] (GNP 1953)
Concert in Paris [live] (Roost 1953)
Dizzy Gillespie in Paris, Vol. 1 [live] (Vogue 1953)
Pleyel Concert 1953 [live] (Vogue 1953)
Hot Vs. Cool (MGM 1953)
The Greatest Jazz Concert Ever [live] (Prestige 1953)
The Dizzy Gillespie/Stan Getz Sextet, Vol. 1 (Norgran 1953)
The Dizzy Gillespie/Stan Getz Sextet, Vol. 2 (Norgran 1953)
Diz and Getz (Verve 1953)
And Stan Getz (PolyGram 1953)
Dizzy in Paris [Contemporary] (Contemporary 1953)
Afro (Norgran 1954)
Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra (Norgran 1954)
Jazz Recital (Verve 1954)
And His Latin Rhythm: Afro (Verve 1954)
'Round Midnight (Verve 1954)
Dizzy and Strings (Norgran 1954)
Diz Big Band (Norgran 1954)
Dizzy Gillespie with Roy Eldridge (Verve 1954)
The Trumpet Kings (Verve 1954)
Trumpet Battle (Verve 1954)
Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra (Allegro 1954)
Dizzy Gillespie and His Original Big Band (GNP 1954)
One Night in Washington (Elektra 1955)
The Dizzy Gillespie Big Band [Verve] (Verve 1955)
Tour De Force (Verve 1955)
The Modern Jazz Sextet (Verve 1956)
Dizzy in Greece [live] (Verve 1956)
World Statesman (Norgran 1956)
On Tour with Dizzy Gillespie and His Big Band (Artistry 1956)
For Musicians Only (Verve 1956)
Dizzy Gillespie Plays (Allegro 1956)
Dizzy Gillespie and His Big Band at Birdland [live] (Sandy Hook 1956)
Birk's Works (Verve 1957)
Dizzy Gillespie and Stuff Smith (Verve 1957)
'Live' 1957 (Jazz Unlimited 1957)
The Live in Chester (Jazz Hour 1957)
Sittin' In (Verve 1957)
Dizzy Gillespie and Count Basie at Newport [live] (Verve 1957)
At Newport [Verve] [live] (Verve 1957)
Dizzy Gillespie Duets (Verve 1957)
Sonny Rollins / Sonny Stitt Sessions (Verve 1957)
Duets: Sonny Rollins and Sonny Stitt (Verve 1957)
The Greatest Trumpet of Them All (Verve 1957)
Sonny Side Up (Verve 1957)
Dizzy at Home and Abroad (Atlantic 1957)
The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie (Verve 1959)
Have Trumpet, Will Excite! (Verve 1959)
Diz and Bird (Royal Roost 1959)
Copenhagen Concert [live] (Steeple Chase 1959)
An Electrifying Evening with the Dizzy... (Verve 1961)
Carnegie Hall Concert [live] (Verve 1961)
Perceptions (Verve 1961)
A Musical Safari (Booman 1961)
Gillespiana (Verve 1961)
Dizzy Gillespie Quintet in Europe [live] (Unique 1961)
New Wave (Philips 1962)
Jazz on the French Riviera [live] (Philips 1962)
Dizzy on the French Riviera (Philips 1962)
The New Continent (Limelight 1962)
Composer's Concepts (EmArcy 1962)
Something Old, Something New (Philips 1963)
Dizzy Gillespie and the Double Six of Paris [live] (Verve 1963)
Dizzy Gillespie Goes Hollywood (Philips 1963)
The At Newport [Tristar] [live] (Tristar 1963)
Dateline Europe (Reprise 1963)
The Cool World (Philips 1964)
Jambo Caribe (Verve 1964)
With Gil Fuller and the Monterey Jazz... (Blue Note 1965)
And His Quintet (RTE 1965)
Soul Mates (VSP 1966)
Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac (GRP / Impulse! 1967)
Live at the Village Vanguard (Blue Note 1967)
Jazz for a Sunday Afternoon (Solid State 1967)
Reunion Big Band (MPS 1968)
My Way (Solid State 1969)
Soul and Salvation (Tribute 1969)
Sweet Soul [live] (Gateway 1969)
The Beginning: Diz and Bird (Roost 1969)
Enduring Magic (Black Hawk 1970)
Giants (Perception 1971)
The Real Thing (Perception 1971)
The Giants of Jazz and Dizzy Gillespie Live (Jazz Door 1971)
Dizzy Gillespie and the Dwike... (Mainstream 1971)
Blues People (Koch 1971)
Giants of Jazz (Atlantic 1972)
The Giant (Accord 1973)
Dizzy's Big 4 [Gold] (Analogue 1974)
Trumpet Kings Meet Joe Turner (Pablo 1974)
Dizzy's Big 4 (Pablo / OJC 1974)
Afro-Cuban Jazz Moods (Original Jazz 1975)
The Dizzy Gillespie Big Seven (Pablo 1975)
At the Montreux Jazz Festival 1975 [live] (Original Jazz 1975)
The Trumpet Kings at Montreux '75 [live] (Pablo 1975)
Bahiana (Pablo 1975)
Dizzy's Party (Original Jazz 1976)
Free Ride (Original Jazz 1977)
Gifted Ones (Pablo 1977)
Montreux '77 [live] (Pablo 1977)
Diz (RCA 1978)
Manteca (Pickwick 1979)
Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival (Ala 1979)
Trumpet Summit Meets Oscar Peterson Big Four (Original Jazz 1980)
At Montreux [live] (Pablo 1980)
Digital at Montreux, 1980 [live] (Pablo 1980)
Summertime (Digital at Montreux, 1980) [live] (Pablo 1980)
Summertime Montreux 1980 [live] (Pablo 1980)
Endlessly (MCA 1981)
Jazzbohne Berlin 1981 [live] (Repertoire 1981)
Musician, Composer, Raconteur: Plays & Raps... [live] (Pablo 1981)
To a Finland Station (Fantasy / OJC 1982)
Closer to the Source (Atlantic 1984)
New Faces (GRP 1984)
Dizzy Gillespie Meets the Phil Woods Quintet (Timeless 1986)
Max + Dizzy, Paris 1989 [live] (A&M 1989)
Live at Royal Festival Hall (Enja 1989)
Symphony Sessions (August 25, 1989) (Pro Arte 1989)
Winter in Lisbon (Milan 1990)
On the French Riviera (Polygram 1990)
Rhythmstick (CTI 1991)
Bebop and Beyond Plays Dizzy Gillespie (Blue Moon 1991)
Dizzy Gillespie & Mitchell Ruff (Mainstream 1991)
To Bird With Love: Live at the Blue Note (Telarc 1992)
Dizzy Gillespie with Gil Fulle (Capitol 1992)
To Diz with Love: Diamond Jubilee Recordings (Telarc 1992)
Hot Licks: Live Sweet Soul Sound 1993)
Ruff Duo (Sony 1993)
Live: Village Vanguard (Capitol 1993)
Big Bands (LRC 1994)
Lady Be Good (Four Star 1994)
Strangers in Paradise (ITM 1994)
Con Alma (Jazz World 1994)
All the Things You Are (Drive 1994)
Groovin' with Diz (Black Label 1995)
No More Blues (Moon 1995)
Hot House (Prime Cuts 1995)
Swing Love (Babacan 1995)
Diz Meets Stitt (Moon 1995)
Groovin' High ([Eclipse] Eclipse Music 1996)
Night in Tunisia ([Delta] [live] Delta 1996)
Things to Come (Delta 1996)
Live at the Latino Jazz Festival '85 (Babacan 1996)
Night and Day (Collector's 1996)
Be Bop (Delta 1997)
Dizzy for President (Knitting 1997)
Dizzy Atmosphere ([Drive Archive] Drive Archive 1997)
Groovin' High ([Indigo] Indigo 1997)
Pleyel Jazz Concert 1948 [live] (BMG 1997)
Pleyel Jazz Concert 1953 [live] (BMG 1997)
Triple Play (Telarc 1998)
Paris Jazz Concert 1960 [live] (Malaco 1998)
Dizzy in South America: Official U.S. State... (Cap 1999)
Night in Tunisia [Early Bird] [live] (Early Bird 1999)
The Rhythm Man (Magnum 2000)
Live: Chester, Pennsylvania, June 14, 1957 (Storyville 2000)
Live at the Royal Festival Hall (BBC 2000)
In Concert...Carnegie Hall [live] (Collectables 2000)
Anthology (Golden Lane 2000)
