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Collector's Checklists
DIZZY GILLESPIE CDs
by Music Librarian Christopher Popa

Dizzy Gillespie
Bb 66528-2, Dizzy Gillespie: The Complete RCA Victor Recordings 2-CDs •
Canby CACD-1004 – see under “Boyd Raeburn”
Castle Music CMDDD086, DG: Matrix: The Perception Sessions, 2000 2-CDs •
Classics (Fr) 888, The Chronogical Dizzy Gillespie 1945, 1996 •
Classics (Fr) 935, The Chronogical Dizzy Gillespie 1945 - 1946, 1997 •
Classics (Fr) 986, The Chronogical Dizzy Gillespie 1946 - 1947, 1998 •
Classics (Fr) 1102, The Chronogical Dizzy Gillespie 1947-1949, 2000 •
Classics (Fr) 1168, The Chronogical Dizzy Gillespie 1949-1950, 2001 •
Classics (Fr) 1286, The Chronogical Dizzy Gillespie 1951-1952, 2003 •
Classics (Fr) 1321, The Chronogical Dizzy Gillespie 1952, 2003 •
Classics (Fr) 1347, The Chronogical Dizzy Gillespie 1952-1953, 2004 •
Classics (Fr) 1380, The Chronological Dizzy Gillespie 1953, 2005 •
Classics (Fr) 1424, The Chronological Dizzy Gillespie 1953-1954, 2006 •
Collectables COL-CD-6280, D Newman: The Weapon / dizzy: at home and abroad •
Col CK 40712 – see under “Duke Ellington”
Col / Legacy C5K 61432 – see under “Various Artists”
Conc J CCD-4170 – see under “Woody Herman”
Delmark Apollo Ser DD-459 – see under “Coleman Hawkins”
Enja R2 79658, DG And The United Nation Orchestra: Live At The R Festival Hall •
Impulse MCAD 42153, Dizzy Gillespie: Endlessly, 1988 •
J Alliance TJA-12005, Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz With Guest D Gillespie •
J Alliance TJA-12042-2, Dizzy Gillespie: Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz
J Club / MPS 06025 112677, Live In Berlin: Dizzy Gillespie, 2006 [ ’69 reunion ] •
J Unlimited (Den) JUCD 2040, DG And His Orchestra: “Live” . . . 1957, 1994 •
Milan M2-36093, Dizzy Gillespie: the winter in Lisbon, 1990 •
MJF Records MJFR-30337, DG: Live At The 1965 Monterey Jazz Festival, 2007 •
Mosaic MD7-234, The Verve/Philips DG Small Group Sessions •
Pablo OJCCD-445-2 – see under “Various Artists”
Pablo OJCCD-603-2 – see under “Various Artists”
Pablo OJCCD-631-2 (2310-786) – see under “Count Basie”
Pablo OJCCD-682-2 – see under “Benny Carter”
Pablo OJCCD-733-2 (2310-889), DG And A Sandoval: To a Finland Station, 1992 •
Pablo OJCCD-784-2 (2310-794), Free Ride: Comp and Arr by Lalo Schifrin, 1993 •
Pablo OJCCD-807-2 – see under “Various Artists”
Pablo OJCCD-886-2 – see under “Count Basie”
Pablo 2PACD-2620-116-2, DG: Musician – Composer – Raconteur . . . 2-CDs •
Pablo (J) 3112-3, « Summertime » : Mongo Santamaria with DG : Digital At . . . •
ProJazz CDJ 698, Dizzy Gillespie: the Symphony Sessions: August 25, 1989 •
RST Records (Austria) JUBCD 1011-2 – see under “Various Artists”
Smithsonian RD 030 – see under “Various Artists”
Smithsonian RD 108 – see under “Various Artists”
Sony Music Spec Prod AGK 39521 – see under “Various Artists”
Stash STB-2514 – see under “Red Norvo”
Telarc CD-83307, To Diz With Love: DG: The Diamond Jubilee Recordings •
Telarc CD-83316, DG: To Bird With Love . . . Live At The Blue Note, 1992 •
Telarc CD-83421, Dizzy Gillespie: Bird Songs: The Final Recordings, 1997 •
United Archives (Neth) NUA06, Complete Big Band Studio Sessions 1946-1960 7-CDs
Uptown 27.51, DG / Charlie Parker: Town Hall, NYC, June 22, 1945, 2005 •
Uptown 27.53 / 27.54, DG Big Band: Showtime At The Apollo, 2008 2-CDs •
Verve 314 527 900-2, DG: Birks Works: The Verve Big-Band Sessions, 1995 2-CDs •
Verve 314 549 749-2, DG And Stan Getz: Diz And Getz, 2001 •
Verve 314 557 544-2, An Electrifying Evening With The DG Quintet, 1999 •
Verve B0012179-02, Dizzy Goes Hollywood, 2008 [ = Philips PHS 600-123 ] •
Verve B0012556-02, Dizzy On The French Riviera, 2009 [ = Philips PHS 600-048 ] •

Dizzy Gillespie Alumni All-Star Big Band directed by Jon Faddis
Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild MCGJ1009, Things to Come, 2002 •

Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band directed by Slide Hampton
Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild MCGJ1023, Dizzy’s Business, 2006 •

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