Artist
Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy Gillespie is a jazz artist from Cheraw, South Carolina, USA formed in 1917. 107 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Jazz · Cheraw, South Carolina, USA · Best jazz albums
- 107
- Releases
- 1954–2026
- Active years
- 1917
- Formed
Discography
106
Most popular
Afro
1954 · 7 tracks
For Musicians Only
1989
Diz and Getz
1955
Dizzy on the French Riviera
1962
Afro-Cuban Jazz Moods
2003
Jambo Caribe
1998
Bahiana
1976
Have Trumpet, Will Excite!
1959
The Champ
1956
New Faces
1984
World Statesman
1956
Be Bop Dizzy's Fingers
2026
The New Continent
2025
The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie
2024
Tour De Force
2024
The Melody Lingers On
2024
Dizzy And Strings
2024
Carter, Gillespie, Inc. (Remastered 1992)
2024
Dizzy In Greece
2024
And His Operatic Strings Orchestra
2023
To Diz With Love (Live At The Blue Note, New York City, NY / January 29 To February 1, 1992)
2022
Triple Play: Dizzy Gillespie (Live At The Blue Note, New York City, NY / January 29 To February 1, 1992)
2022
Timeless: Dizzy Gillespie
2020
Odyssey: 1945-1952
2020
Work From Home with Dizzy Gillespie
2020
Ken Burns Jazz: The Definitive Dizzy Gillespie
2020
Duets
2018
Roy And Diz (Expanded Edition)
2018
Gettin' Dizzy: The High-Flying Dizzy Gillespie
2018
Talkin' Verve
2018
The Dizzy Gillespie Big Band - Carnegie Hall Concert (Live At Carnegie Hall / 1961)
2018
Dizzy's Diamonds - Best Of The Verve Years
2018
Compact Jazz: Dizzy Gillespie Big Band
2018
Dizzy 100
2017
Dizzy Gillespie And Stuff Smith
2017
The Essential Dizzy Gillespie (Remastered)
2017
Festival Internacional de Jazz 1985, Cuba (Remasterizado)
2016
New Wave!
2016
The Fabulous Dizzy Gillespie Pleyel Jazz Concert 1948 (Jazz Connoisseur - Live)
2014
Verve Jazz Masters 25: Stan Getz & Dizzy Gillespie
2014
Dizzy Gillespie & The Double Six Of Paris
2013
The Best Of Odyssey: 1945-1952
2013
Dizzy's Big 4 (Original Jazz Classics Remasters)
2013
Perceptions
2013
The Verve & Philips Small Group Sessions
2012
Gillespiana
2011
RTL - Dizzy Gillespie
2011
School Days
2010
Groovin' High
2010
The Dizzy Gillespie Story
2010
Things To Come
2009
To Bird With Love (Live At The Blue Note, New York City, NY / January 23-25, 1992)
2009
Swingin' Low
2009
Bird Songs: The Final Recordings (Live At The Blue Note, New York City, NY / January 23-25, 1992)
2009
Closer To The Source
2008
The Cool World
2008
Dizzy Goes Hollywood
2008
Dizzy Gillespie & James Moody With Gil Fuller & The Monterey Jazz Festival Orchestra
2008
Something Old, Something New
2007
Cognac Blues
2007
Supreme Jazz
2006
After Hours
2006
To A Finland Station
2006
The Gifted Ones
2006
Summertime
2006
The Best Of Dizzy Gillespie
2006
Free Ride
2006
The Trumpet Kings Meet Joe Turner
2006
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The Quintet: Jazz At Massey Hall [Original Jazz Classics Remasters]
2006
Night In Tunisia: The Very Best Of Dizzy Gillespie
2006
Musician. Composer. Raconteur
2006
Diz Big Band
2005
Sittin' In
2005
The Great Blue Star Sessions 1952-1953
2003
Bebop Professor
2002
Bebop Professor (Bluebird's Best Series)
2002
The Giant
2001
Jazz Studies: The Best of the Perception Years
2001
Jazz in Paris: The Giant
2000
An Electrifying Evening With The Dizzy Gillespie Quintet
1999
Swings
1999
Ultimate Dizzy Gillespie
1998
Planet Jazz - Jazz Budget Series
1997
Dizzier & Dizzier
1996
Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac
1996
Greatest Hits
1996
Pleyel Jazz Concert 1953
1996
The Complete RCA Victor Recordings
1995
Birks Works: The Verve Big-Band Sessions
1995
Con Alma
1994
Lady Be Good
1994
Dizzy Gillespie Big Band: 1962
1994
At Newport (Live at Newport Jazz Festival, 1957 / Expanded Edition)
1992
Verve Jazz Masters 10: Dizzy Gillespie
1992
Dizzy Gillespie At Newport
1992
A Jazz Hour With Dizzy Gillepie
1992
The Trumpet Kings At Montreux 1975
1990
Show Time
1988
Digital At Montreux 1980
1981
Dizzy's Party
1977
The Bop Session
1975
Dizzy's Big 4
1975
The Real Thing
1970
Cornucopia
1970
The Greatest of Dizzy Gillespie
1961
Sonny Side Up
1958
Popular tracks
Trending this week
- Manteca (Live At Carnegie Hall / 1961)The Dizzy Gillespie Big Band - Carnegie Hall Concert (Live At Carnegie Hall / 1961)
- Things To ComeThe Best Of Odyssey: 1945-1952
- The Diamond Jubilee Blues (Live At The Blue Note, New York City, NY / January 24, 1992)Bird Songs: The Final Recordings (Live At The Blue Note, New York City, NY / January 23-25, 1992)
Most viewed
- Manteca (Live At Carnegie Hall / 1961)The Dizzy Gillespie Big Band - Carnegie Hall Concert (Live At Carnegie Hall / 1961)
- The Diamond Jubilee Blues (Live At The Blue Note, New York City, NY / January 24, 1992)Bird Songs: The Final Recordings (Live At The Blue Note, New York City, NY / January 23-25, 1992)
- Things To ComeThe Best Of Odyssey: 1945-1952
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About
John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer and occasional singer. Gillespie was a trumpet virtuoso and improviser, building on the virtuoso style of Roy Eldridge but adding layers of harmonic complexity previously unknown in jazz. His beret and horn-rimmed spectacles, his scat singing, his bent horn, pouched cheeks and his light-hearted personality were essential in popularizing bebop. In the 1940s Gillespie, together with Charlie Parker, became a major figure in the development of bebop and modern jazz. He taught and influenced many other musicians, including trumpeters Miles Davis, Fats Navarro, Clifford Brown, Arturo Sandoval, Lee Morgan, Jon Faddis and Chuck Mangione.
Dizzy Gillespie in brief
- How many Dizzy Gillespie releases are on Riffiter?
- 107 releases are catalogued, spanning 1954 to 2026.
- When was Dizzy Gillespie formed?
- Dizzy Gillespie formed in 1917, in Cheraw, South Carolina, USA.
- What genre is Dizzy Gillespie?
- Dizzy Gillespie is catalogued under Jazz.
- What is the most recent Dizzy Gillespie release on Riffiter?
- Be Bop Dizzy's Fingers, released in 2026.