The people around them
Who works with them most. Tap a person to see everything they made.
Who makes their records
People credited as writer, producer, engineer or mixer on their songs.
Produced by
25 songs
Written by
5 songs
Written by
5 songs
Written by
5 songs
Written by
5 songs
Written by
5 songs
Written by
5 songs
Written by
5 songs
Engineered by
4 songs
Written by
3 songs
Written by
3 songs
Produced by
2 songs
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Norman Granz produced 4 of Dizzy Gillespie’s top 10 songs
Norman Granz is Dizzy Gillespie’s most frequent collaborator, credited on 25 songs
Dizzy Gillespie recorded most at Coastal Recording (9 songs)
Dizzy Gillespie wrote or co-wrote 23 of 66 songs on fono (35%)
Credited songs by Dizzy Gillespie span 50 years, 1952 to 2002 (66 songs)
Top songs
From Bird and Diz
From World Statesman
- 7
1956
- 8
1956
- 7
From Dizzy in Greece
- 9
1957
- 10
1957
- 9
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Where the songs were made
- Coastal Recording9 songs
- WOR Studios8 songs
- Group IV Studios4 songs
- Nola Studios3 songs
- L’Olympia1 song
- Massey Hall1 song
- Minton’s Playhouse1 song
- Radio Recorders Studios1 song
- Studio Hoche1 song
- Théâtre des Champs-Élysées1 song
Releases
Member of
- Boyd Raeburn & His Orchestra
- Cab Calloway and His Orchestra
- Charlie Parker’s Ree BoppersCP
- Dizzy Gillespie and His All Stars
- Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra
- Dizzy Gillespie Big Band
- Dizzy Gillespie Jam
- Dizzy Gillespie JazzmenDG
- Dizzy Gillespie-Phil Woods All StarsDG
- Dizzy Gillespie QuartetDG
- Dizzy Gillespie Quintet
- Dizzy Gillespie’s All‐Star QuintetDG
- Dizzy Gillespie's Cool Jazz Stars
- Dizzy Gillespie Sextet
- Dizzy Gillespie’s Rebop SixDG
- Dizzy Gillespie – Stan Getz Sextet
- Red Norvo All-StarsRN
- Red Norvo & His Selected SextetRN
- The Dizzy Gillespie 6TD
- The Dizzy Gillespie United Nation All Star OrchestraTD
- The Giants of Jazz
- The Trumpets of Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie and Harry EdisonTT
Elsewhere
Sources (26)
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1MusicBrainz Dizzy Gillespie is a member of Boyd Raeburn & His Orchestra
Dizzy Gillespie is a member of Boyd Raeburn & His Orchestra
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Dizzy Gillespie is a member of Cab Calloway and His Orchestra
Dizzy Gillespie is a member of Cab Calloway and His Orchestra
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Dizzy Gillespie is a member of Charlie Parker’s Ree Boppers
Dizzy Gillespie is a member of Charlie Parker’s Ree Boppers
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Dizzy Gillespie is a member of Dizzy Gillespie Big Band
Dizzy Gillespie is a member of Dizzy Gillespie Big Band
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Dizzy Gillespie is a member of Dizzy Gillespie Jam
Dizzy Gillespie is a member of Dizzy Gillespie Jam
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Dizzy Gillespie is a member of Dizzy Gillespie Jazzmen
Dizzy Gillespie is a member of Dizzy Gillespie Jazzmen
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz Dizzy Gillespie is a member of Dizzy Gillespie Quartet
Dizzy Gillespie is a member of Dizzy Gillespie Quartet
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz Dizzy Gillespie is a member of Dizzy Gillespie Quintet
Dizzy Gillespie is a member of Dizzy Gillespie Quintet
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz Dizzy Gillespie is a member of Dizzy Gillespie Sextet
Dizzy Gillespie is a member of Dizzy Gillespie Sextet
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz Dizzy Gillespie is a member of Dizzy Gillespie and His All Stars
Dizzy Gillespie is a member of Dizzy Gillespie and His All Stars
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz Dizzy Gillespie is a member of Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra
Dizzy Gillespie is a member of Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
12MusicBrainz Dizzy Gillespie is a member of Dizzy Gillespie – Stan Getz Sextet
Dizzy Gillespie is a member of Dizzy Gillespie – Stan Getz Sextet
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
13MusicBrainz Dizzy Gillespie is a member of Dizzy Gillespie's Cool Jazz Stars
Dizzy Gillespie is a member of Dizzy Gillespie's Cool Jazz Stars
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
14MusicBrainz Dizzy Gillespie is a member of Dizzy Gillespie-Phil Woods All Stars
Dizzy Gillespie is a member of Dizzy Gillespie-Phil Woods All Stars
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
15MusicBrainz Dizzy Gillespie is a member of Dizzy Gillespie’s All‐Star Quintet
Dizzy Gillespie is a member of Dizzy Gillespie’s All‐Star Quintet
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
16MusicBrainz Dizzy Gillespie is a member of Dizzy Gillespie’s Rebop Six
Dizzy Gillespie is a member of Dizzy Gillespie’s Rebop Six
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
17MusicBrainz Dizzy Gillespie is a member of Red Norvo & His Selected Sextet
Dizzy Gillespie is a member of Red Norvo & His Selected Sextet
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
18MusicBrainz Dizzy Gillespie is a member of Red Norvo All-Stars
Dizzy Gillespie is a member of Red Norvo All-Stars
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
19MusicBrainz Dizzy Gillespie is a member of The Dizzy Gillespie 6
Dizzy Gillespie is a member of The Dizzy Gillespie 6
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
20MusicBrainz Dizzy Gillespie is a member of The Dizzy Gillespie United Nation All Star Orchestra
Dizzy Gillespie is a member of The Dizzy Gillespie United Nation All Star Orchestra
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
21MusicBrainz Dizzy Gillespie is a member of The Giants of Jazz
Dizzy Gillespie is a member of The Giants of Jazz
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
22MusicBrainz Dizzy Gillespie is a member of The Trumpets of Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie and Harry Edison
Dizzy Gillespie is a member of The Trumpets of Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie and Harry Edison
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
23MusicBrainz Dizzy Gillespie is from Cheraw
24Wikidata The genre of Dizzy Gillespie is afro-cuban jazz
25Wikidata The genre of Dizzy Gillespie is bebop
26Wikidata The genre of Dizzy Gillespie is jazz