| 1 | –Tempo Jazz Men featuring Gabriel | Dynamo BBass – Ray BrownDrums – Stan LeveyPiano – Al HaigTenor Saxophone – Lucky ThompsonTrumpet – Gabriel Vibraphone – Milt JacksonWritten-By – Gillespie | 2:57 |
| 2 | –Dizzy Gillespie All Star Quintet | Lover ManAlto Saxophone – Charlie ParkerBass – Dillon "Curly" RussellDrums – Sid CatlettPiano – Al HaigTrumpet – Dizzy GillespieVocals – Sarah VaughanWritten-By – Davis, Sherman, Ramirez | 3:22 |
| 3 | –Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra | AnthropologyBass – Ray BrownDrums – J.C. HeardGuitar – Bill De ArangoPiano – Al HaigTenor Saxophone – Don ByasTrumpet – Dizzy GillespieVibraphone – Milt JacksonWritten-By – Parker, Gillespie | 2:35 |
| 4 | –Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra | 52nd Street ThemeBass – Ray BrownDrums – J.C. HeardGuitar – Bill De ArangoPiano – Al HaigTenor Saxophone – Don ByasTrumpet – Dizzy GillespieVibraphone – Milt JacksonWritten-By – Monk | 3:02 |
| 5 | –Tempo Jazz Men featuring Gabriel | Dynamo ABass – Ray BrownDrums – Stan LeveyPiano – Al HaigTenor Saxophone – Lucky ThompsonTrumpet – Gabriel Vibraphone – Milt JacksonWritten-By – Gillespie | 2:57 |
| 6 | –Dizzy Gillespie Jazzmen | ConfirmationBass – Ray BrownDrums – Stan LeveyPiano – Al HaigTenor Saxophone – Lucky ThompsonTrumpet – Gabriel Vibraphone – Milt JacksonWritten-By – Parker | 2:52 |
| 7 | –Wilbert Baranco And His Rhythm Bombardiers | Weeping WillieAlto Saxophone – Marvin Johnson, Willie Smith Baritone Saxophone – Gene PorterBass – Charlie MingusDrums – Earl WatkinsGuitar – Elijah "Buddy" HarperPiano, Directed By, Written-By – Wilbert BarancoTenor Saxophone – Fred Simon, Lucky ThompsonTrombone – George Washington, Henry Coker, Ralph Bledsoe, Vic DickensonTrumpet – Snooky Young, Howard McGhee, John Burk, Karl George | 3:13 |
| 8 | –Dizzy Gillespie with Johnny Richards Orchestra | All The Things You AreBass – Ray BrownDrums – Roy HaynesPiano – Al HaigTrumpet – Dizzy GillespieWoodwind, Strings, French Horn – Johnny Richards OrchestraWritten-By – Kern-Hammerstein II | 2:13 |
| 9 | –Dizzy Gillespie Jazzmen | Diggin' DizAlto Saxophone – Charlie ParkerBass – Ray BrownDrums – Stan LeveyGuitar – Arv GarrisonPiano – George HandyTenor Saxophone – Lucky ThompsonTrumpet – Gabriel Written-By – Gillespie | 2:48 |
| 10 | –Tempo Jazz Men featuring Gabriel | When I Grow Too Old To DreamBass – Ray BrownDrums – Stan LeveyPiano – Al HaigTenor Saxophone – Lucky ThompsonTrumpet – Gabriel Vibraphone – Milt JacksonVocals – The Three AngelsWritten-By – Hammerstein II, Romberg | 2:51 |
| 11 | –Wilbert Baranco And His Rhythm Bombardiers | Night And DayAlto Saxophone – Marvin Johnson, Willie Smith Baritone Saxophone – Gene PorterBass – Charlie MingusDrums – Earl WatkinsGuitar – Elijah "Buddy" HarperPiano, Directed By – Wilbert BarancoTenor Saxophone – Fred Simon, Lucky ThompsonTrombone – George Washington, Henry Coker, Ralph Bledsoe, Vic DickensonTrumpet – Snooky Young, Howard McGhee, John Burk, Karl GeorgeWritten-By – Porter | 3:19 |
| 12 | –Dizzy Gillespie with Johnny Richards Orchestra | WhoBass – Ray BrownDrums – Roy HaynesPiano – Al HaigTrumpet – Dizzy GillespieWoodwind, Strings, French Horn – Johnny Richards OrchestraWritten-By – Kern, Hammerstein II, Harbach | 2:52 |
| 13 | –Dizzy Gillespie All Star Quintet | Shaw 'NuffAlto Saxophone – Charlie ParkerBass – Dillon "Curly" RussellDrums – Sid CatlettPiano – Al HaigTrumpet – Dizzy GillespieWritten-By – Parker, Gillespie | 3:00 |
| 14 | –Wilbert Baranco And His Rhythm Bombardiers | Everytime I Think Of YouAlto Saxophone – Marvin Johnson, Willie Smith Baritone Saxophone – Gene PorterBass – Charlie MingusDrums – Earl WatkinsGuitar – Elijah "Buddy" HarperPiano, Vocals, Directed By, Written-By – Wilbert BarancoTenor Saxophone – Fred Simon, Lucky ThompsonTrombone – George Washington, Henry Coker, Ralph Bledsoe, Vic DickensonTrumpet – Snooky Young, Howard McGhee, John Burk, Karl George | 2:32 |
| 15 | –Dizzy Gillespie with Johnny Richards Orchestra | The Way You Look TonightBass – Ray BrownDrums – Roy HaynesPiano – Al HaigTrumpet – Dizzy GillespieWoodwind, Strings, French Horn – Johnny Richards OrchestraWritten-By – Fields, Kern | 2:42 |
| 16 | –Tempo Jazz Men | Diggin' For DizBass – Ray BrownDrums – Stan LeveyPiano – Al HaigTenor Saxophone – Lucky ThompsonTrumpet – Gabriel Vibraphone – Milt JacksonWritten-By – Gillespie | 2:49 |
| 17 | –Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra | Ol' Man RebopBass – Ray BrownDrums – J.C. HeardGuitar – Bill De ArangoPiano – Al HaigTenor Saxophone – Don ByasTrumpet – Dizzy GillespieVibraphone – Milt JacksonWritten-By – Wilson | 2:42 |
| 18 | –Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra | Night In TunisiaBass – Ray BrownDrums – J.C. HeardGuitar – Bill De ArangoPiano – Al HaigTenor Saxophone – Don ByasTrumpet – Dizzy GillespieVibraphone – Milt JacksonWritten-By – Gillespie, Paparelli | 3:02 |
| 19 | –Wilbert Baranco And His Rhythm Bombardiers | Baranco BoogieAlto Saxophone – Marvin Johnson, Willie Smith Baritone Saxophone – Gene PorterBass – Charlie MingusDrums – Earl WatkinsGuitar – Elijah "Buddy" HarperPiano, Directed By, Written-By – Wilbert BarancoTenor Saxophone – Fred Simon, Lucky ThompsonTrombone – George Washington, Henry Coker, Ralph Bledsoe, Vic DickensonTrumpet – Snooky Young, Howard McGhee, John Burk, Karl George | 3:05 |
| 20 | –Dizzy Gillespie with Johnny Richards Orchestra | Why Do I Love You?Bass – Ray BrownDrums – Roy HaynesPiano – Al HaigTrumpet – Dizzy GillespieWoodwind, Strings, French Horn – Johnny Richards OrchestraWritten-By – Kern-Hammerstein II | 2:17 |
| 21 | –Dizzy Gillespie All Star Quintet | Salt PeanutsAlto Saxophone – Charlie ParkerBass – Dillon "Curly" RussellDrums – Sid CatlettPiano – Al HaigTrumpet, Vocals – Dizzy GillespieWritten-By – Gillespie, Clarke | 3:17 |
| 22 | –Dizzy Gillespie All Star Quintet | Hot HouseAlto Saxophone – Charlie ParkerBass – Dillon "Curly" RussellDrums – Sid CatlettPiano – Al HaigTrumpet – Dizzy GillespieWritten-By – Dameron | 3:11 |
| 23 | –Tempo Jazz Men featuring Gabriel | 'Round About MidnightBass – Ray BrownDrums – Stan LeveyPiano – Al HaigTenor Saxophone – Lucky ThompsonTrumpet – Gabriel Vibraphone – Milt JacksonWritten-By – Hannighen, Williams, Monk | 2:47 |
Recording information:
#1 to #4 New York, May 11, 1945
#5 to #8 Los Angeles, January, 1946
#9 Los Angeles, February 5, 1946
#10 to #15 Los Angeles, February 7, 1946
#16 to #19 New York, February 22, 1946
#20 to #23 New York, April, 1946
Made in France © 1997 Classics Records
Photo from the Zwonicek collection
The band credited as Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra (tracks #16-19) is equivalent to the Dizzy Gillespie Septet, and not to be confused with the later big band Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra.
Misspelt 'The Chronogical Classics' on the front.