Wynton Kelly was a jazz pianist. His appearances on record date from 1948 to 1970 and include more than a dozen albums under his own name and more than 120 as a sideman.
| Recording date | Title | Label | Year released | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951-07, 1951-08 | Piano Interpretations | Blue Note | 1951 | Trio, with Oscar Pettiford and Franklin Skeete (bass; separately), Lee Abrams (drums, congas) | |
| 1958-01 | Piano | Riverside | 1958 | Quartet, with Kenny Burrell (guitar), Paul Chambers (bass), Philly Joe Jones (drums) | |
| 1959-02, 1959-03 | Kelly Blue | Riverside | 1959 | Trio, with Paul Chambers (bass), Jimmy Cobb (drums); some tracks are sextet, with Nat Adderley (cornet), Bobby Jaspar (flute), Benny Golson (tenor sax) added | |
| 1959-08 | Kelly Great | Vee Jay | 1959 | Quintet, with Lee Morgan (trumpet), Wayne Shorter (tenor sax), Paul Chambers (bass), Philly Joe Jones (drums) | |
| 1960-04 | Kelly at Midnight | Vee-Jay | 1960 | Trio, with Paul Chambers (bass), Philly Joe Jones (drums) | |
| 1961-07 | Wynton Kelly! | Vee-Jay | 1961 | Trio, with Paul Chambers and Sam Jones (bass; separately), Jimmy Cobb (drums) | |
| 1959-08, 1960-04, 1961-07 | Someday My Prince Will Come | Vee-Jay | 1961 | Trio, with Paul Chambers and Sam Jones (bass; separately), Jimmy Cobb (drums); one track is quintet, as on Kelly Great - released in 1977 | |
| 1963-05, 1963-11 | Comin' in the Back Door | Verve | 1963 | With orchestra conducted by Claus Ogerman on most tracks, and Kenny Burrell (guitar), Paul Chambers (bass), Jimmy Cobb (drums) | |
| 1964-03 | It's All Right! | Verve | 1964 | Quintet on most tracks, with Kenny Burrell (guitar), Paul Chambers (bass), Jimmy Cobb (drums), Candido Camero (conga); The Tommy Rey Caribe Steel Band added on one track | |
| 1965-02 | Undiluted | Verve | 1965 | Trio, with Paul Chambers (bass), Jimmy Cobb (drums); quintet on one track, with Ray Stevenson (flute), unknown (percussion) added | |
| 1965-06, 1965-07, 1965-08 | Blues on Purpose | Xanadu | 1983[1] | Trio, with Paul Chambers (bass), Jimmy Cobb (drums); in concert | |
| 1965-06, 1965-09 | Smokin' at the Half Note | Verve | 1965 | Quartet, co-led with Wes Montgomery (guitar), Paul Chambers (bass), Jimmy Cobb (drums); in concert | |
| 1965-09, 1965-11 | Maximum Swing: The Unissued 1965 Half Note Recordings | Resonance | 2023 | Quartet, co-led with Wes Montgomery (guitar), Paul Chambers, Ron Carter, Larry Ridley (bass; separately), Jimmy Cobb (drums); in concert[2] | |
| 1966-09 | Full View | Milestone | 1967 | Trio, with Ron McClure (bass), Jimmy Cobb (drums) | |
| 1967-11 | Interpretations | Vee-Jay | 1977 | Quartet, with Hank Mobley (tenor sax), Cecil McBee (bass), Jimmy Cobb (drums); in concert | |
| 1968 | In Concert | Vee-Jay | 1977[3] | Quartet, with George Coleman (tenor sax), Ron McClure (bass) Jimmy Cobb (drums); in concert | |
| 1968-08 | Last Trio Session | Delmark | 1988 | Trio, with Paul Chambers (bass), Jimmy Cobb (drums) |
| Year recorded | Leader | Title | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | and Jimmy Knepper | The Pepper-Knepper Quintet | MetroJazz | |
| 1958 | Things Are Getting Better | Riverside | ||
| 1959 | Cannonball Adderley Quintet in Chicago | Mercury | ||
| 1959 | Cannonball Takes Charge | Riverside | ||
| 1961 | African Waltz | Riverside | ||
| 1961 | Plus | Riverside | ||
| 1959 | Much Brass | Riverside | ||
| 1960 | That's Right! | Riverside | ||
| 1961 | Naturally! | Jazzland | ||
| 1964 | Alexandria the Great | Impulse! | ||
| 1964 | More of the Great Lorez Alexandria | Impulse! | ||
| 1970 | Night Lights | Prestige | ||
| 1960 | Out of This World | Jazzland | ||
| 1957 | Theory of Art | RCA | ||
| 1960 | Jazz Is a Kick | Mercury | ||
| 1961 | Make the Man Love Me | Contemporary | ||
| 1957 | and Gigi Gryce | Modern Jazz Perspective | Columbia | |
| 1958 | Off to the Races | Blue Note | ||
| 1958 | Out There | Peacock | ||
| 1959 | Go | Vee-Jay | ||
| 1960 | 1st Bassman | Vee-Jay | ||
| 1960 | and David "Fathead" Newman | The Sound of the Wide Open Spaces!!!! | Riverside | |
| 1957 | Cleveland Style | EmArcy | ||
| 1959 | Giant Steps | Atlantic | ||
| 1959 | Coltrane Jazz | Atlantic | ||
| 1959 | At the Crossroads | Peacock | ||
| 1959 | Kind of Blue | Columbia | ||
| 1960 | and John Coltrane | Copenhagen 1960 | Royal Jazz | |
| 1960 | and Sonny Stitt | Live in Stockholm 1960 | Dragon | |
| 1961 | Someday My Prince Will Come | Columbia | ||
| 1961 | In Person, Vol. 1 – Friday Night at the Blackhawk | Columbia | ||
| 1961 | In Person, Vol. 2 – Saturday Night at the Blackhawk | Columbia | ||
| 1961 | Miles Davis at Carnegie Hall | Columbia | ||
| 1961 | Live Miles: More Music from the Legendary Carnegie Hall Concert | Columbia | ||
| 1968 | Donna Sings Dinah | Luxor | ||
| 1954 | Early Art | New Jazz | ||
| 1959 | The Curtis Fuller Jazztet | Savoy | ||
| 1952 | Savoy | |||
| 1954 | Dizzy and Strings | Norgran | ||
| 1957 | Birks' Works | Verve | ||
| 1957 | Dizzy in Greece | Verve | ||
| 1957 | and Stuff Smith | Dizzy Gillespie and Stuff Smith | Verve | |
| 1957 | Dizzy Gillespie at Newport | Verve | ||
| 1957 | Benny Golson's New York Scene | Contemporary | ||
| 1957 | The Modern Touch | Riverside | ||
| 1962 | Turning Point | Mercury | ||
| 1960 | Gettin' Together | Jazzland | ||
| 1970 | The Jumpin' Blues | Prestige | ||
| 1960 | My Babe | Exodus | ||
| 1960 | First Session | Blue Note | ||
| 1956 | Introducing Johnny Griffin | Blue Note | ||
| 1957 | A Blowin' Session | Blue Note | ||
| 1959 | The Little Giant | Riverside | ||
| 1957 | The Complete Debut Recordings [Charles Mingus] | Debut | ||
| 1964 | Cool Sax, Warm Heart | Columbia | ||
| 1959 | The Thumper | Riverside | ||
| 1964 | On the Trail | Riverside | ||
| 1959 | Bill Henderson Sings | Vee-Jay | ||
| 1968 | Four | Verve | ||
| 1968 | Straight, No Chaser | Verve | ||
| 1957 | Seven Standards and a Blues | Riverside | ||
| 1957 | Last Chorus | Riverside | ||
| 1956 | Lady Sings the Blues | Verve | ||
| 1961 | Swingin' with Humes | Contemporary | ||
| 1961 | and Wes Montgomery | Bags Meets Wes! | Riverside | |
| 1969 | The Blues; That's Me! | Prestige | ||
| 1962 | Letter from Home | Riverside | ||
| 1954 | The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 2 | Blue Note | ||
| 1959 | Drums Around the World | Riverside | ||
| 1961 | and Elvin Jones | Together! | Atlantic | |
| 1961 | The Chant | Riverside | ||
| 1962 | Down Home | Riverside | ||
| 1969 | In the World | Strata-East | ||
| 1960 | The New Scene of King Curtis | New Jazz | ||
| 1960 | Soul Meeting | Prestige | ||
| 1962 | Domino | Mercury | ||
| 1957 | Soprano Sax | Prestige | ||
| 1957 | That's Him! | Riverside | ||
| 1958 | It's Magic | Riverside | ||
| 1959 | Abbey Is Blue | Riverside | ||
| 1960 | Booker Little | Time | ||
| 1965 | The Loop | Tuba | ||
| 1966 | New and Groovy | Tuba | ||
| 1962 | Recuerdo | Jazzland | ||
| 1957 | The Complete Debut Recordings | Debut | ||
| 1958 | Big 6 | Riverside | ||
| 1959 | Out of the Blue | Riverside | ||
| 1959 | Blue Soul | Riverside | ||
| 1960 | Blue's Moods | Riverside | ||
| 1962 | A Sure Thing | Riverside | ||
| 1958 | Peckin' Time | Blue Note | ||
| 1960 | Soul Station | Blue Note | ||
| 1960 | Roll Call | Blue Note | ||
| 1961 | Workout | Blue Note | ||
| 1961 | Another Workout | Blue Note | ||
| 1962 | Full House | Riverside | ||
| 1965 | Other Sessions at the Half Note 1965 | All Blues | ||
| 1965 | Willow Weep for Me | Verve | ||
| 1957 | Lee Morgan Vol.3 | Blue Note | ||
| 1957 | , Al Grey, Billy Mitchell | Dizzy Atmosphere | Specialty | |
| 1960 | Here's Lee Morgan | Vee-Jay | ||
| 1961 | Rah | Riverside | ||
| 1960 | Straight Ahead | Atlantic | ||
| 1968 | Zodiac | Strata-East | ||
| 1960 | Gettin' Together | Contemporary | ||
| 1957 | and Charlie Rouse | The Chase Is On | Bethlehem | |
| 1957 | Two Altos | Savoy | ||
| 1959 | Out of the Blue | Blue Note | ||
| 1959 | Star Bright | Blue Note | ||
| 1956 | Sonny Rollins, Volume 1 | Blue Note | ||
| 1957 | Newk's Time | Blue Note | ||
| 1957 | Pretty for the People | Savoy | ||
| 1959 | Introducing Wayne Shorter | Vee-Jay | ||
| 1961 | All Members | Jazzland | ||
| 1959–60 | Fantastic Frank Strozier | Vee-Jay | ||
| 1960 | A.T.'s Delight | Blue Note | ||
| 1957 | Serenade to a Bus Seat | Riverside | ||
| 1960–61 | Devil May Care | Riverside | ||
| 1967 | Feeling Blue | Milestone | ||
| 1957 | Jazz Is Busting out all Over! | Savoy | ||
| 1957 | Sittin' In | Verve | ||
| 1970 | Super Black Blues, Vol. 2 | Flying Dutchman | ||
| 1955 | For Those in Love | EmArcy | ||
| 1955 | Dinah! | EmArcy | ||
| 1958 | Newport '58 | EmArcy | ||
| 1962 | Back to the Blues | Roulette | ||
| 1960 | The Biggest Voice in Jazz | Warwick | ||
| 1952 | The President Lester Young, Vol. 3 | Ambrosia | ||
| 1952 | The President Lester Young, Vol. 4 | Ambrosia |
| Year recorded | Leader | Title | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | "A Plug for Cliff" / "Cornbread" | Savoy | ||
| 1948 | "Swanee River" | Savoy | ||
| 1949 | "Porgy" / "Day In, Day Out" | Savoy | ||
| 1949 | "Prelude to a Nightmare" | Capitol | ||
| 1949 | "Person to Person" | King | ||
| 1949 | "Wineola" / "Somebody Done Stole My Cherry Red" | King | ||
| 1949 | "Featherbed Mama" | King | ||
| 1949 | "Ashes on My Pillow" / "No Good Woman Blues" | King | ||
| 1949 | "I'm Gonna Wind Your Clock" / "I'm Weak but Willing" | King | ||
| 1950 | "I'm Gonna Eat You with a Spoon" / "If the Motif Is Right" | Birdland | ||
| 1950 | "Little Rock" / "The Lock" | Birdland | ||
| 1951 | "Just One More Chance" / "Baby Did You Hear" | Mercury | ||
| 1951 | "Be Fair to Me" / "Saturday Night" | Mercury | ||
| 1951 | "If You Don't Believe I'm Leaving" / "I'm a Fool to Want You" | Mercury | ||
| 1951 | "Just One More Chance" / "Baby Did You Hear" | Mercury | ||
| 1952 | "Wheel of Fortune" / "Tell Me Why" | Mercury | ||
| 1952 | "New Blow-Top Blues" / "Trouble in Mind" | Mercury | ||
| 1952 | "Mad About the Boy" / "I Can't Face the Music" | Mercury | ||
| 1952 | "Stormy Weather" | Mercury | ||
| 1952 | "Pillow Blues" / "Double Dealing Daddy" | Mercury | ||
| 1954 | "No, No, No, You Can't Love Two" / "Big Long Slidin' Thing" | Mercury | ||
| 1955 | "That's All I Want from You" / "You Stay on My Mind" | Mercury |