Discography
As Leader/Co-Leader
In order of recorded date
| Album | Label | Release |
|---|---|---|
| Presenting… Jackie McLean | Ad Lib | 1955 |
| Lights Out! | Prestige | 1956 |
| 4, 5 and 6 | Prestige | 1956 |
| Jackie’s Pal | Prestige | 1957 |
| McLean’s Scene | Prestige (New Jazz) | 1959 |
| Jackie McLean & Co. | Prestige | 1957 |
| Alto Madness with John Jenkins | Prestige | 1957 |
| Strange Blues | Prestige | 1967 |
| Makin’ the Changes | Prestige (New Jazz) | 1960 |
| A Long Drink of the Blues | Prestige (New Jazz) | 1961 |
| Fat Jazz | Jubilee | 1959 |
| New Soil | Blue Note | 1959 |
| Swing, Swang, Swingin’ | Blue Note | 1960 |
| Capuchin Swing | Blue Note | 1960 |
| Street Singer w/ Tina Brooks | Blue Note | 1980 |
| Jackie’s Bag | Blue Note | 1961 |
| Bluesnik | Blue Note | 1962 |
| A Fickle Sonance | Blue Note | 1962 |
| Inta Somethin’ w/ Kenny Dorham | Pacific Jazz | 1962 |
| Let Freedom Ring | Blue Note | 1963 |
| Tippin’ the Scales | Blue Note | 1979 |
| Vertigo | Blue Note | 1980 |
| One Step Beyond | Blue Note | 1964 |
| Destination… Out! | Blue Note | 1964 |
| It’s Time! | Blue Note | 1965 |
| Action Action Action | Blue Note | 1967 |
| Right Now! | Blue Note | 1967 |
| Consequence | Blue Note | 1979 |
| Jacknife | Blue Note | 1975 |
| Dr. Jackle | SteepleChase | 1979 |
| Tune Up | SteepleChase | 1981 |
| Hipnosis | Blue Note | 1978 |
| New and Old Gospel | Blue Note | 1968 |
| ‘Bout Soul | Blue Note | 1969 |
| Demon’s Dance | Blue Note | 1970 |
| ive at Montmartre | SteepleChase | 1972 |
| Altissimo w/ Lee Konitz, Gary Bartz and Charlie Mariano | Philips | 1973 |
| Ode to Super | SteepleChase | 1973 |
| A Ghetto Lullaby | SteepleChase | 1974 |
| he Meeting | SteepleChase | 1974 |
| The Source | SteepleChase | 1974 |
| Antiquity w/ Michael Carvin | SteepleChase | 1975 |
| New York Calling | SteepleChase | 1974 |
| Like Old Times w/ Mal Waldron | Victor (JP) | 1976 |
| New Wine in Old Bottles | East Wind (JP) | 1978 |
| Monuments | RCA | 1979 |
| It’s About Time w/ McCoy Tyner | Blue Note | 1985 |
| Left Alone ’86 w/ Mal Waldron | VPaddle Wheel | 1986 |
| Dynasty | Triloka | 1990 |
| Rites of Passage | Triloka | 1991 |
| The Jackie Mac Attack Live | Birdology/Verve | 1993 |
| Rhythm of the Earth | Antilles/Birdology | 1992 |
| Hat Trick | Somethin’ Else (JP) | 1996 |
| Fire & Love | Somethin’ Else (JP)/Blue Note | 1997 |
| Nature Boy | Somethin’ Else (JP)/Blue Note | 1999 |
As Sideman
In order of recorded date
| Leader | Album | Label | Release |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles Davis | Blue Period | Blue Note | 1953 |
| Miles Davis | The New Sounds | Blue Note | 1951 |
| Miles Davis | Dig | Blue Note | 1956 |
| Miles Davis | Young Man with a Horn | Blue Note | 1953 |
| Miles Davis | Miles Davis Vols. 1 & 2 | Blue Note | 1956 |
| Miles Davis & Milt Jackson | Quintet/Sextet | Prestige | 1956 |
| George Wallington | Live at the Café Bohemia | Progressive | 1956 |
| Charles Mingus Jazz Workshop | Pithecanthropus Erectus | Atlantic | 1956 |
| Gene Ammons | Hi Fidelity Jam Session a.k.a. The Happy Blues | Prestige | 1956 |
| Gene Ammons | Jammin’ with Gene | Prestige | 1956 |
| Hank Mobley | Mobley’s Message | Prestige | 1957 |
| Art Farmer & Donald Byrd | 2 Trumpets | Prestige | 1957 |
| Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers | Hard Bop | Columbia | 1957 |
| Art Blakey | Originally | Columbia | 1982 |
| Art Blakey | Drum Suite | Columbia | 1957 |
| Gene Ammons | Funky | Prestige | 1957 |
| Art Blakey | Ritual | Pacific Jazz | 1960 |
| Art Taylor | Taylor’s Wailers | Prestige | 1957 |
| Kenny Burrell & Jimmy Raney | 2 Guitars | Prestige | 1957 |
| Art Blakey | A Midnight Session a.k.a. Mirage | Elektra, Savoy | 1957 |
| Ray Draper | Tuba Sounds | Prestige | 1957 |
| Art Blakey | Tough! | Cadet | 1966 |
| Art Blakey | A Night in Tunisia | Vik | 1957 |
| Gene Ammons | Jammin’ in Hi Fi with Gene Ammons | Prestige | 1957 |
| Mal Waldron | Mal/2 (and The Dealers) | Prestige (Status) | 1957 |
| Sonny Clark | Cool Struttin’ | Blue Note | 1958 |
| Donald Byrd | Off to the Races | Blue Note | 1959 |
| Charles Mingus | Blues & Roots | Atlantic | 1960 |
| Mal Waldron | Left Alone* | Bethlehem | 1959 |
| Walter Davis Jr. | Davis Cup | Blue Note | 1960 |
| Donald Byrd | Fuego | Blue Note | 1960 |
| Freddie Redd | The Music from “The Connection” | Blue Note | 1960 |
| Jimmy Smith | Open House | Blue Note | 1968 |
| Jimmy Smith | Plain Talk* | Blue Note | 1968 |
| Lee Morgan | PLee-Way | Blue Note | 1961 |
| Donald Byrd | Byrd in Flight | Blue Note | 1960 |
| Freddie Redd | Shades of Redd | Blue Note | 1961 |
| Tina Brooks | Back to the Tracks | Blue Note | 1998 |
| Freddie Redd | Redd’s Blues | Blue Note | 1988 |
| Kenny Dorham | Matador | United Artists | 1963 |
| Grachan Moncur III | Evolution | Blue Note | 1964 |
| Lee Morgan | Tom Cat | Blue Note | 1980 |
| Lee Morgan | Cornbread | Blue Note | 1967 |
| Lee Morgan | Infinity | Blue Note | 1981 |
| Lee Morgan | Charisma | Blue Note | 1969 |
| Jack Wilson | Easterly Winds | Blue Note | 1968 |
| Hank Mobley | Hi Voltage | Blue Note | 1968 |
| Lee Morgan | The Sixth Sense | Blue Note | 1970 |
| Mal Waldron | Like Old Time | Victor (Jp) | 1976 |
| Art Farmer | Live in Tokyo | CTI (Jp) | 1977 |
| All Star band | One Night with Blue Note Preserved Vol. 2 | Blue Note | 1985 |
| All Star band | Birdology: Live at the TBB Jazz Festival (Vol. 1 & 2) | Verve (F) | 1989, 1990 |
| All Star band with Dizzy Gillespie | The Paris All Stars – Homage to Charlie Parker | A&M | 1990 |
| Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers | The Art of Jazz | In & Out | 1989 |
| Abbey Lincoln | The World Is Falling Down | Verve | 1990 |
| Miles Davis | Black Devil a.k.a. At La Villette (DVD)* | Beech Marten, JVC (Jp) | 1992, 2001 |
| Dizzy Gillespie | To Bird with Love | Telarc | 1992 |
| Dizzy Gillespie | Bird Songs: The Final Recordings* | Telarc | 1992 |