Discography

As leader

  • 1951: First Sessions – Volume 3 (Savoy Records)
  • 1952: Red Rodney Quintets (Fantasy Records)
  • 1957: Fiery (Savoy) with Ira Sullivan, Tommy Flanagan, Oscar Pettiford, Philly Joe Jones.
  • 1973: Bird Lives! (Muse)
  • 1973/1981: Bluebird (Muse/Camden) K
  • 1986: No Turn On Red (Denon)
  • 1988: Red Giant (Steeplechase)
  • 1988: One For Bird (Steeplechase)
  • 1988: Red Snapper (Steeplechase)
  • 1992: Then And Now (Chesky)
  • 1993: The Tivoli Session (Steeplechase)

As sideman

  • 1945: Charlie Ventura: 1945–1946 (Classics)
  • 1946: Buddy Rich: 1946–1948 (Classics)
  • 1948: Woody Herman: Keeper of the Flame (Capitol)
  • 1949: Charlie Parker: The Complete Charlie Parker On Verve
  • 1949: Charlie Parker: Swedish Schnapps (Verve)
  • 1950: Charlie Parker: Bird At St. Nick´s (OJC)

With Dizzy Gillespie

With the Bob Thiele Collective

  • Louis Satchmo (1991)