As sideman

With Louis Armstrong

• Louis Armstrong and His Friends (Flying Dutchman/Amsterdam, 1970)

With Bob Brookmeyer

• Portrait of the Artist (Atlantic, 1960)

With Ralph Burns and Leonard Feather

• Winter Sequence (MGM, 1954)

With Benny Carter

• Central City Sketches (MusicMasters, 1987)
• Harlem Renaissance (MusicMasters, 1992)

With Miles Davis

• Miles Ahead (Columbia, 1957)

With Art Farmer

• The Art Farmer Septet (Prestige, 1953–54)
• Listen to Art Farmer and the Orchestra (Mercury, 1962)

With Maynard Ferguson

• Ridin' High (Enterprise, 1967)

With Dizzy Gillespie

• Afro (Norgran, 1954)
• Dizzy and Strings (Norgran, 1954)

With Benny Golson

• Pop + Jazz = Swing (Audio Fidelity, 1961)

With Urbie Green

• All About Urbie Green and His Big Band (ABC-Paramount, 1956)

With Chico Hamilton

• The Further Adventures of El Chico (Impulse!, 1966)
• The Gamut (Solid State, 1968)

With Coleman Hawkins

• The Hawk Talks (Decca, 1952-53 [1955])

With Jimmy Heath

• Little Man Big Band (Verve, 1992)

With Johnny Hodges

• Blue Notes (Verve, 1966)
• Don't Sleep in the Subway (Verve, 1967)
• 3 Shades of Blue (Flying Dutchman, 1970)

With Milt Jackson

• Ray Brown / Milt Jackson with Ray Brown (Verve, 1965)

With J. J. Johnson

• Goodies (RCA Victor, 1965)
• Broadway Express (RCA Victor, 1965)

With Quincy Jones

• The Birth of a Band! (Mercury, 1959)

With Eric Kloss

• Grits & Gravy (Prestige, 1966)

With Irene Kral

• SteveIreneo! (United Artists, 1959)

With Junior Mance

• The Soul of Hollywood (Jazzland, 1962)

With Herbie Mann

• Latin Mann (Columbia, 1965)

With Howard McGhee

• Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries (Bethlehem, 1956)

With Charles Mingus

• The Complete Town Hall Concert (Blue Note, 1962 [1994])

With Milton Nascimento

• Courage (A&M/CTI, 1969)

With Oliver Nelson

• Oliver Nelson Plays Michelle (Impulse!, 1966)
• Happenings with Hank Jones (Impulse!, 1966)
• Encyclopedia of Jazz (Verve, 1966)
• The Sound of Feeling (Verve, 1966)
• The Spirit of '67 with Pee Wee Russell (Impulse!, 1967)

With Charlie Parker

• Big Band (Clef, 1954)

With Oscar Pettiford

• Basically Duke (Bethlehem, 1954)
• The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra in Hi-Fi (ABC-Paramount, 1956)

With Lalo Schifrin and Bob Brookmeyer

• Samba Para Dos (Verve, 1963)

With Shirley Scott

• Roll 'Em: Shirley Scott Plays the Big Bands (Impulse!, 1966)

With Jimmy Smith

• Monster (Verve, 1965)

With Walter Wanderley

• Moondreams (A&M/CTI, 1969)

With Ben Webster

• Music for Loving (Norgran, 1954)

With Randy Weston

• Tanjah (Polydor, 1973)

With Kai Winding

• Kai Olé (Verve, 1961)
• Penny Lane & Time (Verve, 1967)