| Date |
Main recording artist |
Featured vocalists / instrumental |
Album title, notes |
| 1947 | Mel Tormé | Mel Tormé | Original soundtrack for Green Dolphin Street |
| 1955 | Urbie Green | (instrumental) | The Lyrical Language of Urbie Green (1978), with Jimmy Lyon on celesta. |
| 1956 | Ahmad Jamal Trio | (instrumental) | Count 'Em 88, also on Complete Recordings 1951-56 (2006) |
| 1957 | Poll Winners (Barney Kessel, Ray Brown, Shelly Manne) | (instrumental) | The Poll Winners |
| 1958 | Jack Sheldon and His Exciting All-Star Big-Band | (instrumental) | Jack's Groove, song arranged for big band by Lenny Niehaus |
| 1958 | Miles Davis Sextet | (instrumental) | Jazz Track (coupled with O.S.T. Ascenseur pour l'échafaud), reissued as Basic Miles (1973) and 1958 Miles in Japan (1974), (later also as '58 Miles Featuring Stella by Starlight) |
| 1958 | Tony Perkins with Urbie Green's Orchestra | Tony Perkins | From My Heart... (yes, the actor...) |
| 1959 | Bill Evans | (instrumental) | On Green Dolphin Street (1975) |
| 1959 | Wynton Kelly | (instrumental) | Kelly Blue |
| 1960 | Dakota Staton | (instrumental) | Dakota |
| 1960 | Duke Pearson Trio | (instrumental) | Tender Feelin's |
| 1960 | Eric Dolphy Quintet | (instrumental) | Outward Bound |
| 1960 | Horace Parlan | (instrumental) | Movin' & Groovin' |
| 1960 | John Coltrane | (instrumental) | 1960 Düsseldorf (WDR Master Concerts series) |
| 1960 | Miles Davis Quintet (with John Coltrane) | (instrumental) | Copenhagen 1960 |
| 1960 | Miles Davis Quintet (with Sonny Stitt) | (instrumental) | Miles Davis & Sonny Stitt Live in Stockholm 1960 (2005) |
| 1960 | The Three Sounds | (instrumental) | Moods, released as single A-side coupled with "Love for Sale" |
| 1961 | Cal Tjader | (instrumental) | In a Latin Bag |
| 1961 | Dave Pike | (instrumental) | It's Time for Dave Pike |
| 1961 | Eric Dolphy Quartet (with McCoy Tyner) | (instrumental) | Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise (1992), recorded live in Munich , Germany (first released unofficially in 1981 as 1961) |
| 1961 | George Shearing Quintet with Nancy Wilson | Nancy Wilson | The Swingin's Mutual! |
| 1961 | Grant Green Quartet | (instrumental) | Gooden's Corner (1979), with Sonny Clark |
| 1961 | Les McCann Ltd. | (instrumental) | Pretty Lady, reissued as Django in 1968 |
| 1961 | Lionel Hampton | (instrumental) | Soft Vibes Soaring Strings |
| 1961 | Marc Murphy | Marc Murphy | Rah!, arranged by Ernie Wilkins |
| 1961 | Miles Davis Quintet | (instrumental) | In Person Saturday Night at the Blackhawk, San Francisco, Volume II (2003), contains two previously unreleased versions of the song not part of the original album |
| 1961 | Montgomery Brothers | (instrumental) | The Montgomery Brothers in Canada |
| 1961 | Red Garland | (instrumental) | Bright and Breezy |
| 1961 | Walter Bishop, Jr. Trio | (instrumental) | Speak Low + 3 |
| 1962 | Eddie Harris | (instrumental) | Eddie Harris Goes to the Movies, with Orchestra conducted by Dick Marx |
| 1962 | Elek Bacsik | (instrumental) | The Electric Guitar of the Eclectic Elek Bacsik |
| 1962 | Mel Tormé | Mel Tormé | Comin' Home Baby!, arranged and conducted by Shorty Rogers; rereleased as Right Now! (1967) |
| 1962 | George Shearing | (instrumental) | Shearing Bossa Nova, arranged by Clare Fischer |
| 1962 | Oscar Peterson Trio | (instrumental) | The Sound of the Trio (Live recording) |
| 1962 | Oscar Peterson Trio with Milt Jackson | (instrumental) | Very Tall |
| 1963 | Billy Eckstine | (instrumental) | Now Singing in 12 Great Movies |
| 1963 | Bossa Três | (instrumental) | Bossa Três |
| 1963 | Dick Schory's Percussion Pops Orchestra | (instrumental) | Supercussion |
| 1963 | Jerry Goldsmith | (?: instrumental) | O.S.T. The Prize |
| 1963 | Johnny Lytle | (instrumental) | The Village Caller!, reissued as A Groove |
| 1963 | Marian McPartland | (instrumental) | Bossa Nova + Soul |
| 1963 | Sonny Criss | (instrumental) | Mr Blues Pour Flirter |
| 1963 | Vince Guaraldi | (instrumental) | In Person |
| 1964 | Albert Ayler | (instrumental) | My Name Is Albert Ayler (a.k.a. Free Jazz) |
| 1964 | Erroll Garner | (instrumental) | Amsterdam Concert |
| 1964 | Gary Burton | (instrumental) | Something's Coming!, quartet recording with Jim Hall |
| 1964 | Martin Denny | (instrumental) | Latin Village |
| 1964 | Maynard Ferguson | (instrumental) | Color Him Wild, song arranged by Michael Abene and Don Rader |
| 1964 | Tony Bennett with the Ralph Sharon Trio | Tony Bennett | When Lights Are Low, arranged by Ralph Sharon |
| 1965 | Eddie Harris | (instrumental) | Cool Sax from Hollywood to Broadway |
| 1965 | Ernest Ranglin | (instrumental) | Guitar in Ernest |
| 1965 | Miles Davis Quintet | (instrumental) | The Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel 1965, released in 1995 (song played on one of seven sets) |
| 1965 | Ran Blake | (instrumental) | Plays Solo Piano |
| 1965 | Sonny Rollins | (instrumental) | Sonny Rollins on Impulse! |
| 1965 | Victor Feldman | (instrumental) | Love Me with All Your Heart, also released as single A-side |
| 1965 | Wild Bill Davis & Johnny Hodges | (instrumental) | Con-Soul and Sax |
| 1966 | Earl Grant | Earl Grant? | Bali Ha'i |
| 1966 | Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis | (instrumental) | Lock, the Fox |
| 1966 | Sarah Vaughan | Sarah Vaughan | You're Mine You |
| 1966 | Stan Getz Quartet | (instrumental) | In Paris, live recording |
| 1967 | Afro Blues Quintet Plus One | (instrumental) | Discovery 3 |
| 1967 | Bill Evans Trio | (instrumental) | California Here I Come (1982) |
| 1967 | Dinah Washington | Dinah Washington | Dinah Discovered, probably earlier recording |
| 1967 | Les McCann Trio | (instrumental) | From the Top of the Barrel |
| 1967 | Richard "Groove" Holmes | (instrumental) | Super Soul |
| 1967 | Teddy Wilson Quintet | (instrumental) | Stomping at the Savoy (1971) |
| 1968 | Ella Fitzgerald | Ella Fitzgerald | 30 by Ella, recorded with a sextet featuring Harry "Sweets" Edison |
| 1968 | Joe Henderson | (instrumental) | Four with the Davis' rhythm section: Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb. Released not until 1994. |
| 1968 | Oscar Peterson Trio | (instrumental) | Mellow Mood |
| 1969 | Meireles e Os Copa 7 | (instrumental) | Tropical with J. T. Meirelles |
| 1970 | Anita O’Day | Anita O’Day | O.S.T. Zigzag |
| 1970 | Art Van Damme Quintet | (instrumental) | Keep Going |
| 1970 | Gene Harris Trio | (instrumental) | Live at the 'It Club' (1996) |
| 1971 | Gene Russell | (instrumental) | New Direction |
| 1972 | Joe Williams | Joe Williams | Live with the Cannonball Adderley Sextet |
| 1972 | Johnny Hartman | Johnny Hartman | For Trane |
| 1973 | Bill Evans Trio | (instrumental) | The Tokyo Concert |
| 1973 | Duke Jordan | (instrumental) | Flight to Denmark |
| 1973 | Gene Harris Trio | (instrumental) | Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow |
| 1973 | Jimmy McGriff | (instrumental) | Friday the 13th. Cook County Jail. |
| 1974 | Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis | (instrumental) | Leapin' on Lenox |
| 1974 | Herb Ellis & Ray Brown | (instrumental) | Herb Ellis & Ray Brown's Soft Shoe |
| 1974 | Lee Konitz | (instrumental) | Satori |
| 1974 | Oscar Peterson Trio | (instrumental) | Oscar Peterson in Russia |
| 1975 | Singers Unlimited with Pat Williams Orchestra | The Singers Unlimited | Feeling Free |
| 1976 | Joe Pass (solo) | (instrumental) | Virtuoso No. 2 |
| 1976 | Joe Sample / Ray Brown / Shelly Manne | (instrumental) | The Three |
| 1976 | Monty Alexander | (instrumental) | Unlimited Love - Live & In Concert |
| 1977 | Archie Shepp | (instrumental) | On Green Dolphin Street |
| 1977 | Benny Carter 4 | (instrumental) | Montreux '77, live recording |
| 1977 | Carmen McRae | Carmen McRae | At the Great American Music Hall, recorded live with a quartet featuring Dizzy Gillespie |
| 1977 | Les Brown & His Band of Renown | (instrumental) | Goes Direct to Disc |
| 1977 | Masabumi Kikuchi Sextet | (instrumental) | Matrix |
| 1977 | Return to Forever | (instrumental) | Live: The Complete Concert |
| 1977 | Rhoda Scott and Kenny Clarke | Rhoda Scott | Rhoda Scott + Kenny Clarke, reissued as Jazz in Paris |
| 1977 | Sheila Jordan & Arild Andersen | Sheila Jordan | Sheila |
| 1978 | Herbie Hancock | (instrumental) | The Piano |
| 1978 | Woody Shaw Quintet | (instrumental) | Stepping Stones Bonus Tracks (2011), rec. live at the Village Vanguard |
| 1979 | Anthony Braxton | (instrumental) | Solo (Milano) 1979 Vol. 2 (2004) |
| 1979 | Herbie Hancock with Wayne Shorter | (instrumental) | V.S.O.P. Live Under the Sky, the song played by the duo as an encore, a medley with "Stella by Starlight" |
| 1980 | Bud Shank, Bill Mays, Alan Broadbent | (instrumental) | Crystal Comments |
| 1981 | Paquito D'Rivera | (instrumental) | Blowin' |
| 1981 | Ran Blake and Jaki Byard | (instrumental) | Improvisations, piano duo recording |
| 1982 | Akira Miyazawa | (instrumental) | On Green Dolphin Street |
| 1982 | Tony Rice Unit | (instrumental) | Backwaters |
| 1984 | George Shearing & Mel Tormé | Mel Tormé | An Evening at Charlie's |
| 1986 | Kalima | (instrumental) | Night Time Shadows |
| 1986 | Keith Jarrett / Gary Peacock / Jack DeJohnette | (instrumental) | Standards II (DVD, recorded live in Tokyo) |
| 1987 | Billy Jenkins | (instrumental) | In the Nude, solo acoustic guitar recording |
| 1987 | Harry Connick, Jr. | (instrumental) | Harry Connick, Jr. (album) |
| 1987 | Helge Schneider | (instrumental) | The Last Jazz |
| 1988 | Plunky | (instrumental) | Tropical Chill |
| 1989 | Rosenberg Trio | (instrumental) | Seresta |
| 1990 | George Benson & The Count Basie Orchestra | George Benson | Big Boss Band, with arrangements by Frank Foster |
| 1990 | Clare Fischer | (instrumental) | Lembranças |
| 1990 | Joe Pass | (instrumental) | What Is There to Say (2001), solo guitar recording |
| 1990 | Walter Norris | (instrumental) | Lush Life |
| 1991 | Chick Corea Akoustic Band | (instrumental) | Alive |
| 1994 | Jerry Bergonzi, Mike Stern, Andy LaVerne, George Mraz, Billy Hart | (instrumental) | Vertical Reality |
| 1994 | Keith Jarrett Standards Trio | (instrumental) | Keith Jarrett at the Blue Note |
| 2000 | Cindy Blackman | (instrumental) | Works on Canvas |
| 2001 | Cassandra Wilson | (instrumental) | O.S.T. The Score |
| 2001 | Keith Jarrett / Gary Peacock / Jack DeJohnette | (instrumental) | My Foolish Heart – Live at Montreux (2007) |
| 2002 | George Coleman, Mike Stern, Ron Carter & Jimmy Cobb | (instrumental) | Four Generations of Miles |
| 2006 | Austin Peralta | (instrumental) | Maiden Voyage |
| 2009 | Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Lenny White | (instrumental) | Forever (2011), piano trio live recording |
| 2014 | Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band | (instrumental) | Life in the Bubble |