As leader

• 1960: Blues for Smoke, solo piano
• 1961: Here’s Jaki, with Ron Carter, Roy Haynes
• 1962: Hi-Fly, with Ron Carter, Pete La Roca
• 1964: Out Front!, with Booker Ervin, Ron Carter, Roy Haynes
• 1965: The Jaki Byard Quartet Live!
• 1965: The Last From Lennie’s (released 2003 with Joe Farrell, George Tucker, Alan Dawson)
• 1966: Freedom Together!, with Richard Davis, Junior Parker
• 1967: On The Spot!, with Jimmy Owens, Paul Chambers, Billy Higgins, Alan Dawson
• 1967: Sunshine Of My Soul, with Elvin Jones, David Izenzon
• 1968: Jaki Byard With Strings
• 1968: The Jaki Byard Experience, with Roland Kirk, Richard Davis, Alan Dawson
• 1969: Solo Piano
• 1972: Duet! (MPS Records)
• 1972: There’ll Be Some Changes Made (Muse)
• 1978: Family Man (Muse)
• 1981: Improvisations with Ran Blake (Soul Note)
• 1981: To Them – To Us (Soul Note)
• 1984: Phantasies with the Apollo Stompers (Soul Note)
• 1988: Phantasies II with the Apollo Stompers (Soul Note)
• 1988: Foolin’ Myself (Soul Note)

As sideman

With Don Ellis

• How Time Passes (1960)

With Eric Dolphy

• Far Cry (1960)
• Outward Bound (1960)

With Booker Ervin

• The Freedom Book (1963)
• The Space Book (Prestige, 1964)
• Groovin’ High (Prestige, 1963-64)
• The Trance (Prestige, 1965)
• Heavy!!! (Prestige, 1966)

With Roland Kirk

• Rip Rig & Panic (1965)

With Charles Mingus

• The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (Impulse!, 1963)
• Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (Impulse!, 1963)
• Astral Weeks (1964)
• Charles Mingus Sextet with Eric Dolphy Cornell 1964 (2007, Blue Note)

With Dannie Richmond

• “In” Jazz for the Culture Set (Impulse!, 1965)

With Sam Rivers

• Fuchsia Swing Song (Blue Note, 1964)