En 1993, tras la elección de Bill Clinton como presidente de los EE. UU., Jacquet tocó "C-Jam Blues" en la recepción oficial celebrada en la Casa Blanca.
1953 Jazz Moods By Illinois Jacquet (Clef MGC-622)
1954 Illinois Jacquet And His Tenor Sax (Aladdin LP-708 [10"]; Aladdin LP-803 [rel. 1956]; Imperial LP-9184/LP-12184 [rel. 1962])
1954 The Kid and the Brute (Clef MGC-680; Verve MGV-8065) – con Ben Webster
1955 Illinois Jacquet [septet] (Clef MGC-676; Verve MGV-8061) – con Harry "Sweets" Edison
1956 Jazz Moode (Clef MGC-700; Verve MGV-8084) compilation of MGC-112, MGC-129, MGC-622
1956 Port Of Rico (Clef MGC-701; Verve MGV-8085) compilation of MGC-129, MGC-167, MGC-622
1956 Groovin' with Jacquet (Clef MGC-702; Verve MGV-8086) compilation of MGC-112, MGC-129, MGC-167, MGC-622
1956 Swing's the Thing (Clef MGC-750; Verve MGV-8023) - reissued on CD in 2005 by Lone Hill Jazz (LHJ-10228)
1959 Illinois Jacquet Flies Again (Roulette SR-52035) - reissued on CD in 2005 by Lone Hill Jazz (LHJ-10229)
1962 Illinois Jacquet And His Orchestra (Epic BA-17033) – con Roy Eldridge - reissued on CD in 2005 by Lone Hill Jazz (LHJ-10229)
1963 The Message (Argo LPS-722) – con Kenny Burrell - reissued on CD in 2005 by Lone Hill Jazz (LHJ-10230)
1964 Desert Winds (Argo LPS-735) – con Kenny Burrell - reissued on CD in 2005 by Lone Hill Jazz (LHJ-10230)
1964 Bosses of the Ballad: Illinois Jacquet And Strings Play Cole Porter (Argo LPS-746) - reissued on CD in 2005 by Lone Hill Jazz (LHJ-10231)
1965 Spectrum (Argo LPS-754) - reissued on CD in 2005 by Lone Hill Jazz (LHJ-10231)
1966 Go Power! [recorded live at 'Lennie's On-The-Turnpike' in West Peabody, MA] (Cadet LPS-773) – con Milt Buckner, Alan Dawson - reissued on CD in 2005 by Lone Hill Jazz (LHJ-10232)
1968 Bottoms Up: Illinois Jacquet On Prestige! (Prestige PR-7575) (CD reissue: Original Jazz Classics OJC-417)
1968 The King! (Prestige PR-7597) (CD reissue: Original Jazz Classics OJC-849)
1969 The Soul Explosion (Prestige PR-7629) (CD reissue: Original Jazz Classics OJC-674)
1969 The Blues; That's Me! (Prestige PR-7731) – con Tiny Grimes (CD reissue: Original Jazz Classics OJC-614)
1971 Genius At Work! (Recorded Live At The Ronnie Scott Club, London) (Black Lion BL-146) - reissued on CD as The Comeback (Black Lion BLCD-760160)
1973 Volume 1: Jazz At Town Hall (J.R.C. Records 11433) – con Arnett Cobb
1973 The Blues From Louisiana (J.R.C. Records 11433; Classic Jazz CJ-???) - this is a reissue of Jazz At Town Hall
1973 Illinois Jacquet With Wild Bill Davis (Disques Black And Blue 33.044; Classic Jazz CJ-112 [rel. 1978]) - reissued on CD as The Man I Love (Black & Blue BB-865)
1973 Illinois Jacquet With Wild Bill Davis, Vol. 2 (Disques Black And Blue 33.082)
1974 Illinois Jacquet With Milt And Jo (Disques Black And Blue 33.070) – con Milt Buckner, Jo Jones - reissued on CD as Bottoms Up (Black & Blue BB-893)
1975 Volume 2: Birthday Party (J.R.C. Records 11434) – con James Moody - reissued on CD in 1999 by Groove Note Records
1976 Here Comes Freddy (Sonet SNTF-714) – con Howard McGhee (CD reissue: Sonet SNTCD-714)
1976 Jacquet's Street (Disques Black And Blue 33.112; Classic Jazz CJ-146 [rel. 1981]) (CD reissue: Black & Blue BB-972)
1978 God Bless My Solo (Disques Black And Blue 33.167) (CD reissue: Black & Blue BB-941)
1982 The Cool Rage [2LP compilation that also includes 4 previously unreleased tracks from 1958 con Wild Bill Davis y Kenny Burrell] (Verve VE2-2544)
1983 Jazz At The Philharmonic: Blues In Chicago 1955 (Verve 815155) – con Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis
1988 Jacquet's Got It! (Atlantic 81816)
1988 The Black Velvet Band [grabado 1947-1950] (Bluebird/RCA 6571-1-RB)
1989 Banned In Boston (Portrait/CBS RJ-44391) - reissue of Illinois Jacquet And His Orchestra (BA-17033)
1994 Flying Home: The Best Of The Verve Years (Verve 521644)
1994 Illinois Jacquet And His All Star New York Band [grabado 1980] (JSP 212)
1996 The Complete Illinois Jacquet Sessions 1945-1950 [all his Philo/Aladdin, Apollo, ARA, Savoy, and RCA Victor material] (Mosaic MD4-0165) -4-CD box set
2002 The Illinois Jacquet Story [grabado 1944-1951] (Proper BOX 49) -4-CD box set
2002 Jumpin' At Apollo [grabado 1945-1947] (Delmark DE-538)
2003 Live At Schaffhausen, Switzerland: March 18, 1978 (Storyville Records; UPC: 4526180360506)
2006 Swingin' Live With Illinois Jacquet: His Final Performance [grabado 2004] (Jacquet Records; UPC: 837101208147) -2CD
2013 Toronto 1947 (Uptown Records; UPC: 026198277321) – con Leo Parker
2014 Live In Berlin 1987 (Squatty Roo Records; UPC: 686647021204)
2014 Live In Burghausen 1996 (Squatty Roo Records; UPC: 686647022102