Muzycy, z którymi nagrywał Gene Ammons, Art Blakey, Francy Boland Clifford Brown, Kenny Burrell, Don Byas, Donald Byrd, Benny Carter, Teddy Charles, Kenny Clarke, Jimmy Cleveland, John Coltrane, Miles Davis. Eric Dolphy, Dizzy Gillespie, Art Farmer, Ella Fitzgerald, Tommy Flanagan, Dexter Gordon, Friedrich Gulda, Coleman Hawkins, Joe Henderson, Earl Hines, Bobby Jaspar, John Jenkins, Sam Jones, Thad Jones, Louis Jordan, Carmen McRae, Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, Horace Parlan, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Bud Powell, Buddy Rich, Max Roach, Bernt Rosengren, Sahib Shihab, Mal Waldron, Randy Weston, Ernie Wilkins, Lester Young
Wybrana dyskografia 1957 Three Trumpets – Farmer–Byrd–Sulieman (Prestige 1958 Roots (Prestige) 1959 The Cats – Tommy Flanagan–John Coltrane–Kenny Burrell–Idrees Sulieman (New Jazz) Coolin’ – Teddy Charles–Idrees Sulieman–John Jenkins–Mal Waldron (New Jazz) 1963 Americans in Europe, Vol. 1 (Impulse! Records) Americans in Europe, Vol. 2 (Impulse!) 1964 The Camel (Columbia) 1976 Now Is the Time (SteepleChase) 1985 Bird's Grass (SteepleChase) 1986 Groovin'