tracks 1 alto saxophone Ben Kanter
tracks 5,9,11 alto saxophone Benny Carter
tracks 2,3,4 alto saxophone Bus Bassey
tracks 10,12 alto saxophone Charlie DiMaggio
tracks 1 alto saxophone Jack Stacey
tracks 2,3,4 alto saxophone Neely Plumb
tracks 10,12,16 baritone saxophone Artie Baker
tracks 5,9,11 bass Billy Taylor Sr.
tracks 5,9,11 bass Fred Zimmerman
tracks 1 bass, clarinet Joseph Krechter
tracks 6 to 16 drums Dave Tough
tracks 2,3,4 drums Nick Fatool
tracks 5,9,11 drums Shep Shepherd
tracks 1 drums Spencer Prinz
tracks 2,3,4 electric guitar Al Hendrickson
tracks 1 flugelhorn Jack Cave
tracks 1 guitar Bobby Sherwood
tracks 5,9,11 guitar Jimmy Shirley
tracks 10,12 guitar Mike Bryan
tracks 5,9,11 harp Laura Newell
leader, clarinet Artie Shaw
tracks 2,3,4,9,11 to 16 piano Johnny Guarnieri
tracks 1 piano Skitch Henderson
tracks 5,9,11 piano Sonny White
tracks 10 to 16 tenor saxophone Georgie Auld
tracks 1 tenor saxophone Happy Lawson
tracks 2,3,4 tenor saxophone Jerry Jerome
tracks 2,3,4,6,7,8,11 to 16 tenor saxophone Les Robinson
tracks 10,12 to 16 tenor saxophone Mickey Folus
tracks 5,9,11 trombone J.C. Higginbotham
tracks 2,3,4,6,7,8,10,12 to16 trombone Jack Jenney
tracks 6,7 8,10,12 to 16 trombone Morey Samuel
tracks 6,7,8,10,12 to 16 trombone Ray Conniff
tracks 2,3,4 trombone Vernon Brown
tracks 2,3,4 trumpet Billy Butterfield
tracks 1 trumpet George Thow
tracks 2,3,4 trumpet George Wendt
tracks 1 trumpet Harry Geller
tracks 5,9,11 trumpet Henry "Red" Allen
tracks 2,3,4 trumpet Jack Cathcart
tracks 10,12 trumpet Lee Castle
tracks 1 trumpet Manny Klein
tracks 10,12 trumpet Max Kaminsky
tracks 6,7 8,10,12 trumpet Steve Lipkins
tracks 10,12,16 trumpet, vocals Hot Lips Page
tracks 5,9,11 vocals Lena Horne
Copyright (c) TIM The International Music Company AG
track 1 Hollywood May 13 1940
Tracks 2,3,4 Hollywood September 7 1940
track 5, 9 New York June 26 1941
Tracks 6,7,8 New York September 2 1941
Tracks 10,12 new York January 21 1942
Tracks 13,14,15 New York September 2 1941
Track 16 New York January 21 1942
Strings are heard on all tracks
Matrix / Runout: 20.4343
Barcode: 4 011222 043436