tracks 1-1 to 1-17, 2-1 to 2-17 banjo Fred Guy
tracks 2-7 to 2-18 bass Jimmy Blanton
tracks 1-3 to 1-17, 2-1 to 2-6 bass Wellman Braud
tracks 1-1 to 1-17 drums Sonny Greer
tracks 1-8, 1-9, 1-11 guitar Lonnie Johnson
piano Duke Ellington
tracks 1-5 to 1-17, 2-1 to 2-17 reeds Barney Bigard
tracks 1-1, 1-2 reeds Edgar Sampson
tracks 1-3 to 1-11, 1-14 to 1-17, 2-1 to 2-17 reeds Harry Carney
tracks 1-7 to 1-9, 1-14 to 1-17, 2-1 to 2-17 reeds Johnny Hodges
tracks 1-1, 1-2, 1-6, 1-15, 1-17, 2-1, 2-3 reeds Otto Hardwick
tracks 1-1, 1-2 reeds Prince Robinson
tracks 1-3, 1-4 reeds Rudy Jackson
tracks 2-7 to 2-17 tenor saxophone Ben Webster
tracks 1-13, 1-14 to 1-17, 2-1 to 2-17 trombone Juan Tizol
tracks 1-15 to 1-17, 2-1 to 2-17 trombone Lawrence Brown
tracks 1-1 to 1-8, 1-12, 1-13, 1-14 to 1-17, 2-1 to 2-17 trombone Tricky Sam Nanton
tracks 1-6, 1-8, 1-17, 2-1 to 2-3 trumpet Arthur Whetsel
tracks 1-1 to 1-11 trumpet Bubber Miley
tracks 1-13, 1-17, 2-1, 2-2, 2-7 to 2-14 trumpet Cootie Williams
tracks 1-10, 1-11, 1-17, 2-3 trumpet Freddy Jenkins
tracks 1-1 to 1-7 trumpet Louis Metcalf
tracks 2-15 to 2-17 trumpet Ray Nance
tracks 2-4 to 2-6 trumpet Wallace Jones
tracks 1-1, 1-2 tuba Mack Shaw