tracks 7-9, 7-11, 7-12 alto saxophone Otto Hardwick
tracks 8-19 to 8-21 alto saxophone Rudy Williams
tracks 8-19 to 8-23 arranged by Tadd Dameron
tracks 7-13 to 7-16 baritone saxophone Dave Small
tracks 3-9 to 3-14, 7-9, 7-11, 7-12 baritone saxophone Harry Carney
tracks 1-10, 1-11 bass Abe Bolar
tracks 5-11 to 5-15, 6-15 to 6-18 bass Al Lucas
tracks 3-9 to 3-14 bass Alvin Raglin
tracks 8-19 to 8-23 bass Art Phipps
tracks 1-18, 1-19 bass Billy Taylor Sr.
tracks 4-16, 7-13 to 7-16, 8-17, 8-18 bass Gene Ramey
tracks 8-8 to 8-11 bass Grachan Moncur
tracks 3-1 to 3-4, 4-7, 4-12 to 4-15, 6-1 to 6-10, 7-5 to 7-8 bass Israel Crosby
tracks 5-6 to 5-10, 7-1 to 7-4, 8-15, 8-16 bass John Simmons
tracks 2-1 to 2-10, 3-5 to 3-8 bass Johnny Williams
tracks 4-8, 4-9, 4-17, 8-1, 8-2, 8-5 to 8-7, 8-12 to 8-14 bass Milt Hinton
tracks 7-9 to 7-12, 8-3, 8-4 bass Oscar Pettiford
tracks 2-11 to 2-18, 6-6 to 6-10 bass Pops Foster
tracks 6-19 to 6-22 bass Wellman Braud
tracks 4-10, 4-11 bass William Oscar Smith
tracks 4-1, 4-2 bass Wilson Myers
tracks 3-1 to 3-4, 4-7 celesta [celeste] Meade "Lux" Lewis
tracks 2-15 to 2-18, 6-19 to 6-22 clarinet Albert Nicholas
tracks 7-5 to 7-8 clarinet Barney Bigard
tracks 3-1 to 3-14, 4-7, 5-1 to 5-15 clarinet Edmond Hall
tracks 7-10 clarinet Harry Carney
tracks 7-9 to 7-12 clarinet Jimmy Hamilton
tracks 6-6 to 6-10 clarinet Mezz Mezzrow
tracks 6-15 to 6-18 clarinet Omer Simeon
tracks 7-10 clarinet Otto Hardwick
tracks 2-11, 2-13, 2-14, 2-16, 2-18, 4-1, 4-2 clarinet Sidney Bechet
tracks 5-11 to 5-15 drums Arthur Trappier
tracks 6-19 to 6-22 drums Baby Dodds
tracks 8-19 to 8-21 drums Charles Simon
tracks 2-15 to 2-18, 6-6 to 6-10 drums Danny Alvin
tracks 7-5 to 7-8 drums Eddie Dougherty
tracks 6-11 to 6-18 drums Freddie Moore
tracks 7-13 to 7-16 drums Gus Johnson
tracks 4-8, 4-9, 4-17, 8-1 to 8-14 drums J.C. Heard
tracks 7-17 to 7-20 drums Jo Jones
tracks 2-1 to 2-14, 3-9 to 3-14, 4-16, 5-1 to 5-10, 7-1 to 7-4, 7-9 to 7-12, 8-15 to 8-18 drums Sidney Catlett
tracks 1-18, 1-19 drums Specs Powell
tracks 4-12 to 4-15 drums Tommy Benford
tracks 4-12 to 4-15 ensemble Oliver "Rev." Mesheux's Blue Six
tracks 3-5 to 3-8 guitar Carl Kress
tracks 3-1 to 3-4, 4-7 guitar Charlie Christian
tracks 3-9 to 3-14 guitar Everett Barksdale
tracks 4-10 to 4-16, 5-1 to 5-15, 6-1 to 6-5, 7-1 to 7-4, 8-17, 8-18 guitar Jimmy Shirley
tracks 4-17, 7-17 to 7-20, 8-12 to 8-14 guitar John Collins
tracks 4-1, 4-2 guitar Josh White
tracks 8-5 to 8-7 guitar Napoleon Allen
tracks 8-19 to 8-23 guitar Pee Wee Tinney
tracks 7-13 to 7-16 guitar Rene Hall
tracks 2-1 to 2-10, 2-11 to 2-14, 4-3 to 4-6 guitar Teddy Bunn
tracks 4-8, 4-9, 8-1 to 8-4, 8-8 to 8-11, 8-15, 8-16 guitar Tiny Grimes
tracks 1-10, 1-11 guitar Ulysses Livingston
liner notes Akira Yamato
liner notes 瀬上保男
tracks 7-17 to 7-20 organ Bill Doggett
tracks 1-1 to 1-4, 2-1 to 2-5 piano Albert Ammons
tracks 2-15 to 2-18, 6-1 to 6-22 piano Art Hodes
tracks 8-5 to 8-7 piano Dave Rivera
tracks 3-9 to 3-14 piano Don Frye
tracks 1-16, 1-17 piano Earl Hines
tracks 7-13 to 7-16 piano Earl Knight
tracks 1-12 to 1-15, 5-1 to 5-15, 7-1 to 7-8 piano James Price Johnson
tracks 7-9 to 7-12 piano Jimmy Jones
tracks 1-5, 1-6 to 1-9, 2-6 to 2-10 piano Meade "Lux" Lewis
tracks 1-10, 1-11 piano Pete Johnson
tracks 4-8, 4-9, 4-17, 8-1 to 8-4, 8-8 to 8-114 piano Roger Ramirez
tracks 1-18, 1-19, 4-16, 7-5 to 7-8, 8-15 to 8-18 piano Sammy Benskin
tracks 8-19 to 8-23 piano Tadd Dameron
tracks 3-5 to 3-8 piano Teddy Wilson
tracks 4-12 to 4-15 piano Vivian Smith
tracks 2-8 to 2-10, 2-12, 2-15, 2-17, 4-1, 4-2 soprano saxophone Sidney Bechet
supervised by Akira Yamato
tracks 7-1 to 7-8 tenor saxophone Ben Webster
tracks 4-8, 4-9, 4-17, 8-1 to 8-14 tenor saxophone Ike Quebec
tracks 4-16, 8-15 to 8-18 tenor saxophone John Hardee
tracks 7-13 to 7-16 tenor saxophone Sam Taylor
tracks 3-9 to 3-14, 7-5 to 7-8 trombone Benny Morton
tracks 7-14, 7-16 trombone Clyde Bernhardt
tracks 7-9 to 7-12 trombone Henderson Chambers
tracks 2-2 to 2-5, 2-7, 2-8, 2-10 trombone J.C. Higginbotham
tracks 4-17, 8-8 to 8-14 trombone Keg Johnson
tracks 4-12 to 4-15, 6-1, 6-3 trombone Sandy Williams
tracks 8-3, 8-4 trombone Tyree Glenn
tracks 5-1 to 5-15, 7-1 to 7-4, 7-17 to 7-20 trombone Vic Dickenson
tracks 8-8 to 8-11 trumpet Buck Clayton
tracks 2-1, 2-3 to 2-6, 2-8, 2-10 trumpet Frank Newton
tracks 8-3, 8-4 trumpet Jonah Jones
tracks 6-2, 6-3, 6-6 to 6-14 trumpet Max Kaminsky
tracks 4-12 to 4-15 trumpet Oliver Mesheux
tracks 6-15 to 6-18 trumpet Oliver Mesheux
tracks 7-9 to 7-12 trumpet Ray Nance
tracks 4-17, 8-12 to 8-14 trumpet Shad Collins
tracks 5-1 to 5-15, 7-1 to 7-4 trumpet Sidney De Paris
tracks 3-5 to 3-8 vibraphone Red Norvo
tracks 4-16, 8-17, 8-18 vibraphone William Bivens
tracks 8-19 to 8-23 vocals Babs Gonzales
tracks 7-13 to 7-16 vocals Clyde Bernhardt
tracks 6-13 vocals Freddie Moore
tracks 4-1, 4-2 vocals Josh White
tracks 8-19 to 8-23 vocals Pee Wee Tinney
tracks 4-12 to 4-15 vocals Pigmeat Markham
tracks 8-19 to 8-23 vocals Tadd Dameron
tracks 4-4, 4-5 vocals Teddy Bunn
Record Company Toshiba EMI Ltd
Manufactured By Toshiba EMI Ltd
Recorded At Reeves Sound Studios
Recorded At WOR Studios
Recorded At Carnegie Hall Recording Studios
Pressed By Toshiba EMI Gotenba Plant
Eight discs in two fat boy jewel cases plus a sixty-four page perfect bound booklet housed in a hard slipcase with full-back obi.
Booklet contains comprehensive liner notes in Japanese, and recording data in English.

Tracks 1-1 to 1-7, 1-9 recorded in NYC, January 6, 1939
Tracks 2-1 to 2-5 recorded in NYC, April 7, 1939
Tracks 2-6 to 2-10 recorded in NYC, June 8, 1939
Tracks 1-16, 1-17 recorded in NYC (poss. WMGM Studio), July 29, 1939
Tracks 1-10, 1-11 recorded in NYC (Reeves Sound Studo), December 19, 1939
Tracks 4-1, 4-2 recorded in NYC (Reeves Sound Studio), March 7, 1940
Tracks 2-11 to 2-14 recorded in NYC (Reeves Sound Studio), March 27, 1940
Tracks 4-3 to 4-6 recorded in NYC (Reeves Sound Studio), March 28, 1940
Track 1-8 recorded in NYC (Reeves Sound Studio), October 4, 1940
Tracks 3-1 to 3-3, 4-7 recorded in NYC (Reeves Sound), February 5, 1941
Tracks 1-12, 1-13 recorded in NYC (WOR Studios), November 17, 1943
Tracks 5-1 to 5-5 recorded in NYC (WOR Studios), November 29, 1943
Tracks 1-14, 1-15 recorded in NYC (WOR Studios), December 15, 1943
Tracks 3-5 to 3-8 recorded in NYC (WOR Studios), January 25, 1944
Tracks 7-1 to 7-4 recorded in NYC (WOR Studios), March 4, 1944
Tracks 6-1 to 6-5 recorded in NYC (WOR Studios), April 21, 1944
Tracks 3-9 to 3-14 recorded in NYC (WOR Studios), May 5, 1944
Tracks 5-6 to 5-10 recorded in NYC (WOR Studios), June 21, 1944
Tracks 4-8, 4-9, 8-1, 8-2 recorded in NYC (WOR Studios), July 18, 1944
Tracks 8-3, 8-4 recorded in NYC (WOR Studios), September 25, 1944
Tracks 5-11 to 5-15 recorded in NYC (WOR Studios), October 26, 1944
Tracks 6-6 to 6-10 recorded in NYC, December 11, 1944
Tracks 4-10, 4-11 recorded in NYC, January 23, 1945
Tracks 7-5 to 7-8 recorded in NYC (WOR Studios), January 31, 1945
Tracks 6-11 to 6-14 recorded in NYC (WOR Studios), April 6, 1945
Tracks 8-5 to 8-7 recorded in NYC (WOR Studios), April 10, 1945
Tracks 8-8 to 8-11 recorded in NYC (WOR Studios), July 17, 1945
Tracks 1-18, 1-19 recorded in NYC (WOR Studios), July 27, 1945
Tracks 4-12 to 4-15 recorded in NYC (WOR Studios), August 31, 1945
Tracks 6-15 to 6-18 recorded in NYC (WOR Studios), September 14, 1945
Tracks 7-9 to 7-12 recorded in NYC (WOR Studios), November 21, 1945
Tracks 6-19 to 6-22 recorded in NYC (WOR Studios), December 26, 1945
Tracks 8-15, 8-16 recorded in NYC (WOR Studios), January 28, 1946
Tracks 2-15 to 2-18 recorded in NYC (WOR Studios), February 12, 1946
Tracks 4-16, 8-17, 8-18 recorded in NYC (WOR Studios), May 31, 1946
Tracks 4-17, 8-12 to 8-14 recorded in NYC (WOR Studios), September 23, 1946
Tracks 8-19 to 8-21 recorded in NYC (WOR Studios), February 24, 1947
Tracks 8-22, 8-23 recorded in NYC (WOR Studios), May 7, 1947
Tracks 7-13 to 7-16 recorded in NYC (Carnegie Hall Studio), October 6, 1949
Tracks 7-17 to 7-20 recorded in NYC (WOR Studios), June 24, 1952
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