tracks a3 to a6 alto saxophone Buster Smith
tracks b5 to b8 alto saxophone Joe Eldridge
tracks b1 to b4 alto saxophone Pete Brown
tracks a3 to a6 alto saxophone Willard Brown
tracks a3 to a6 bass Averill Pollard
tracks a7, a8 bass Booker Collins
tracks b1 to b4 bass Charlie Drayton
tracks b5 to b8 bass Oscar Pettiford
tracks a1, a2 bass Pops Foster
tracks a1, a2 clarinet Edmond Hall
tracks a7, a8 clarinet Edward Inge
tracks b1 to b4 clarinet Jimmy Hamilton
compiled by Jacques Lubin
cover Etienne Robial
tracks a3 to a6 drums Arthur Herbert
tracks a7, a8 drums Ben Thigpen
tracks b5 to b8 drums Harold "Doc" West
tracks b1 to b4 drums Roy Nathan
tracks a1, a2 drums Zutty Singleton
tracks a1, a2 guitar Bernard Addison
tracks a3 to a6 guitar Eddie Durham
liner notes Alain Gerber
tracks a3 to a6 piano Conrad Frederick
tracks a1, a2 piano Lil Hardin-Armstrong
tracks a7, a8 piano Mary Lou Williams
tracks b1 to b8 piano Sammy Price
tracks a7, a8 tenor saxophone Dick Wilson
tracks b5 to b8 tenor saxophone Ike Quebec
tracks a3 to a6 tenor saxophone Lem Johnson
tracks a1, a2 trombone Benny Morton
tracks a7, a8 trombone Ted Donnelly
tracks b5 to b8 trumpet Bill Coleman
tracks b1 to b4 trumpet Dizzy Gillespie
tracks a7, a8 trumpet Harold Baker
tracks a1, a2 trumpet Henry "Red" Allen
tracks a3 to a6 trumpet Joe Keyes
Printed By France Imprimerie
Distributed By CPF
Phonographic Copyright (p) MCA Records, Inc.
Pressed By Disco France
Variant: similar to The Swinging Small Bands 2 (1940-1944), but with circled price code C and printed by France Imprimerie Sorel (instead of France Imprimerie 462 31 30).

Recorded in New York, 28 May 1940 (A1, A2), 11 November 1940 (A3 to A6), 18 November 1940 (A7, A8), 9 February 1942 (B1 to B4), and 1 March 1944 (B5 to B8)
Rights Society: SACEM SDRM SACD SGDL
Price Code: C
Matrix / Runout: CED 510088 A DF (Side A runout stamped)
Matrix / Runout: CED 510088 B (Side B runout stamped)