tracks 1 to 7 alto saxophone Andrew "Goon" Gardner
tracks 15 to 18 alto saxophone Christopher Johnson
tracks 11 to 13 alto saxophone Curby Alexander
tracks 17 to 21 alto saxophone Edmund Gregory
tracks 1 to 13, 19 to 21 alto saxophone Joe Eldridge
tracks 14 alto saxophone Mike Doty
tracks 15, 16 alto saxophone Porter Kilbert
tracks 14 alto saxophone Ray Ekstrand
tracks 8 to 10 alto saxophone Sam Lee
tracks 15 to 18 baritone saxophone Albert B. Townsend
tracks 19 to 21 baritone saxophone Cecil Payne
tracks 8 to 13 baritone saxophone Dave McRae
tracks 14 baritone saxophone Ernie Caceres
tracks 11 to 13 bass Billy Taylor Sr.
tracks 19 to 21 bass Carl Pruitt
tracks 8 to 10 bass Carl Wilson
tracks 22 bass John Kirby
tracks 17, 18 bass Louis Carrington
tracks 15, 16 bass Rodney Richardson
tracks 1 to 7, 14 bass Ted Sturgis
tracks 22 clarinet Buster Bailey
tracks 11 to 14 drums Cozy Cole
tracks 17, 18 drums Earl Phillips
tracks 1 to 7 drums Harold "Doc" West
tracks 19 to 21 drums Lee Abrams
tracks 8 to 10 drums Les Erskine
tracks 15, 16 drums Melvin Saunders
tracks 22 drums Sidney Catlett
tracks 22 guitar John Collins
tracks 15 to 18 guitar Lucius Fowler
tracks 14 guitar Mike Bryan
tracks 8 to 10 guitar Sam Allen
tracks 11 to 13 guitar Snags Allen
tracks 15 to 18 piano Buster Harding
tracks 14 piano Dave Bowman
tracks 19 to 21 piano Duke Jordan
tracks 1 to 7 piano Rozelle Gayle
tracks 11 to 13 piano Teddy Brannon
tracks 22 piano Teddy Cole
tracks 8 to 10 piano Tony D'Amore
tracks 17, 18 tenor saxophone Albert Green
tracks 15, 16 tenor saxophone Charles Bowen
tracks 14 tenor saxophone Don Purvance
tracks 8 to 13 tenor saxophone Franz Jackson
tracks 15, 16 tenor saxophone George Lawson
tracks 8 to 13 tenor saxophone Hal Singer
tracks 14 tenor saxophone Hank Ross
tracks 19 to 21 tenor saxophone Harold Webster
tracks 1 to 7 tenor saxophone Ike Quebec
tracks 22 tenor saxophone Leon "Chu" Berry
tracks 1 to 7, 17, 18 tenor saxophone Tom Archia
tracks 19 to 21 tenor saxophone Walt Lockhart
tracks 15, 16 trombone Al Riding
tracks 19 to 21 trombone Charles Greenlee
tracks 14 trombone Fred Ohms
tracks 19 to 21 trombone Fred Robinson
tracks 15 to 21 trombone George Robinson
tracks 11 to 13 trombone George Stevenson
tracks 8 to 10 trombone George Wilson
tracks 14 trombone Hal Matthews
tracks 15 to 18 trombone John McConnell
tracks 17, 18 trombone Nat Atkins
tracks 19 to 21 trombone Richard Dunlap
tracks 15 to 18 trombone Sandy Watson
tracks 8 to 13 trombone Sandy Williams
tracks 8 to 10 trombone Ted Kelly
tracks 11 to 13 trombone Vic Dickenson
tracks 14 trombone Ward Silloway
tracks 11 to 13 trombone Wilbur De Paris
tracks 14 trombone Will Bradley
tracks 14 trumpet Andy Ferretti
tracks 14 trumpet Bill Graham
tracks 8 to 10 trumpet Clarence Wheeler
tracks 19 to 21 trumpet Dave Page
tracks 15 to 18 trumpet Elmon Wright
tracks 15, 16 trumpet Elton Hill
tracks 8 to 10 trumpet Gus Aiken
tracks 15 to 18 trumpet Henry Clay
tracks 17, 18 trumpet James Thomas
tracks 14 trumpet Jimmy Maxwell
tracks 8 to 10 trumpet John Hamilton
tracks 19 to 21 trumpet Marion "Boonie" Hazel
tracks 11 to 13 trumpet Paul Cohen
tracks 11 to 13 trumpet Pinky Savitt
tracks 8 to 13 trumpet Robert "Cookie" Mason
trumpet Roy Eldridge
tracks 11 to 13 trumpet Sidney De Paris
tracks 19 to 21 trumpet Sylvester Lewis
tracks 15 to 21 trumpet Thomas Grider
tracks 14 trumpet Yank Lawson
tracks 15 vocals Buster Harding
tracks 13, 17 vocals Roy Eldridge
Phonographic Copyright (p) MCA Records, Inc.
Copyright (c) GRP Records, Inc.
Manufactured By MCA Victor, Inc.
Distributed By MCA Victor, Inc.
All recorded in New York City (except as indicated).
track 1 to 7: November 16, 1943, Chicago.
track 8 to 10: June 26,1944.
track 11 to 13: October 13, 1944.
track 14: March 5, 1945.
track 15, 16: January 31, 1946.
track 17, 18: May 7, 1946.
track 19 to 21: September 24, 1946.
track 22: February 5, 1936, Chicago.
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