tracks 3 alto saxophone Edgar Sampson
tracks 7 to 11, 14 to 16 alto saxophone Garvin Bushell
tracks 7 to 11, 15, 16 alto saxophone Hilton Jefferson
tracks 2, 4 to 6, 14 alto saxophone Louis Jordan
tracks 2 to 6 alto saxophone Pete Clark
tracks 15, 16 alto saxophone Wayman Carver
tracks 2, 4 to 11, 14 to 16 bass Beverly Peer
tracks 3 bass Bill Thomas
tracks 1, 12, 13 clarinet, alto saxophone Jerry Blake
tracks 1, 12, 13 contrabass Lee Stanfield
tracks 15, 16 drums Bill Beason
tracks 2, 4 to 11, 14 drums Chick Webb
tracks 1, 12, 13 drums Cozy Cole
tracks 7 to 10, 14 guitar Bobby Johnson
tracks 1 to 6, 11 to 13, 15, 16 guitar John Trueheart
photography by Frank Driggs
tracks 3 piano Joe Steele
tracks 1, 12, 13 piano Teddy Wilson
tracks 2, 4 to 11, 14 to 16 piano Tommy Fulford
tracks 3 tenor saxophone Elmer Williams
tenor saxophone Teddy McRae
tracks 2 to 16 tenor saxophone, flute Wayman Carver
tracks 1, 12, 13 trombone Benny Morton
tracks 7 to 11 trombone George Matthews
tracks 2 to 11, 14 to 16 trombone Nat Story
tracks 2 to 11, 14 to 16 trombone Sandy Williams
tracks 2 to 11, 14 to 16 trumpet Bobby Stark
tracks 7, 10, 11, 15, 16 trumpet Dick Vance
tracks 1, 12, 13 trumpet Frank Newton
tracks 2 to 6, 8, 9, 14 trumpet Mario Bauzá
tracks 2 to 11, 14 to 16 trumpet Taft Jordan
vocals Ella Fitzgerald
Phonographic Copyright (p) Editions Atlas
Made By ICM (3)
Printed By ICM (3)
Printed and made in Switzerland

Tracks 1, 12, 13 recorded in New York March 17. 1936
Tracks 2, 4, 5 recorded in New York October 29. 1936
Track 3 recorded in New York June 02. 1936
Track 6 recorded in New York March 24. 1937
Tracks 7, 10 recorded in New York October 06. 1938
Tracks 8, 9 recorded in New York June 09. 1938
Track 11 recorded in New York March 02. 1939
Track 14 recorded in New York December 17. 1937
Tracks 15, 16 recorded in New York August 18. 1939

Matrix / Runout: ICM K020907 JACD 2009 113 0170
Rights Society: SACEM SACD SDRM SCAM
SPARS Code: ADD