tracks a6 to b8 alto saxophone Earle Warren
tracks a6 to b8 baritone saxophone Jack Washington
tracks d7, d8 baritone vocals Louis Davis
tracks a1 to a3, c1, c2, c6 bass Artie Bernstein
tracks a4 to b4, b7, b8, c5, d4 to d6, d9 bass Walter Page
tracks d7, d8 bass vocals Sam Bryant
tracks c3, c4 bass vocals [1st bass] Willie Johnson
tracks c3, c4 bass vocals [2nd bass] Orlandus Wilson
tracks a1 to a3, c1, c2, c6 clarinet Benny Goodman
tracks a4 to b4, b7, b8, c5, d4 to d6, d9 drums Jo Jones
tracks a1 to a3, c1, c2, c6 drums Nick Fatool
tracks a1 to 3, b1, b2, c1, c2, c6, d9 guitar Charlie Christian
tracks a6 to b2, c5, d9 guitar Freddie Green
tracks d1, d2 harmonica, vocals Sonny Terry
tracks b7, b8 leader, soprano saxophone Sidney Bechet
liner notes Charles Edward Smith
liner notes Sterling A. Brown
tracks c6, d4 to d6 piano Albert Ammons
tracks a4 to a8, b3, b4, c6 piano Count Basie
tracks a1 to a3, c1, c2, c6 piano Fletcher Henderson
tracks b5 to b8, c5 piano James Price Johnson
tracks c6, d4 piano Meade "Lux" Lewis
tracks c6, c3, d4 piano Pete Johnson
producer, liner notes John Hammond
tracks a6 to a8 tenor saxophone Herschel Evans
tracks a4 to b2, b4, c5, c6, d9 tenor saxophone Lester Young
tracks c3, c4 tenor vocals [1st tenor] Henry Owens
tracks d7, d8 tenor vocals [1st tenor] William Brown
tracks d7, d8 tenor vocals [2nd tenor] Julius Davis
tracks c3, c4 tenor vocals [2nd tenor] William Langford
tracks a6 to a8 trombone Benny Morton
tracks a6 to a8, b7, b8 trombone Dan Minor
tracks a6 to a8, c5 trombone Dickie Wells
tracks a4 to b2, b4, c5, d9 trumpet Buck Clayton
tracks a6 to a8 trumpet Ed Lewis
tracks a6 to a8, c6 trumpet Harry Edison
tracks a6 to a8 trumpet Shad Collins
tracks b7, b8 trumpet Tommy Ladnier
tracks a1 to a3, c1, c2, c6 vibraphone Lionel Hampton
tracks d3 vocals Big Joe Turner
tracks c5 vocals Ida Cox
tracks d5, d6 vocals, guitar Big Bill Broonzy
tracks d2 washboard Bull City Red
——Center labels info——
Red Deep Groove Vanguard labels

——Sleeve info——

Recorded live December 23, 1938 and December 24, 1939, Carnegie Hall, New York City
First released 1959