tracks a1 to b1 bass Artie Shapiro
tracks b2 to b6 bass John Kirby
tracks a4, b1, b3 clarinet Joe Marsala
tracks a2, a6 clarinet Mezz Mezzrow
tracks a1, a5, b1 clarinet Pee Wee Russell
tracks a1, a5 cornet Bobby Hackett
tracks a1, a4, a5 drums Dave Tough
tracks b6 drums George Wettling
tracks a2, a3, a6 to b6 drums Zutty Singleton
tracks a3, a4 guitar Carmen Mastren
tracks a1, a2, a6, b1 guitar Eddie Condon
narrator Alistair Cooke
tracks a1, a2, a4 to b1 piano Jess Stacy
tracks a3 piano Joe Bushkin
tracks b2 to b6 piano Teddy Wilson
tracks a3 soprano saxophone Sidney Bechet
tracks a1, a2, a6, b1 tenor saxophone Bud Freeman
tracks b2 to b6 tenor saxophone Leon "Chu" Berry
tracks b2 to b6 trombone Jack Teagarden
tracks a4 trombone Tommy Dorsey
tracks b2 to b6 trumpet Charlie Teagarden
tracks b2 to b6 trumpet Harry James
tracks a6 trumpet Hot Lips Page
tracks a1, b1 trumpet Marty Marsala
tracks a2 trumpet Max Kaminsky
tracks a4 trumpet Yank Lawson
tracks b3 vocals Jack Teagarden
tracks a5 vocals Lee Wiley
Record Company Alamac Record Company
Recorded in the St Regis Hotel in New York for broadcast in London by the BBC. The commentator is a very young and star-struck Alistair Cooke