tracks 10, 13 to 17 alto saxophone Otto Hardwick
tracks 1, 9, 19 alto saxophone Pete Clark
tracks 18 alto saxophone Tab Smith
tracks 2, 3, 8 to 10, 13 to 18 alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, clarinet Harry Carney
tracks 5 alto saxophone, clarinet Buster Bailey
tracks 7 alto saxophone, clarinet Charlie Holmes
tracks 5 alto saxophone, clarinet Don Redman
tracks 7 alto saxophone, clarinet Henry Jones
tracks 22, 23 alto saxophone, clarinet Hubert Rostaing
tracks 20, 21 alto saxophone, clarinet Johnny Harris
tracks 5 banjo Charlie Dixon
tracks 6 banjo Clarence Holiday
tracks 8 to 10, 12, 13 bass Billy Taylor Sr.
tracks 21 bass Fred Ermelin
tracks 9 to 11 bass Hayes Alvis
tracks 2, 3, 14, 15 bass Jimmy Blanton
tracks 16, 17 bass Junior Raglin
tracks 22, 23 bass Ladislas Czabanick
tracks 7 bass Pops Foster
tracks 18 bass Sid Weiss
tracks 8 bass Wellman Braud
tracks 1, 19 bass Wilson Myers
tracks 9 to 15 clarinet, tenor saxophone Barney Bigard
tracks 16 clarinet, tenor saxophone Chauncey Haughton
tracks 17 clarinet, tenor saxophone Jimmy Hamilton
tracks 16 cornet Ray Nance
cornet, vocals Rex Stewart
tracks 1, 19 drums Bay Perry
tracks 18 drums Cozy Cole
tracks 5 drums Kaiser Marshall
tracks 7 drums Paul Barbarin
tracks 2, 3, 9 to 11, 13 to 17 drums Sonny Greer
tracks 20 to 23 drums Ted Curry
tracks 6 drums Walter Johnson
tracks 11, 18 guitar Brick Fleagle
tracks 12, 22, 23 guitar Django Reinhardt
tracks 9, 10, 13 to 17 guitar Fred Guy
tracks 7 guitar Lee Blair
tracks 20, 21 piano Don Gais
tracks 2, 3, 8 to 11, 13 to 17 piano Duke Ellington
tracks 5, 6 piano Fletcher Henderson
tracks 18 piano Johnny Guarnieri
tracks 4 piano Louis Hooper
tracks 7 piano Luis Russell
tracks 1, 19 piano Mike Colicchio
tracks 8 to 10, 13 to 17 soprano saxophone, alto saxophone Johnny Hodges
tracks 17 tenor saxophone Al Sears
tracks 2, 3, 14 to 16 tenor saxophone Ben Webster
tracks 1, 19 tenor saxophone Stafford Simon
tracks 20, 21 tenor saxophone Vernon Story
tracks 7 tenor saxophone, clarinet Bingie Madison
tracks 5, 6 tenor saxophone, clarinet Coleman Hawkins
tracks 7 tenor saxophone, clarinet Greely Walton
tracks 5, 6 trombone Benny Morton
tracks 5, 17 trombone Claude Jones
tracks 10 trombone Herb Fleming
tracks 7 trombone Jimmy Archey
tracks 9 to 11, 13 to 17 trombone Joe Nanton
tracks 9, 13 to 16 trombone Juan Tizol
tracks 2, 3, 8, 10, 13 to 18 trombone Lawrence Brown
tracks 7 trombone Nat Story
tracks 1, 19 to 21 trombone Sandy Williams
tracks 9 trumpet Arthur Whetsel
tracks 5, 6 trumpet Bobby Stark
tracks 17 trumpet Cat Anderson
tracks 9, 10, 13 to 15 trumpet Cootie Williams
tracks 7 trumpet Gus Aiken
tracks 16 trumpet Harold Baker
tracks 6 trumpet Harvey Boone
tracks 7 trumpet Leonard Davis
tracks 11 trumpet Louis Bacon
tracks 5, 6 trumpet Russell Smith
tracks 17 trumpet Shelton Hemphill
tracks 17 trumpet Taft Jordan
tracks 10, 13 to 16 trumpet Wallace Jones
tracks 6 tuba John Kirby
tracks 5 tuba Ralph Escudero
tracks 9 vocals Ivie Anderson
tracks 4 vocals Monette Moore
Recorded At Symphony Hall, Boston
Recorded At Zanzibar Restaurant
Recorded At Salle Pleyel
Phonographic Copyright (p) SIAE
Made By Disctronics, Tribiano, Milano
℗ 2001 S.I.A.E.
CD fuori commercio allegato a Musica Jazz n. 4/2001.
[Out of commerce CD attached to Musica Jazz n. 4/2001.]

Tempo totale 72'18.

Sessions location and date:
# 1: New York, February 8, 1948.
# 2: Chicago, November 2, 1940.
# 3: Hollywood, July 3, 1941.
# 4: New York, October 19, 1925.
# 5: New York, May 14, 1926.
# 6: Camden, April 29, 1931.
# 7: New York, August 8, 1934.
# 8: New York, March 5, 1935.
# 9, 10: New York, February 28, 1936.
# 11: New York, March 20, 1939.
# 12: Paris, April 5, 1939.
# 13: Chicago, October 14, 1939.
# 14: Chicago, March 6, 1940.
# 15: Chicago, May 28, 1940.
# 16: Symphony Hall, Boston, January 28, 1943.
# 17: Zanzibar Restaurant, New York, October 10, 1945.
# 18: New York, July 5, 1944.
# 19: New York, February 8, 1948.
# 20: Salle Pleyel, Paris, December 5, 1947.
# 21: Paris, December 8, 1947.
# 22, 23: Paris, December 10, 1947.

Previously unissued:
# 16, 17.


Matrix / Runout: 3410039 MJCD1140 1091 19538 DISCTRONICS
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L881
Mould SID Code: IFPI 8203
Rights Society: S.I.A.E.