tracks b alto saxophone Budd Johnson
alto saxophone John Cobb
tracks a alto saxophone Sonny Stitt
tracks a baritone saxophone Cecil Payne
tracks b baritone saxophone Teddy Cyprian
bass Tommy Potter
drums Art Blakey
guitar Connie Wainwright
tracks a piano Linton Garner
tracks b piano Richard Ellington
tenor saxophone Arthur Sammons
tracks a tenor saxophone Gene Ammons
trombone Alfred "Chippy" Outcalt
tracks a trombone Billy Eckstine
trombone Gerald Valentine
tracks b trombone Howard Scott
trombone Walter Knox
tracks b trumpet Fats Navarro
tracks a trumpet Hobart Dotson
tracks a trumpet King Kolax
tracks a trumpet Leonard Hawkins
tracks b trumpet Marion "Boonie" Hazel
tracks a trumpet Miles Davis
tracks b trumpet Raymond Orr
tracks b trumpet Shorty McConnell
vocals Billy Eckstine