alto saxophone Johnny Hodges
alto saxophone Otto Hardwick
baritone saxophone Harry Carney
bass Jimmy Blanton
clarinet Barney Bigard
drums Sonny Greer
guitar Fred Guy
liner notes Nat Hentoff
photography by [photo] Bob Parent
piano Duke Ellington
tenor saxophone Ben Webster
trombone Joe Nanton
trombone Juan Tizol
trombone Lawrence Brown
trumpet Cootie Williams
trumpet Rex Stewart
trumpet Wallace Jones
tracks a2 to a5, a8 to b8 written-by Duke Ellington
Phonographic Copyright (p) Radio Corporation Of America
Copyright (c) Radio Corporation Of America
Liner Notes by Nat Hentoff © by Radio Corporation of America, 1956.

Tracks A1, A7 recorded February 15, 1941.
Track A2 recorded May 28, 1940.
Track A3 recorded June 26, 1942.
Track A4 recorded June 5, 1941.
Track A5 recorded June 26, 1941 (from the musical production Jump For Joy).
Track A6 recorded January 21, 1942.
Track A8 recorded October 17, 1940.
Track B1 recorded September 5, 1940.
Track B2 recorded May 4, 1940.
Track B3 recorded December 2, 1941.
Tracks B4, B5 recorded July 22, 1940.
Track B6 recorded July 24, 1940.
Track B7 recorded September 26, 1941 (from the musical production Jump For Joy).
Track B8 recorded February 26, 1942.

Matrix / Runout: (G2JP-6672) (Side 1 matrix center label)
Matrix / Runout: (G2JP-6673) (Side 2 matrix center label)
Matrix / Runout: G2 JP6672-5S A4 (Side 1, stamped, variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: G2 JP6673-6S A1 (Side 2, stamped, variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: G2 JP 6672-5S I A1 (Side 1, stamped, variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: G2 JP 6673-5S I A1 (Side 2, stamped, variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: G2 JP 6672 9S I A3 (Side 1, stamped, variant 3)
Matrix / Runout: G2 JP 6673-6S I A7 (Side 2, stamped, variant 3)
Matrix / Runout: G2 JP6672-5S I A3 (Side 1 runout, variant 4)
Matrix / Runout: G2 JP6673-6S I A1 (Side 2 runout, variant 4)
Matrix / Runout: I stamped into both sides.