• Horace Malcolm
• Piano

• Kelly Martin
• Drums

• Leroy Maxey
• Drums

• Joe McCoy
• Guitar, Vocals

• Gene Mikell
• Reeds

• Alex Mitchell
• Drums

• Jimmy Mitchelle
• Sax (Alto)

• Herb Morand
• Trumpet

• Al Norris
• Guitar

• Hot Lips Page
• Trumpet, Vocals

• Benny Payne
• Piano

• Ray Perry
• Violin

• Hubert Pettaway
• Drums

• Harry Prather
• Sax (Bass)

• Ernest Purce
• Baritone

• Irving "Mouse" Randolph
• Trumpet

• Cecil Scott
• Sax (Tenor)

• Gene Sedric
• Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)

• Frank Signorelli
• Piano

• Lou Singer
• Arranger

• Stuff Smith
• Violin, Vocals

• Ben Smith
• Clarinet

• O'Neill Spencer
• Drums

• Leemie Stanfield
• Sax (Bass)

• Alfred Taylor
• Drums

• Pha Terrell
• Vocals

• Sister Rosetta Tharpe
• Vocals

• Ben Thigpen
• Drums

• Walter Thomas
• Sax (Tenor)

• Eddie Tompkins
• Trumpet

• Connie Wainwright
• Guitar

• George Washington
• Trombone

• Benny Waters
• Sax (Tenor)

• Paul Webster
• Trumpet

• Crawford Wethington
• Reeds

• De Priest Wheeler
• Trombone

• Morris White
• Guitar

• Edwin Wilcox
• Piano

• Claude "Fiddler" Williams
• Violin

• John Williams
• Clarinet, Sax (Alto)

• Dick Wilson
• Sax (Tenor)

• Lammar Wright, Sr.
• Trumpet

• Jackie Mills
• Drums

• Lem Johnson
• Sax (Tenor), Vocals

• Chuck Jones
• Trumpet

• Lee Young
• Drums

• Elmer James
• Sax (Bass)

• Wardell Jones
• Trumpet

• Bruce Lawrence
• Bass

• Marty Marsala
• Trumpet

• Aaron Maxwell
• Sax (Tenor)

• Jimmy Sherman
• Piano

• George Stevenson
• Trombone

• Mack Walker
• Sax (Bass)

• Cedric Wallace
• Sax (Bass)

• Harry White
• Trombone

• Norman Green
• Trombone

• Otis V. Hicks
• Sax (Tenor)

• William Tinney
• Guitar, Vocals

• Al Cooper & His Savoy Sultans
• Clarinet, Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone)

• Bobby Moore & the Rhythm Aces
• Trumpet

• Jay Johnson
• Trombone

• Ace Harris
• Piano, Vocals

• Ernie Powell
• Sax (Tenor)

• Bobby Bennett
• Guitar

• Sammy Lowe
• Trumpet

• Skeets Tolbert
• Director, Sax (Alto), Vocals

• Sid Trucker
• Clarinet

• Trevor Bacon
• Guitar, Vocals

• Ted Robinson
• Guitar

• Pearlis Williams
• Drums

• Nelson Bryant
• Trumpet

• Ben Williams II
• Sax (Alto)

• Charles Richards
• Piano

• Sam Theard
• Vocals

• James "Trummy" Young
• Vocals

• Alfred Hill
• Sax (Bass)

• Freddie Lee Jefferson
• Piano

• David Page
• Trumpet

• Chris Frazer Smith
• Liner Notes, Transcription

• Carl Smith
• Trumpet

• Bobby Johnson
• Trumpet

• Billy Bowen
• Sax (Alto)

• Alex Miller
• Drums

• Edward Morant
• Trombone

• Ed Sims
• Trombone

• Ray Durant
• Piano

• John Oscar
• Piano

• Hideaki Nunomura
• Cover Design

• Chubby Wright
• Trumpet

• Ted Buckner
• Sax (Alto)

• Willie "The Lion" Smith Quartet
• Arranger

• Dr. Prof. Yasuhiro Uozumi
• Compilation

• Ludowic Brown
• Guitar

• Connie McLean
• Clarinet, Sax (Alto), Vocals

• Gene Johnson
• Sax (Alto)

• George Yorke
• Sax (Bass)

• James Reynolds
• Piano

• Lonnie Simmons
• Sax (Tenor)

• Sam Massenberg
• Trumpet

• Grachan Moncur III
• Sax (Bass)

• Don Cole
• Trombone

• Cyril Haynes
• Piano

• Russell Procope
• Sax (Alto), Vocals

• Herbie Steward
• Sax (Tenor)

• Sir Charles Thompson
• Piano

• Mary Lou Williams
• Piano

• Rudy Williams
• Sax (Alto)

• Freddy Webster
• Trumpet

• George Duvivier
• Sax (Bass)

• Moses Allen
• Sax (Bass)

• Vernon Alley
• Sax (Bass)

• Herman Autrey
• Trumpet

• Abe Bolar
• Sax (Bass)

• Russell Bowles
• Trombone

• Joe Britton
• Trombone

• Garvin Bushell
• Clarinet, Sax (Alto)

• Earl Carruthers
• Clarinet, Sax (Alto)

• Zinky Cohn
• Piano

• Booker Collins
• Sax (Bass)

• Shad Collins
• Trumpet

• Elmer Crumbley
• Trombone

• Putney Dandridge
• Piano, Vocals

• Ted Donnelly
• Trombone

• John Drummond
• Sax (Bass)

• Eddie Durham
• Trombone

• Panama Francis
• Drums

• Don Frye
• Piano

• Joe Garland
• Reeds

• Dan Grissom
• Clarinet, Sax (Alto)

• John Harrington
• Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone)

• Andrew Harris
• Sax (Bass)

• Edgar Hayes
• Piano

• Haywood Henry
• Baritone

• Shelton Hemphill
• Trumpet

• J.C. Higginbotham
• Trombone

• Milt Hinton
• Sax (Bass)

• George James
• Sax (Alto)

• Pat Jenkins
• Trumpet

• Keg Johnson
• Trombone

• Claude Jones
• Trombone

• Jimmy Jones
• Piano

• Slick Jones
• Drums

• Stan King
• Drums

• Billy Kyle
• Piano

• Leon LaFell
• Vocals

• Leroy Kirkland
• Guitar

• John Levy
• Sax (Bass)

• Lawrence Lucie
• Guitar

• Buster Bailey
• Clarinet, Vocals

• Bunny Berigan
• Trumpet

• Cab Calloway
• Director, Vocals, Cover Photo

• Lionel Hampton
• Vocals, Vibraphone

• Erskine Hawkins
• Trumpet

• Jonah Jones
• Trumpet

• Wynton Kelly
• Piano

• John Kirby
• Bass, Sax (Bass)

• Andy Kirk
• Director, Sax (Bass)

• Jimmie Lunceford
• Director

• Art Pepper
• Sax (Alto)

• Specs Powell
• Drums

• Marshall Royal
• Clarinet, Sax (Alto)

• Willie Smith
• Clarinet, Sax (Alto)

• Fats Waller
• Piano, Vocals

• Ben Webster
• Sax (Tenor)

• Charlie Shavers
• Trumpet, Vocals

• Irving Ashby
• Guitar

• Dave Barbour
• Guitar

• Cozy Cole
• Drums

• Julian Dash
• Sax (Tenor)

• Edmond Hall
• Clarinet

• Sy Oliver
• Trumpet, Arranger, Vocals

• Frankie Newton
• Trumpet, Vocals