• Bingie Madison
• Sax (Tenor)

• Leroy Maxey
• Drums

• Chauncey Morehouse
• Drums

• Joe Tricky Sam Nanton
• Trombone

• Al Norris
• Guitar

• Benny Payne
• Piano

• Neely Plumb
• Clarinet, Sax (Baritone)

• Rudy Powell
• Clarinet, Sax (Alto)

• Ernest Purce
• Sax (Baritone)

• Talcott Reeves
• Banjo, Guitar

• Bill "Bojangles" Robinson
• Vocals, Dance (Tap)

• Les Robinson
• Sax (Alto)

• Bobby Sands
• Sax (Tenor)

• Cecil Scott
• Sax (Baritone), Sax (Tenor)

• George Senior
• String Bass

• Stafford Simon
• Sax (Tenor)

• Floyd Smith
• Guitar, Guitar (Electric)

• Albert Snaer
• Trumpet

• O'Neill Spencer
• Drums

• Jack Stacey
• Sax (Tenor)

• Tommy Stevenson
• Trumpet

• Edwin Swayzee
• Trumpet

• Pha Terrell
• Vocals

• Sister Rosetta Tharpe
• Vocals

• Ben Thigpen
• Drums

• Walter Thomas
• Flute, Sax (Baritone), Sax (Tenor), Sax (Alto)

• Eddie Tompkins
• Trumpet

• Clarence Trice
• Trumpet

• Henry Turner
• Tuba, String Bass

• George Washington
• Trombone

• Dicky Wells
• Trombone

• Henry Wells
• Trombone

• De Priest Wheeler
• Trombone

• Arthur Whetsol
• Trumpet

• Morris White
• Banjo

• Edwin Wilcox
• Piano, Arranger

• Claude "Fiddler" Williams
• Violin

• Dick Wilson
• Sax (Tenor)

• Bob Ysaguirre
• Tuba, String Bass

• Sterling Bose
• Trumpet

• Dick McDonough
• Guitar

• June Richmond
• Vocals

• Wayne E. Songer
• Sax (Alto)

• Laforest Dent
• Sax (Alto)

• Harry Hoffman
• Violin

• Randy Miller
• Trombone

• Fred Robinson
• Trombone

• George Stevenson
• Trombone

• Harry White
• Trombone

• Andrew Brown
• Clarinet, String Bass, Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone), Sax (Tenor), Clarinet (Bass)

• Andy Kirk & His Clouds of Joy
• Sax (Baritone)

• Bernard Flood
• Trumpet

• Lammar Wright, Jr.
• Trumpet

• Otto Hardwick
• Sax (Alto), Sax (Soprano), Sax (Baritone)

• Jake "Vernon" Porter
• Trumpet

• Lou Kosloff
• Violin

• Trevor Bacon
• Guitar

• Ted Robinson
• Guitar

• Earl Thomson
• Trumpet

• Joe Young
• Guitar

• Nelson Bryant
• Trumpet

• Bunny Bergian
• Trumpet

• Chuck Barry
• Sax (Tenor)

• John "BJ John" Smith
• Guitar

• Edward Morant
• Trombone

• John Williams & the Tick Tocks
• Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone)

• Joe "Cornbread" Thomas
• Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)

• Lawrence D. Brown
• Trombone

• Billy Bowan
• Sax (Alto)

• The Nicholas Brothers
• Vocals, Dance (Tap), Duet

• Freddy Gardner
• Clarinet

• Russell Procope
• Clarinet, Sax (Alto)

• Mary Lou Williams
• Piano

• Bubber Miley
• Trumpet

• Ivie Anderson
• Vocals

• Freddy Webster
• Trumpet

• Wellman Braud
• String Bass

• Sonny Greer
• Drums

• George Duvivier
• String Bass

• Max Abrams
• Drums

• Moses Allen
• String Bass

• Sam Allen
• Piano

• Ovie Alston
• Trumpet

• Fernando Arbello
• Trombone

• Louis Armstrong
• Trumpet, Vocals

• Harold Baker
• Trumpet

• Mario Bauzá
• Trumpet

• Bill Beason
• Drums

• Artie Bernstein
• String Bass

• Barney Bigard
• Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)

• Larry Binyon
• Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)

• Lee Blair
• Guitar

• Jerry Blake
• Clarinet, Sax (Alto)

• Russell Bowles
• Trombone

• Joe Britton
• Trombone

• Harry Carney
• Clarinet, Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone)

• Earl Carruthers
• Clarinet, Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone)

• Big Sid Catlett
• Drums

• Shirley Clay
• Trumpet

• Rupert Cole
• Clarinet, Sax (Alto)

• Booker Collins
• String Bass

• Shad Collins
• Trumpet

• Jimmy Crawford
• Drums, Vibraphone

• Langston Curl
• Trumpet

• Bill Dillard
• Trumpet

• Ted Donnelly
• Trombone

• Jimmy Dorsey
• Clarinet, Sax (Alto)

• Duke Ellington
• Piano, Arranger

• Walter Edelstein
• Violin

• George Elliott
• Guitar

• Pops Foster
• String Bass

• Panama Francis
• Drums

• Richard "Dick" Fullbright
• String Bass

• Joe Garland
• Sax (Tenor)

• Fred Guy
• Banjo

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

• Arville Harris
• Clarinet, Sax (Tenor), Sax (Alto)

• Clyde Hart
• Piano

• Shelton Hemphill
• Trumpet

• J.C. Higginbotham
• Trombone

• Teddy Hill
• Sax (Tenor)

• Milt Hinton
• String Bass

• Clyde Hurley
• Trumpet

• Edward Inge
• Clarinet, Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor)

• Rudy Jackson
• Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)

• Pete Jacobs
• Drums

• Hilton Jefferson
• Sax (Alto)

• Freddy Jenkins
• Trumpet

• Archie Johnson
• Trumpet

• Keg Johnson
• Trombone

• Manzie Johnson
• Drums, Vibraphone

• Claude Jones
• Trombone

• Stan King
• Drums

• Harry Lawson
• Trumpet

• Sylvester Lewis
• Trumpet

• Warren Smith
• Vocals

• Henry "Red" Allen
• Trumpet

• Danny Barker
• Guitar

• Cab Calloway
• Director, Vocals, Violoncello

• Sidney DeParis
• Trumpet

• Dizzy Gillespie
• Trumpet

• Johnny Hodges
• Clarinet, Sax (Alto), Sax (Soprano)

• Claude Hopkins
• Piano

• Lena Horne
• Vocals

• Illinois Jacquet
• Sax (Tenor)

• John Kirby
• String Bass

• Maxine Sullivan
• Vocals

• Claude Thornhill
• Piano

• Joe Venuti
• Violin

• Ethel Waters
• Vocals

• Cootie Williams
• Trumpet

• Luis Russell
• Piano

• Dave Barbour
• Guitar

• Cozy Cole
• Drums

• Tyree Glenn
• Trombone, Vibraphone

• Edmond Hall
• Clarinet, Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone)

• Horace Henderson
• Piano, Arranger

• Louis Metcalf
• Trumpet

• Benny Morton
• Trombone

• Sy Oliver
• Trumpet, Vocals

• Frankie Newton
• Trumpet

• Reuben Reeves
• Trumpet

• Babe Russin
• Sax (Tenor)