Mario Bauza : Trumpet Bill Beason : Drums Milt Bernhart : Trombone Ray Brown : Bass Garvin Bushell : Clarinet, Sax (Alto), Sax (Soprano) Pete Candoli : Trumpet Wayman Carver : Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor) Pete Clark : Clarinet, Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone) Bob Cooper : Oboe, Sax (Tenor) Harry "Sweets" Edison : Trumpet Roy Eldridge : Trumpet Herb Ellis : Guitar Maynard Ferguson : Trumpet Tommy Fulford : Piano Bert Gassman : Oboe Chuck Gentry : Sax (Baritone) Stan Getz : Sax (Tenor) Conrad Gozzo : Trumpet Leonard Graham : Trumpet Coleman Hawkins : Sax (Tenor) Skeets Herfurt : Sax (Alto), Woodwind Norm Herzberg : Bassoon Milt Holland : Percussion Joe Howard : Trombone Illinois Jacquet : Sax (Tenor) Hilton Jefferson : Sax (Alto) Bob Johnson : Guitar J.J. Johnson : Trombone Louis Jordan : Sax (Alto), Vocals Taft Jordan : Trumpet Connie Kay : Drums Barney Kessel : Guitar Arnold Koblentz : Oboe Joe Koch : Woodwind Kenneth Lowman : Bassoon Abe Luboff : Bass Jack Marsh : Bassoon Teddy McRae : Sax (Baritone), Sax (Tenor) Joe Mondragon : Bass Ted Nash : Flute, Sax (Tenor) Clint Neagley : Sax (Alto) Beverly Peer : Bass Oscar Peterson : Piano Flip Phillips : Sax (Tenor) Dorothy Remsen : Harp Ernest Romersa : Woodwind Arnold Ross : Piano Martin Ruderman : Flute Sylvia Ruderman : Flute Mischa Russell : Cornemeuse Bud Shank : Sax (Alto) Paul Smith : Celeste, Piano Bobby Stark : Trumpet Philip Stephens : Bass Sonny Stitt : Sax (Alto) Alvin Stoller : Drums Nat Story : Trombone John Trueheart : Guitar Lloyd Ulyate : Trombone Chick Webb : Drums Chick Webb and His Orchestra : Orchestra Ben Webster : Sax (Tenor) Sandy Williams : Trombone Lester Young : Sax (Tenor)

Production Credits Van Alexander : Arranger Buddy Bregman : Arranger, Conductor Frank DeVol & His Orchestra : Arranger, Conductor Ella Fitzgerald : Arranger, Main Performer George Russell : Arranger, Conductor