Banjo -
Eddie Condon
(tracks: 1-3, 1-4)
Bass -
Al Morgan
(tracks: 1-3, 1-4)
,
Eugène D'Hellemmes
(tracks: 1-16 to 1-18)
,
John Kirby
(tracks: 1-6, 1-9 to 1-13, 2-17)
,
Milt Hinton
(tracks: 2-1, 2-2)
,
Oscar Pettiford
(tracks: 2-6 to 2-15)
,
William Oscar Smith
(tracks: 2-3, 2-4)
Clarinet -
Andy Fitzgerald
(tracks: 2-7 to 2-9)
,
Hilton Jefferson
(tracks: 1-11, 1-12)
,
Pee Wee Russell
(tracks: 1-3, 1-4)
Cornet -
Rex Stewart
(tracks: 1-1, 1-5, 1-6)
Drums -
Arthur Herbert
(tracks: 2-3, 2-4)
,
Cozy Cole
(tracks: 2-1, 2-2, 2-16)
,
Gene Krupa
(tracks: 1-3, 1-4)
,
Kaiser Marshall
(tracks: 1-1, 1-2)
,
Max Roach
(tracks: 2-12 to 2-15)
,
Shelly Manne
(tracks: 2-7 to 2-11)
,
Sidney Catlett
(tracks: 1-7, 1-8, 2-6, 2-17)
,
Tommy Benford
(tracks: 1-16 to 1-18)
,
Walter Johnson
(tracks: 1-5, 1-6, 1-9 to 1-12)
Flute -
Wayman Carver
(tracks: 1-7, 1-8)
Guitar -
Al Casey
(tracks: 2-6 to 2-9)
,
Bernard Addison
(tracks: 1-9 to 1-13)
,
Charlie Christian
(tracks: 2-1, 2-2)
,
Django Reinhardt
(tracks: 1-14 to 1-18)
,
Jack Bland
(tracks: 1-3, 1-1)
,
Lawrence Lucie
(tracks: 1-7, 1-8)
Piano -
Clyde Hart
(tracks: 2-1, 2-2, 2-12 to 2-15)
,
Eddie Heywood, Jr.*
(tracks: 2-10, 2-11)
,
Ellis Larkins
(tracks: 2-7 to 2-9)
,
Fletcher Henderson
(tracks: 1-1, 1-5, 1-6, 1-13)
,
Gene Rodgers
(tracks: 2-3, 2-4)
,
Horace Henderson
(tracks: 1-9 to 1-12)
,
Stéphane Grappelli
(tracks: 1-15 to 1-18)
Reeds -
Coleman Hawkins
(tracks: 1-1, 1-5, 1-6, 1-7, 1-9, 1-10)
,
Eustis Moore
(tracks: 2-3, 2-4)
,
Hilton Jefferson
(tracks: 1-6, 1-9, 1-10)
,
Jackie Fields
(tracks: 2-3, 2-4)
,
Russell Procope
(tracks: 1-5, 1-6, 1-9, 1-10)
Saxophone [Alto] -
André Ekyan
(tracks: 1-16 to 1-18)
,
Benny Carter
(tracks: 1-2, 1-8, 1-16 to 2-1, 2-2)
,
Hilton Jefferson
(tracks: 1-11, 1-12)
,
Leo Parker
(tracks: 2-11, 2-12)
,
Leonard Lowry
(tracks: 2-11, 2-12)
Saxophone [Baritone] -
Budd Johnson
(tracks: 2-12 to 2-15)
Saxophone [Tenor] -
Alix Combelle
(tracks: 1-16 to 1-17)
,
Ben Webster
(tracks: 2-1, 2-2)
,
Budd Johnson
(tracks: 2-14, 2-15)
,
Coleman Hawkins
(tracks: 1-2 to 1-4, 1-8, 1-11, 1-12, 1-14 to 2-4, 2-6 to 2-18)
,
Don Byas
(tracks: 2-12 to 2-15)
,
Leon "Chu" Berry
(tracks: 1-8, 2-1, 2-2)
,
Ray Abrams
(tracks: 2-12 to 2-15)
Trombone -
Benny Morton
(tracks: 1-1, 1-5)
,
Claude Jones
(tracks: 1-2, 1-5, 1-9, 1-10, 1-13)
,
Dicky Wells*
(tracks: 1-7, 1-8, 1-9, 1-10, 2-5)
,
Earl Hardy
(tracks: 2-3, 2-4)
,
Glenn Miller
(tracks: 1-3, 1-4)
,
J.C. Higginbotham
(tracks: 1-6, 1-11, 1-12)
Trumpet -
Bill Coleman (2)
(tracks: 2-7 to 2-9)
,
Bobby Stark
(tracks: 1-5, 1-6, 1-9, 1-10)
,
Dizzy Gillespie
(tracks: 2-1, 2-2, 2-11 to 2-15)
,
Ed Vandever
(tracks: 2-12 to 2-15)
,
Henry "Red" Allen
(tracks: 1-7 to 1-13)
,
Joe Guy
(tracks: 2-3, 2-4)
,
Joe Smith (3)
(tracks: 1-1, 1-2)
,
Joe Thomas (4)
(tracks: 1-13, 2-16)
,
Leonard Davis
(tracks: 1-2, 1-7)
,
Russell Smith
(tracks: 1-1, 1-5, 1-6, 1-9, 1-10, 1-13)
,
Tommy Lindsay
(tracks: 2-3, 2-4)
,
Vic Coulson
(tracks: 2-12 to 2-15)
Vibraphone -
Lionel Hampton
(tracks: 2-1, 2-2)