Various ‎– This Is The Big Band Era

Arranged By – Tommy DorseyBass – Gene TraxlerDrums – Dave ToughGuitar – Carmen MastrenPiano – Dick Jones (3)Saxophone [Sax] – Bud Freeman, Clyde Rounds, Fred Stulce, Joe DixonTrombone – Les Jenkins, Red Bone (2), Tommy DorseyTrumpet – Bunny Berigan, Jimmy Welch (2), Joe Bauer (2), Bob Cusumano*Written-By – Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Bass – Harry GoodmanClarinet – Benny GoodmanDrums – Gene KrupaGuitar – Allan ReussPiano – Jess StacySaxophone [Sax] – Arthur Rollini, George Koenig, Herman Schertzer*, Vido MussoTrombone – Murray McEachern, Sterling Ballard*Trumpet – Gordon Griffin*, Harry James (2), Ziggy ElmanWritten-By – Louis Prima

Bass – Hank WaylandDrums – George WettlingGuitar – Tom Morgan (5)Piano – Joe LipmanSaxophone [Sax] – Clyde Rounds, George Auld*, Joe Dixon, Mike DotyTrombone – Al George (2), Sonny LeeTrumpet – Bunny Berigan, Irving Goodman, Stephen Lipkins*Vocals – Bunny BeriganWritten-By – Ira Gershwin, Vernon Duke

Arranged By – Edgar SampsonBass – Harry GoodmanClarinet – Benny GoodmanDrums – Gene KrupaGuitar – Allan ReussPiano – Jess StacySaxophone [Sax] – Arthur Rollini, Babe Rusin*, George Koenig, Herman Schertzer*Trombone – Red Ballard, Vernon BrownTrumpet – Charles Griffin, Harry James (2), Ziggy ElmanWritten-By – Benny Goodman, Edgar Sampson, Mitchell Parish

Bass – Sid WeissClarinet – Artie ShawDrums – Cliff LeemanGuitar – Al AvolaPiano – Lester Burness*Saxophone [Sax] – Hank Freeman, Les Robinson, Ronny Perry*, Tony PastorTrombone – George Arus, Harry Rodgers, Ted VeselyTrumpet – Chuck Peterson, Claude Bowen, John BestWritten-By – Cole Porter

Drums – Nick FatoolGuitar – Ben HellerPiano – Jack Guarnieri*Saxophone [Sax] – Art Rollini*, Jerry Jerome, Noni Bernardi, Toots MondelloTrumpet – Ziggy ElmanWritten-By – Johnny Mercer, Ziggy Elman

Bass – Bill Taylor*Drums – Sonny GreerPiano – Clyde HartSaxophone [Sax] – Harry CarneyTrombone – Lawrence BrownTrumpet – Rex StewartVibraphone [Vibraharp] – Lionel HamptonWritten-By – Euday L. Bowman

Bass – Phil StephensDrums – Ray MichaelsGuitar – Bus EtriPiano – Bill Miller (2)Saxophone [Sax] – Charlie Barnet, Donald McCook*, Gene Kinsey, James Lamare, Kurt BloomTrombone – Ben Hall (4), Bill Robertson, Don RuppersbergTrumpet – Bill May*, Robert Burnet*, John OwensWritten-By – Ray Noble

Bass – Rowland Bundock*Drums – Maurice PurtillGuitar – Richard FisherPiano – C. McGregor*Saxophone [Sax] – Al Klink, Hal McIntyre, Harold Tennyson, Gordon Beneke*, Wilbur SchwartzTrombone – Al Mastren, Glenn Miller, Paul TannerTrumpet – Clyde Hurley, Lee Knowles*, R. McMickle*Written-By – Andy Razaf, Joe Garland

Arranged By – Earl HinesBass – Quinn WilsonDrums – Alvin BurroughsGuitar – Claude RobertsPiano – Earl HinesSaxophone [Sax] – James Mundy*, Leroy Harris, Omer Simeon, Robert Crowder (2)Trombone – Edward Burke*, Joe McLewis, John EwingTrumpet – Edward Simms*, George Dixon, Milton Fletcher (2), Walter FullerWritten-By – William Christopher Handy*

Bass – Jud DeNaut*Bass Clarinet – Joe Krechter*Cello – Irving Lipschultz, Julius TannenbaumClarinet – Artie ShawDrums – Carl MausFlute – Morton Ruderman*Guitar – Bobby SherwoodHorn – Jack Cane*Oboe – Phil NemoliPiano – Sonny Wrightsman*Saxophone [Sax] – Blake Reynolds, Bud Carleton, Dick Clark, Jack StaceyTrombone – Babe Bowman, William Rank*, Randall MillerTrumpet – Charlie Margolies*, George Thow, Manny KleinViola – Dave Sterkin*, Jack Ray, Stanley SpiegelmanViolin – Alex Law, Dave Cracov, Harry Bluestone, Jerry Joyce (2), Mark Levant, Peter Eisenberg (2), Robert Burene*, Sid BrokawWritten-By – Alberto Domínguez*

Bass – LeMire Stanfield*Drums – James Morrison (5)Guitar – William McLemore*Piano – Avery ParrishSaxophone [Sax] – Haywood Henry, Jimmy Mitchelle, Julian Dash, Paul Bascomb, William JohnsonTrombone – Edward Sims, Robert RangeTrumpet – Erskine Hawkins, James Harris*, Marcellus Green, Same Lowe*Written-By – Avery Parrish

Bass – Phil StephensDrums – Cliff LeemanGuitar – Bus EtriPiano – Bill Miller (2)Saxophone [Sax] – Charlie Barnet, Gene Kinsey, James Lamare, Kurt Bloom, Leo WhiteTrombone – Bill Robertson, Don Ruppersberg, Spud MurphyTrumpet – Bill May*, Robert Burnet*, John Owens, Lyman Funk*Written-By – Dick Rogers, Will Osborne

Bass – Jimmy BlantonDrums – Sonny GreerGuitar – Fred GuyPiano – Duke EllingtonSaxophone [Sax] – Barney Bigard, Ben Webster, Harry Carney, Johnny Hodges, Otto HardwickTrombone – Joseph Nanton*, Juan Tizol, Lawrence BrownTrumpet – Ray Nance, Rex Stewart, Wallace JonesWritten-By – Billy Strayhorn

Bass – Edward Goldberg*Drums – Maurice PurtillGuitar – Robert Hackett*Piano – J. C. McGregor*Saxophone [Sax] – Al Klink, Babe Rusin*, Ernie Caceres, Gordon Beneke*, Wilbur SchwartzTrombone – Frank D'Annolfo, Glenn Miller, Jim Priddy*, Paul TannerTrumpet – Alec Fila, Bill May*, John Best, R.D. McMickleWritten-By – Jerry Gray

Bass – Sidney Block*Drums – Buddy RichGuitar – Robert Bain*Piano – Milton Golden*Saxophone [Sax] – Albert Klink*, Bruce Branson, Boniface "Buddy" deFranco*, Gail Curtis*, Sid CooperTrombone – Colin Satterwhite, Nelson Riddle, Jr.*, Tommy Dorsey, Walter BensonTrumpet – Dale Pierce*, George Seaberg, Roger Ellick, Vito ManganoTuba – Joseph ParkViola – David Uchitel*, Milton ThomasViolin – Alex Beller, Bernard Tinterow, Joseph Goodman*, Leon Atkins*, Manny Fiddler*, Peter Dimitriades, Ruth GoodmanWritten-By – Sy Oliver

Bass – Lee StanfieldDrums – Kelly MartinGuitar – Leroy KirklandPiano – Asa Harris*Saxophone [Sax] – Aaron Maxwell, Robert Smith*, Frank Henry*, Jimmy Mitchelle, Julian DashTrombone – David James (15), Donald Cole, Edward Sims, Norman GreeneTrumpet – Willie Moore, Jr.*, Robert Johnson, Jr.*, Charles Jones*, Erskine Hawkins, Samuel Lowe*Written-By – Bobby Lewis

Bass – W. Page*Drums – J. Jones*Guitar – F. Green*Piano – Count BasieSaxophone [Sax] – G. Tate*, C. Price*, P. Gonsalves*, P. Love*, R. Washington*Trombone – W. Johnson*, W. Wells*, G. Simon*, T. Donnelly*Trumpet – E. Lewis*, E. Berry*, H. Edison*, E. Young*Written-By – Buster Harding, Count Basie, Milton Ebbins

Bass – Eddie SafranskiDrums – Jimmy CrawfordGuitar – Al CaiolaSaxophone [Sax] – Abraham Richman*, Henry Ross*, Phil Olivella, Sidney Cooper*, Sol SchlingerTrombone – Jack Sutterfield, Lou McGarity, Marvin Gold*Trumpet – Bernard Privin*, Gordon "Chris" Griffin*, Carl "Doc" Severinsen*, James Nottingham*Written-By – Larry Clinton