Description

Recorded between 1927 and 1945.
Personnel: Benny James (guitar, banjo); Dick McDonough, John Mitchell (guitar); Fred Guy (banjo); Harry Carney (clarinet, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone); Gene Mikell (clarinet, alto saxophone); Joe Garland (clarinet, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Rudy Jackson, Barney Bigard, Frank “Big Boy” Goudie (clarinet, tenor saxophone); Jimmy Dorsey (clarinet); Otto Hardwick (soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone); Johnny Hodges (soprano saxophone, alto saxophone); Joe Hayman (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Crawford Wethington (alto saxophone, baritone saxophone); George Johnson , William Lewis (alto saxophone); Manny Klein, Cootie Williams, Wardell Jones, Ed Anderson , Jabbo Smith, Arthur Whetsol, Bill Coleman , Shelton Hemphill, Louis Metcalf, Bubber Miley, Charlie Teagarden (trumpet); Billy Burns, George Washington , Henry Hicks, Lawrence Brown (trombone); Juan Tizol (valve trombone); Hayes Alvis (brass); Gerald Moore (piano, celesta); Duke Ellington, Edgar Hayes, Norman Perry, Herman Chittison, Francis J. Carter, Joe Turner, Art Tatum (piano); Fats Waller (organ); Fela Sowande, Robin Richmond (Wurlitzer organ); Larry Gomar (vibraphone); O’Neill Spencer, Ted Fields, Al Craig, Sonny Greer (drums).
Directors: Duke Ellington; William Lewis; Lucky Millinder.
Editor: Geoff Wilding.
Arranger: Thompson.