Composers: Red Norvo; Will Hudson; Irving Mills; Charlie Parker; Dizzy Gillespie; Bud Powell; Ira Gershwin; George Gershwin; George Wallington; Walter Fuller; Fats Navarro; Tadd Dameron; Thelonious Monk; Horace Silver; Cole Porter

Performers: Sonny Rollins, tenor saxophone; Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra; Dodo Marmarosa, piano; Woody Herman and His Orchestra; Red Callender, bass; Bud Powell, piano; Tadd Dameron Septet; Duke Jordan, piano; Howard McGhee, trumpet; Don Lamond, drums; John Simmons, bass; George Morrow, bass; Shadow Wilson, drums; Milt Jackson, vibraphone; Thelonious Monk, piano; Clifford Brown, trumpet; Horace Silver Quintet; Richie Powell, piano; Clifford Brown-Max Roach Quintet; Tommy Potter, bass; Sarah Vaughan, voice; Tadd Dameron's Orchestra; Teddy Wilson, piano; Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet; J.C. Heard, drums; Red Norvo, vibraphone; Charlie Parker, alto saxophone; Red Norvo and His Selected Sextet; Flip Phillips, tenor saxophone; Max Roach, drums; Barney Kessel, guitar; Wardell Gray, tenor saxophone; Miles Davis, trumpet; Dizzy Gillespie, piano; Curly Russell, bass; Charlie Parker All Stars; Al Haig, piano; Dizzy Gillespie All Star Quintet; John Lewis, piano; Sid Catlett, drums; Slam Stewart, bass