Composers: Paul Laurence Dunbar; Ira Gershwin; Vernon Duke; Andy Gibson; Joe Turner; Pete Johnson; Bob Carleton; Jan Savitt; Sir Charles Thompson; Illinois Jacquet; Jane Feather; Leonard Feather; Benny Carter; Leah Worth; Karl Suessdorf; John Blackburn; Richard Rodgers; Lorenz Hart; Kay Swift; Paul James; Johnny Burke; Erroll Garner; Hugh Martin; Ralph Blane; Oscar Brown Jr.; Edward C. Redding

Performers: Ella Fitzgerald; Sarah Vaughan; Lionel Hampton; Joe Turner; Betty Carter; Chris Connor; Billie Holiday; Abbey Lincoln; Jimmy Rushing; Dinah Washington; Leo Watson; Ray Ellis; Willie Smith; Margaret Johnson, piano; Lester Young, tenor saxophone; Jo Jones, drums; Buck Layton, trumpet; Freddie Green, guitar; Billie Holiday, voice; Walter Page, bass; Count Basie Orchestra; Bennie Morton, trombone; Dickie Wells, trombone; Count Basie, piano; Jack Washington, baritone saxophone; Ed Lewis, trumpet; Dan Minor, trombone; Buddy Tate, tenor saxophone; Shad Collins, trumpet; Earle Warren, alto saxophone; Buck Clayton, trumpet; Harry Edison, trumpet; Jimmy Rushing, voice; Oran “Hot Lips” Page, trumpet; Pete Johnson, piano; A.G. Godley, drums; John Collins, guitar; Joe Turner, voice; Abe Bolar, bass; Willie Smith, piano; Ralph Muzillo, trumpet; Frank Victor, guitar; Paul Ricci, tenor saxophone; Johnny McGee, trumpet; Gene De Paul, piano; Leo Watson and His Orchestra; Leo Watson, voice; O'Neal Spencer, drums; Paul Ricci, clarinet; Ella Fitzgerald, voice; Hy White, guitar; Hank Jones, piano; J.C. Heard, drums; John Simmons, bass; Lionel Hampton, vibraharp; Dinah Washington, voice; Charles Harris, bass; Wendell Culley, trumpet; George Jones, drums; Billy Mackell, guitar; John Mehegan, piano; Arnett Cobb, tenor saxophone; Herbie Fields, alto saxophone; Lionel Hampton Septet; Barney Kessel, guitar; Joe Comfort, bass; Sarah Vaughan, voice; Betty Carter, voice; Wendell Marshall, bass; Ray Bryant, piano; Jerome Richardson, flute; Kenny Burrell, guitar; Eddie de Haas, bass; Chris Connor, voice; Lex Humphries, drums; Bill Rubenstein, piano; Phil Woods, alto saxophone; Danny Stiles, trumpet; Ed Shaughnessy, drums; George Duvivier, bass; Burt Collins, trumpet; Ronnie Ball, piano; Willie Dennis, trombone; Booker Little, trumpet; Mal Waldron, piano; Walter Benton, tenor saxophone; Eric Dolphy, alto saxophone; Coleman Hawkins, tenor saxophone; Max Roach, drums; Art Davis, bass; Julian Priester, trombone; Abbey Lincoln, voice; Eric Dolphy, bass clarinet; Eric Dolphy, flute; Janet Putman, harp; Barry Galbraith, guitar; Ray Ellis and His Orchestra; Milt Hinton, bass; Tom Mitchell, trombone; Tom Parshley, reeds; Bradley Spinney, xylophone; Phil Bodner, reeds; Don Lamond, drums; J.J. Johnson, trombone; Urbie Green, trombone; Romeo Penque, reeds; Ed Powell, reeds