tracks 1 to 14 alto saxophone, bass saxophone Otto Hardwick tracks 1 to 5 bass Billy Taylor Sr. tracks 1, 2 bass Hayes Alvis tracks 6 to 13 bass Jimmy Blanton tracks 14 bass Junior Raglin tracks 1 to 14 clarinet, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone Harry Carney tracks 1 to 14 clarinet, alto saxophone, soprano saxophone Johnny Hodges tracks 1 to 13 clarinet, tenor saxophone Barney Bigard tracks 14 clarinet, tenor saxophone Chauncey Haughton compiled by, liner notes Tony Middleton coordinator, research Paul Pelletier tracks 1 to 14 cornet Rex Stewart tracks 1 to 14 drums Sonny Greer tracks 1 to 14 guitar Fred Guy tracks 13 piano Billy Strayhorn tracks 1 to 12, 14 piano, arranged by Duke Ellington tracks 1, 6 to 14 tenor saxophone Ben Webster transferred by, mastered by Charlie Crump tracks 1 to 14 trombone Joe Nanton tracks 1 to 14 trombone Lawrence Brown tracks 1 trumpet Arthur Whetsel tracks 1 to 11 trumpet Cootie Williams tracks 12 to 14 trumpet Ray Nance tracks 2 to 11 trumpet Wallace Jones tracks 12 to 14 trumpet Wardell Jones tracks 1 to 14 valve trombone Juan Tizol 1: 19 August 1935, New York. 2: 8 June 1937, New York. 4, 5: 7 June 1938, New York. 3: 12 June 1939, New York. 6 to 8: 13 February 1940, New York. 9: 15 March 1940, Chicago. 10: 22 July 1940, New York. 11: 5 September 1940, Chicago. 12: 2 July 1941, Los Angeles. 13: 26 September 1941, Los Angeles. 14: 28 July 1942, Chicago. 15, 16: 1944/45, Los Angeles. 17 to 20: January 1946, Los Angeles. 21 to 24: October 1946, Los Angeles.