• Teo Macero
• Producer

• Wendell Marshall
• Bass

• Thelonious Monk
• Piano

• Muddy Waters
• Guitar, Vocals

• Charlie Persip
• Drums

• Benny Powell
• Trombone

• Jimmy Powell
• Sax (Alto)

• Hans Salomon
• Sax (Alto)

• John Sanders
• Trombone

• Sarah Vaughan
• Vocals

• Gene Schroeder
• Piano

• Sahib Shihab
• Sax (Baritone)

• Zoot Sims
• Sax (Tenor)

• Vernon Smith
• Photography

• Willie "The Lion" Smith
• Piano

• Otis Spann
• Piano

• Andrew Stephenson
• Bass

• Billy Strayhorn
• Piano

• Bob Thiele
• Producer

• Irving Townsend
• Producer

• Carl Warwick
• Trumpet

• Frank Wess
• Sax (Tenor)

• Paul West
• Bass

• Mark Wilder
• Mastering

• Kai Winding
• Trombone

• Sam Woodyard
• Drums

• Jimmy Zitano
• Drums

• Lilton Mitchell
• Organ

• Leo Sacks
• Project Director

• Chuck Stewart
• Photography

• Christian Kellens
• Trombone

• Dale Jones
• Bass

• Joe Newman Quartet
• Trumpet

• Lee Morgan Quintet
• Trumpet

• Nedra Olds-Neal
• Compilation Producer

• Don Hunstein
• Photography

• Seth Rothstein
• Project Director

• Howard Fritzson
• Art Direction

• Tommy Bryant
• Bass

• Pee Wee Moore
• Sax (Baritone)

• Bob Parent
• Photography

• Kurt Jarnberg
• Trombone

• Benny Moten
• Bass

• Stacey Boyle
• Artist Coordination

• Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski
• Sax (Tenor)

• Darren Salmieri
• Artist Coordination

• Annabel Wright
• Illustrations

• Ria Shibayama
• Design

• Roy Hanes
• Drums

• Richard Anthony Davis
• Bass

• Ernest V. Perry
• Trumpet

• Bill Graham
• Sax (Alto)

• Alexandra Avakian
• Photography

• Wladimiro Bas Fabache
• Sax (Alto)

• Mitchell Falls
• Piano

• Rudolf Jacobs
• Bass

• Jose Manuel Magalhaes
• Trumpet

• Ronnie Ros
• Sax (Baritone)

• David Rubinson & Friends
• Producer

• Ed Jones
• Bass

• Howard McGhee
• Trumpet

• Coleman Hawkins
• Sax (Tenor)

• Wild Bill Davison
• Cornet

• Russell Procope
• Sax (Alto)

• Steven Berkowitz
• A&R

• Jimmy Cobb
• Drums

• Jimmy Garrison
• Bass

• Quentin Jackson
• Trumpet

• Butch Warren
• Bass

• Britt Woodman
• Trombone

• Trummy Young
• Trombone

• Connie Kay
• Drums

• Percy Heath
• Bass

• Frederick Waits
• Drums

• Sonny Greer
• Drums

• McCoy Tyner
• Piano

• Louis Armstrong
• Trumpet, Vocals

• George Avakian
• Producer

• Joe Zawinul
• Piano

• Joe Benjamin
• Bass

• Keter Betts
• Bass

• Billie Holiday
• Vocals

• Palle Bolvig
• Trumpet

• Norman Granz
• Producer

• Marshall Brown
• Director

• Harry Carney
• Sax (Baritone)

• Paul Chambers
• Bass

• Clark Terry
• Trumpet

• Francis Clay
• Drums

• Henry Coker
• Trombone

• Rudy Collins
• Drums

• John Coltrane
• Sax (Tenor)

• Bill Crow
• Bass

• Wendell Culley
• Trumpet

• Michael Cuscuna
• Compilation Producer

• Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
• Sax (Tenor)

• Talib Dawud
• Trumpet

• Duke Ellington
• Piano

• Frankie Dunlop
• Drums

• Frank Foster
• Sax (Tenor)

• Charlie Fowlkes
• Sax (Baritone)

• Dusko Goykovich
• Trumpet

• Benny Golson
• Sax (Tenor)

• Roger Guerin
• Trumpet

• Jimmy Hamilton
• Clarinet

• Pat Hare
• Guitar

• Roy Haynes
• Drums

• Freddie Hubbard
• Trumpet

• Bill Hughes
• Trombone

• J.J. Johnson
• Trombone

• Gus Johnson
• Drums

• Jimmy Jones
• Piano

• Reunald Jones
• Trumpet

• Erich Kleinschuster
• Trombone

• Billy Kyle
• Piano

• Cal Lampley
• Producer

• Ellis Larkins
• Piano

• Cliff Leeman
• Drums

• Jack Lesberg
• Bass

• Mahalia Jackson
• Vocals

• Cannonball Adderley
• Sax (Alto)

• Cat Anderson
• Trumpet

• Count Basie
• Piano

• Ruby Braff
• Trumpet

• Dave Brubeck
• Piano

• Ron Carter
• Bass

• Buck Clayton
• Trumpet

• Eddie Condon
• Guitar

• Miles Davis
• Trumpet

• Paul Desmond
• Sax (Alto)

• Roy Eldridge
• Trumpet

• Bill Evans
• Piano

• Ella Fitzgerald
• Vocals

• Tommy Flanagan
• Piano

• Bud Freeman
• Sax (Tenor)

• Dizzy Gillespie
• Trumpet

• Paul Gonsalves
• Sax (Tenor)

• Freddie Green
• Guitar

• Al Grey
• Trombone

• George Gruntz
• Piano

• Herbie Hancock
• Piano

• Ernie Henry
• Sax (Alto)

• Johnny Hodges
• Sax (Alto)

• Illinois Jacquet
• Sax (Tenor)

• Jo Jones
• Drums

• Wynton Kelly
• Piano

• Melba Liston
• Trombone

• Albert Mangelsdorff
• Trombone

• Billy Mitchell
• Sax (Tenor)

• Blue Mitchell
• Trumpet

• Joe Morello
• Drums

• Gerry Mulligan
• Sax (Baritone)

• Ray Nance
• Trumpet

• Harold Ousley
• Sax (Tenor)

• Joe Pass
• Guitar

• Oscar Pettiford
• Bass

• Max Roach
• Drums

• Charlie Rouse
• Sax (Tenor)

• Marshall Royal
• Sax (Alto)

• Pee Wee Russell
• Clarinet

• Wayne Shorter
• Sax (Tenor)

• Gabor Szabo
• Guitar

• Mal Waldron
• Piano

• Dinah Washington
• Vocals

• Ben Webster
• Sax (Tenor)

• Tony Williams
• Drums

• Lester Young
• Sax (Tenor)

• Willie Cook
• Trumpet

• Gil Cuppini
• Drums

• Barrett Deems
• Drums

• Edmond Hall
• Clarinet

• John Hammond, Sr.
• Producer

• Peanuts Hucko
• Clarinet

• Dick Katz
• Piano

• Lou McGarity
• Trombone

• Bernt Rosengren
• Sax (Tenor)

• George Wein
• Piano, Liner Notes, Executive Producer

• Jimmy Woode
• Bass

• James Cotton
• Harmonica