Gunther Schuller

Miles Davis (trumpet), Bernie Glow (trumpet), Louis Mucci (trumpet), Johnny Coles (trumpet), Ernie Royal (trumpet), Julian Adderley (alto saxophone), Willie Ruff (french horn), Julius Watkins (french horn), Jimmy Cleveland (trombone), Joe Bennett (trombone), Frank Rehak (trombone), Dick Hixon (trombone), Gunther Schuller (french horn), Danny Bank (flute), Danny Bank (bass clarinet), Jimmy Cobb (drums), Romeo Penque (clarinet), Jerome Richardson (flute), Jerome Richardson (clarinet), Paul Chambers (bass), Romeo Penque (flute), Phil Bodner (flute), Phil Bodner (clarinet), Philly Joe Jones (drums), Cannonball Adderley (alto saxophone), Miles Davis (fluegelhorn) Gil Evans

Miles Davis (trumpet), Max Roach (drums), Joe Shulman (double bass), Al Haig (piano), Kai Winding (trombone), Junior Collins (french horn), John Barber (tuba), Lee Konitz (alto saxophone), Gerry Mulligan (baritone saxophone), Gunther Schuller (french horn), Al McKibbon (double bass), J.J. Johnson (trombone), Nelson Boyd (double bass), Kenny Clarke (drums), John Lewis (piano), Sandy Siegelstein (french horn), Bill Barber (tuba), Mike Zwerin (trombone), Symphony Sid (unknown), Symphony Sid (narrator)

Orchestra U.S.A., John Lewis (director), Skitch Henderson, John Lewis (piano), Coleman Hawkins (tenor saxophone) Gunther Schuller, Harold Farberman

Benny Goodman Sextet, Red Norvo (vibraphone), Mel Powell (piano), Benny Goodman (clarinet), Slam Stewart (bass), Mike Bryan (guitar), Morey Feld (drums), Joe Carroll, Count Basie (piano), Ray Bryant (piano), Milt Hinton (bass), Seldon Powell (saxophone), Jimmy Cleveland (trombone), Carl Smith (trumpet), Lester Young (tenor saxophone), Jo Jones (drums), Walter Page (bass guitar), Osie Johnson (drums), Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, Benny Green (trombone), Tony Scott (clarinet), Bud Johnson (tenor saxophone), Billy Taylor (bass), Sarah Vaughan with George Treadwell & His All Stars, Mundell Lowe (guitar), Jimmy Jones (piano), J.C. Heard (drums), Ruby Braff & Coleman Hawkins, Ruby Braff (trumpet), Ernie Caceres (baritone saxophone), Lawrence Brown (trombone), Coleman Hawkins (tenor saxophone), Nat Pierce (piano), Buzzy Drootin (drums), Freddie Green (guitar), Don Elliot (vibraphone), Eddie Jones (bass), J.J. Johnson (trombone), Bobby Jaspar (tenor saxophone), Weston W. Little, Jr. (bass), Elvin Jones (drums), Tommy Flanagan (piano), Erroll Garner (piano), Gordon Powell (drums), Al Hall (bass), Stan Getz & Bob Brookmeyer, Ron Carter (bass), Bob Brookmeyer (trombone), Stan Getz (tenor saxophone), Herbie Hancock (piano), Teddy Wilson, Ella Fitzgerald, Roy Eldridge All-Stars, Miles Davis (trumpet), Julius B. Watkins (french horn), Gunther Schuller (french horn), Willie Ruff (french horn), John Coles (trumpet), Ernest Royal (trumpet), Bernie Glow (trumpet), Joseph Bennett (trombone), Frank Rehak (trombone), Julian Adderley (trombone), Louis Mucci (trumpet), James E. Cobb (drums), Paul Chambers (bass), Romeo Penque (flute), Danny B. Bank (saxophone), Phil Bodner (flute), John Barber (horn), Thelonious Monk (piano), Charlie Rouse (tenor saxophone), John Ore (bass), Ben Riley (drums), Dexter Gordon (tenor saxophone), Pierre Michelot (bass), Lonette McKee (vocal), Marcus Roberts (piano), George Benson (guitar), Randy Armando (percussion), Marvin Chappell (drums), Ronnie Foster (keyboards), Hubert Laws (flute), Bernard Fennell (cello), Wayne Dockery (bass), Al Grey (trombone), Roy Eldridge (trumpet), Keeter Betts (bass), Freddie Waits (drums), Joe Pass (guitar), Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis (tenor saxophone)