Verve

Nina Simone (vocalist, recordingarranger), Rudy Stevenson (guitar, flute), Bobby Hamilton (drumkit), Lisle Atkinson (uprightbass, doublebass, percussion), Al Shackman (guitar, harmonica), Hal Mooney, Horace Ott

Special EFX

Steve Allen, Oliver Nelson

Eddie Palmieri

Lalo Schifrin, Cal Tjader, Bob Brookmeyer, Jimmy Smith

Astrud Gilberto, Stu Williamson (trumpet), Bud Shank (flute), João Donato (piano), Joe Mondragon (double bass), Antonio Carlos Jobim (guitar), Antonio Carlos Jobim (vocalist), Bud Shank (alto saxophone), Milt Bernhardt (trombone) Marty Paich

Charlie Parker Quartet, Buddy Rich (drums), Hank Jones (piano), Ray Brown (upright bass), Charlie Parker (alto saxophone), Coleman Hawkins (tenor saxophone), Ray Brown (bass guitar), Charlie Parker Septet

Johnny Hartman, Jimmy Garrison (double bass), Elvin Jones (drums), McCoy Tyner (piano), Gerald Wilson (orchestra leader) Oliver Nelson

Oscar Peterson Trio, Oscar Peterson (piano), Raymond Matthews Brown (double bass), Ed Thigpen (drums)

Dick Hyman (organ, piano), Mary Mayo (vocalist), Nick Tagg (organ, piano), Vinnie Bell (electric guitar), Joe Benjamin (bass guitar), Osie Johnson (drums), Bobby Rosengarden (bongos, tambourine), Milt Hinton (bass guitar), George Barnes (electric guitar)

Oscar Peterson

Quincy Jones And His Orchestra, Toots Thielemans (harmonica), Clark Terry (trumpet), Zoot Sims (saxophone), Roland Kirk (clarinet), Jim Hall (guitar), Patti Bown (piano), Sam Woodyard (drums), Quincy Jones (trumpet), Milt Hinton (bass)

James P. Johnson

George Shearing Quintet, Quincy Jones And His Orchestra, Toots Thielemans (harmonica), Clark Terry (trumpet), Zoot Sims (saxophone), Roland Kirk (clarinet), Jim Hall (guitar), Valerie Simpson, Evert Overweg (drums), Victor Kaihatu (bass viol), Rob Franken (keyboards), Rob Franken (organ), Joop Scholten (guitar), Toots Thielemans (guitar), Cornelis Martin Schrama (tambourine), Cornelis Martin Schrama (percussion), Barbara Chasson (viola), G.F. Peeters-Goossens (viola), Andra Lehota (violin), Fons Diercks (trumpet), Karl Schouten (viola), John Bannet (trumpet), Bart Van Lier (trombone), Jacques Van Wouw (trombone), Eddie Engels (trumpet), F. Kroon (violin), Wim Kat (trumpet), Frans Blanket (violin), Michel Francois (violin), P.E. Hoekstra (violin), R. Silberman (violin), Gijsbert Beths (violin), M. Jansen-Engelen (violin), Juraj Illes (violin), H. Emmelot (violin), H. Sanders (violin), J. Nederhorst (violin), J.S. Nemeth (violin), Ferdinand Povel (tenor saxophone), Niels C. Jannette Walen (oboe), Frans Baan (bassoon), H. Schulpzand (bassoon), Joep Terwey (bassoon), Kees Olthuis (bassoon), Rob Langereis (bass viol), Bertil Voller (bass trombone), Ruud Bos (piano), Henk Lambooij (cello), Henk Sekreve (cello), C.B. Doets Sevenstern (harp), Adriaan van Woudenberg (horn), Iman Soeteman (horn), Joop Meijer (horn), Eef Albers (guitar), Ary Jongman (flute), René Van Ast (cello), Willem de Vries (double bass), Bruno Castellucci (drums), Rob Meyn (percussion), Wim Overgaauw (guitar), Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (bass viol), Gals & Pals, Sivuca (accordion), Paulo Braga (drums), Marcel (percussion), Richard Silveira (guitar), Luiz Avellar (keyboards), Luizão (bass), Marc Johnson, Pierre Blanchard (interprète instrumental), Billy Higgins (interprète instrumental), Toots Thielemans (interprète instrumental), Maurice Vander (interprète instrumental), Shirley horn (piano), Toots Thielemans (whistle), Charles Ables (electric bass)

Sonny Stitt (saxophone), Sonny Rollins (saxophone), Dizzy Gillespie, Specs Wright (drums), Henry Grimes (upright bass), Clifford Brown, Max Roach Quintet, George Morrow (double bass), Richie Powell (piano) Oliver Nelson

Stan Getz (trombone), Artie Butler (percussion), Bobby Rosengarden (percussion), Bill Horwath (cimbalom), Grady Tate (drums), Herbie Hancock (piano), Jim Hall (guitar), Ron Carter (bass), Stan Getz (tenor saxophone), David Carey (vibraphone), Kenny Burrell (guitar), Gloria Agostini (harp), Charles McCracken (cello), Jerome Richardson (woodwinds), Jimmy Buffington (french horn), Paul Gershman (violin), David Mankovitz (violin), Gerard Tarack (violin), David Nadien (violin), Bernard Zaslav (viola) Richard Evans

Charlie Parker, The Al Cohn - Zoot Sims Quintet, Major Holley (double bass), Osie Johnson (drums), Mose Allison (piano), Art Tatum, Dizzy Gillespie, Lex Humphries (participant), Sam J. Jones (participant), Junior Mance (participant), Les Spann (participant), Roland Kirk, Roy Haynes (drums), Vernon Martin (double bass), Wynton Kelly (piano), Sonny Stitt, Kenny Dennis (drums), Bobby Timmons (piano), Edgar Willis (double bass), Clifford Brown, Max Roach Quintet, George Morrow (double bass), Harold Land (saxophone), Richie Powell (piano), Stan Getz, Bill Evans, Bud Powell, Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster, Herb Ellis (guitar), Oscar Peterson (piano), Ray Brown (bass guitar), Alvin Stoller (drums), Tal Farlow, The Oscar Peterson Trio, Jim Hall, Max Roach

Ray Brown (upright bass), Jo Jones (drums), Herb Ellis (guitar), Blossom Dearie (piano), Kenny Burrell (participant), Ed Thigpen (participant), Ray Brown (participant), Russell Garcia's Orchestra (chamber orchestra), Ed Thigpen (drums), Kenny Burrell (guitar), Ray Brown (double bass) Russell Garcia

Dizzy Gillespie, Lex Humphries (participant), Sam J. Jones (participant), Junior Mance (participant), Les Spann (participant), Junior Mance (piano), Lex Humphries (drums), Les Spann (guitar), Sam J. Jones (double bass)

Antonio Carlos Jobim, Nova Banda, Chico Buarque

Nat King Cole

Nat Adderley (trumpet, cornet), George Marge (clarinet, english horn), Romeo Penque (bass clarinet), Don MacCourt (bassoon), Hubert Laws (flute/piccolo), Seldon Powell (saxophone), Paul Ingraham (french horn), Leo Morris (drums), Ron Carter (bass), Joe Zawinul (piano), Jerome Richardson (saxophone), Bill Fischer

Pharoah Sanders (tenor saxophone), Norman Connors (drums), Cecil McBee (upright bass), Joe Bonner (piano), James Branch (flute)

Nina Simone

Count Basie, Lester Young (tenor saxophone), Jimmy Rushing, Joe Williams, Frank Wess (tenor saxophone), Frank Foster (tenor saxophone), Illinois Jacquet (tenor saxophone), Charles Fowlkes (baritone saxophone), Jo Jones (drums), Ed Jones (double bass), Freddie Green (guitar), Billy Graham (alto saxophone), Marshall Royal (alto saxophone), Joe Newman (trumpet), Wendell Culley (trumpet), Reunald Jones (trumpet), Roy Eldridge (trumpet), Bill Hughes (trombone), Henry Coker (trombone), Benny Powell (trombone)

Eric Marienthal

Quincy Jones, Roland Kirk (unknown), Lalo Schifrin (piano), Alan Raph (bass trombone), Julius Watkins (french horn), Jim Hall (guitar), Chris White (bass guitar), Jose Paula (percussion), Carlos Gomez (percussion), Jack Del Rio (percussion), Rudy Collins (drums), Clark Terry (flugelhorn), Clark Terry (trumpet), Phil Woods (alto saxophone), Paul Gonsalves (tenor saxophone), Roland Kirk (flute), Jerome Richardson (alto flute), Jerome Richardson (flute), Roland Kirk (alto flute), Jerome Richardson (woodwinds), Quincy Jones And His Orchestra, Don Elliott

Bob James

Benny Carter, Ray Brown (double bass), Buddy Rich (drums), Bill Harris (trombone), Herb Ellis (guitar), Stan Getz, Clifford Brown, Max Roach, George Morrow (double bass), Richie Powell (piano), Barry Galbraith (guitar), Tal Farlow, Jimmy Campbell (drums), Knobby Totah (bass guitar), Bud Powell, Charlie Parker Sextet, George Shearing, Denzil Best (drums), John Levy (double bass), Chuck Wayne (guitar), Marjorie Hyams (vibraphone), Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt, Art Tatum, Joe Thomas And His Orchestra, The Jimmy Giuffre 4, Roy Eldridge (participant), Erroll Garner, Buddy De Franco, Oscar Peterson (piano), Ed Thigpen (drums) Neal Hefti

Louis Bellson, Oscar Peterson, Louie Bellson, The Oscar Peterson Trio, Stan Getz, Gerry Mulligan, Harry Edison

Lawrence Brown (participant)

Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra, Booker Ervin (tenor saxophone), Eric Dolphy (alto saxophone), Dick Hafer (tenor saxophone), Jerome Richardson (baritone saxophone), Walter Perkins (drums), Jaki Byard (piano), Don Butterfield (tuba), Britt Woodman (trombone), Eddie Preston (trumpet), Richard Williams (trumpet), Charlie Parker, Lorraine Cusson (vocalist), Lionel Hampton, Jack Nimitz (baritone saxophone), Charles Mingus (bass guitar), Billy Taylor (piano), Phil Woods (alto saxophone), Charlie Persip (drums), Herbie Mann (flute), Art Farmer (trumpet), Jimmy Cleveland (trombone), Lucky Thompson (tenor saxophone), Charles Mingus (upright bass), Charlie Mariano (alto saxophone), Dick Hafer (flute), Jay Berliner (guitar), Dannie Richmond (drums), Charles Mingus (piano), Jerome Richardson (flute), Rolf Ericson (trumpet), Quentin Jackson (trombone), Jerome Richardson (soprano saxophone) Quincy Jones

George Shearing, Denzil Best (drums), Marjorie Hyams (vibraphone), John Levy (double bass), Chuck Wayne (guitar), George Shearing Quintet, Don Elliott (vibraphone), Al McKibbon (double bass), Joe Roland (vibraphone), Billy Eckstine (vocalist), Dick Evans (guitar), Bill Clark (drums), Toots Thielemans (guitar), Cal Tjader (vibraphone), George Devens (vibraphone), Armando Peraza (bongos), Percy Brice (drums), Dakota Staton (vocalist), Armando Peraza (percussion), Emil Richards (vibraphone), Peggy Lee, Roy Haynes (drums), Jimmy Bond (double bass), Warren Chiasson (vibraphone), Lawrence Marable (drums), Wyatt "Bull" Ruther (double bass), Dick Garcia (guitar), Nancy Wilson, Vernell Fournier (drums), Israel Crosby (double bass), Gene Cherico (double bass), Ron Anthony (guitar), Gary Burton (vibraphone)

Paul Smith

Shirley Horn, Betty Carter, Abbey Lincoln, Nicholas Payton, Mark Whitfield (guitar), Christian McBride (bass guitar), Stephen Scott (piano), Billy Drummond (drums), Roy Hargrove (flugelhorn), Ron Blake (tenor saxophone), Don Sickler (flugelhorn), Jesse Davis (alto saxophone)

Mark Ledford, Bernard Davis (drums), Jeff Haynes (percussion), Victor Bailey (electric bass), Victor Le Comer (drum track), Scott Brown (keyboards), Victor Le Comer (synthesizer), Cyrus Chestnut (piano), Gene Jackson (drums), Lenny White (additional keyboards), Lenny White (drum track), Darryl Jones (electric bass), Vince Henry (tenor saxophone), Lenny White (drums), Jeff Watts (drums), Lonnie Plaxico (upright bass), Michael Brecker (tenor saxophone), Pat Metheny (guitar), Joe Locke (vibraphone), Charlie Drayton (drum track), Cyrus Chestnut (organ), Imani (spoken word), Tyrone Jefferson (trombone), Najee (alto saxophone), Horace Young (tenor saxophone), Clark Gayton (trombone), Barry Danelion (trumpet), Charlie Ernst (keyboards), Kevin Batchelor (trumpet), Audrey Wheeler (background vocalist), Tawatha Agee (background vocalist)

Joe Williams

Antonio Carlos Jobim, Gal Costa

Buddy Rich (drums), Harry Edison (trumpet), John Simmons (bass guitar), Barney Kessel (guitar), Jimmy Rowles (piano)

Gene Krupa Big Band, Anita O'Day, Roy Eldridge (trumpet)

Erroll Garner, Eugene Heard (drums), Wyatt "Bull" Ruther (double bass)

Chris Botti, Marc Shulman (guitar), Shane Fontayne (guitar), Jeff Allen (bass guitar), John Levanthal (organ), Paul Joseph Moore (keyboards), Shawn Pelton (drums), Steve Ferrone (drums), Andy Snitzer (bass guitar), Paul Livant (guitar), Alex Acuña (percussion), Mike Davis (trombone), Jeff Lorber (keyboards), Harvey Jones (keyboards), The Blue Nile, Paul Joseph Moore (piano), Paul Buchanan (vocalist), Larry Saltzman (guitar), Pino Palladino (bass guitar), Jonatha Brooke (vocalist), Bakhit Kumalo (bass guitar), Jeff Young (organ), John Robinson (drums), Edie Brickell (vocalist), Jerry Marotta (drums), Tony Levin (bass guitar)

Willie Bobo (vocalist), Jose Mangual (percussion), Richard Davis (bass guitar), Sonny Henry (guitar), Bobby Brown (tenor saxophone), Melvin Lastie (cornet), Bobby Brown (alto saxophone), Carmen McRae, Quincy Jones, Quincy Jones And His Orchestra, Lisle Atkinson (upright bass), Bobby Hamilton (drums), Rudy Stevenson (guitar), Shirley Horn, Ella Fitzgerald, Barney Kessel (guitar), Billie Holiday, Lisle Atkinson (percussion), Rudy Stevenson (flute), Sarah Vaughan, Aaron Bell (double bass), Lennie McBrowne (drums), Kenny Burrell (electric guitar), Paul Quinichette (saxophone), Tony Scott (clarinet), Charlie Shavers (trumpet), Wynton Kelly (piano)

Bill Evans (piano), Jim Hall (guitar)

Jimmy Giuffre, Ray Brown (double bass), Jim Hall (guitar)

Astrud Gilberto, Antonio Carlos Jobim (guitar), Stu Williamson (trumpet), Joe Mondragon (double bass), Bud Shank (flute), João Donato (piano), Antonio Carlos Jobim (vocalist), Walter Wanderley Trio, João Gilberto, Stan Getz, Tommy Williams (upright bass), Antonio Carlos Jobim (piano), Milton Banana (drums), Warren Bernhardt (piano), George Devens (vibraphone), Benny Aronov (piano), Benny Aronov (harpsichord), Barry Galbraith (guitar), Margaret Ross (harp), Alan Shulman (cello), Maurice Brown (cello), Charles McCracken (cello), George Ricci (cello), Harvey Shapiro (cello), Marcos Valle (guitar), Toots Thielemans (harmonica), Grady Tate (drums), Claudio Slon (drums), Donald John Sebesky (unknown), Bobby Rosengarden (drums), Jack Jennings (percussion), Toots Thielemans (guitar), Toots Thielemans (whistle), Ron Carter (double bass), Jule Ruggiero (double bass), Alan Douglas (percussion), Maurice Bialkin (cello), Dave Schwartz (viola), Urbie Green (trombone), Warren Covington (trombone), Tony Studd (trombone), Ray Alonge (french horn), Jimmy Buffington (french horn), Wayne Andre (trombone), Marvin Stamm (flugelhorn), Bernie Glow (trumpet), Jimmy Nottingham (trumpet), Ernie Royal (trumpet), Marvin Stamm (trumpet), Earl Chapin (french horn), Tony Miranda (french horn), Gene Orloff (violin), George Ockner (violin), Harold Coletta (viola), Richard Dickler (viola), David Mankovitz (viola), Leo Kruczek (violin), Harry Katzman (violin), John Barber (tuba), Hubert Laws (flute), Seldon Powell (flute), Arnold Eidus (violin), Seymour Barab (cello), Stan Getz Quartet, Kai Winding (trombone), Bobby Rosengarden (percussion), Walter Wanderley (organ), Jose Marino (double bass) Marty Paich, Don Sebesky

Elmer Bernstein, Jack Marsh (bassoon), John Williams (piano), Shelly Manne (drum), Lloyd Ulyate (trombone), Conte Candoli (trumpet), Pete Candoli (trumpet), Ray Linn (trumpet), Chico Hamilton (drums), Paul Horn (clarinet), Carson Smith (guitar), Fred Katz (cello), Chico Hamilton Quintet, Sinclair Lott (tenor saxophone) Leo Shuken, Jack Hayes, Elmer Berstein

George Benson, Vidal Davis (drums), Carlos Henriquez (bass guitar), Joe Sample (synthesizer), Luisito Quintero (percussion), Claudia Acuna (background vocalist), Richard Shade (background vocalist), Roy Ayers (background vocalist), India (background vocalist), Lisa Fischer (background vocalist), Joe Sample (organ), Joe Sample (piano), Christian McBride (bass guitar), Steve Gadd (drums), Luis Conte (percussion), Luis Conte (conga), Cindy Blackman (drums), Ricky Peterson (synthesizer), Ricky Peterson (hammond b3)

Oscar Peterson Trio, Stan Getz (tenor saxophone, saxophone), Ray Brown (double bass), Herb Ellis (guitar), Oscar Peterson (piano)

Jimmy Smith, Wes Montgomery (guitar), Wynton Kelly Trio, Paul Chambers (upright bass), Jimmy Cobb (drums), Wynton Kelly (piano) Johnny Pate

The New Stan Getz Quartet, Astrud Gilberto (vocalist, vocals), Stan Getz (tenorsaxophone), Gary Burton (vibraphone), Gene Cherico (uprightbass), Kenny Burrell (guitar), Helcio Milito (drumkit), Joe Hunt (drumkit), Chuck Israels (bassguitar)

Ella Fitzgerald (vocalist, vocals), Lou Levy (piano), Herb Ellis (guitar), Wilfred Middlebrooks (doublebass, bassguitar), Gus Johnson (drumkit), Jim Hall (guitar)

Jimmy Smith (organ), Billy Butler (guitar), Barry Galbraith (guitar), Jack Agee (unknown), Jerome Richardson (unknown), Kenny Burrell (guitar), Bill Suyler (guitar), Bobby Rosengarden (percussion), Bobby Rosengarden (bongos), Grady Tate (drums), Bob Cranshaw (bass guitar), Richard Davis (bass guitar), Bob Ashton (unknown), Quentin Jackson (trombone), Melba Liston (trombone), Snooky Young (trumpet), Richard Williams (trumpet), Ernie Royal (trumpet), Joe Newman (trumpet), Tom McIntosh (trombone), Britt Woodman (trombone), Jerry Dodgion (unknown), Phil Woods (unknown), Willie Ruff (french horn), Tony Studd (bass trombone), Don Corrado (french horn)

Stan Getz (saxophone, tenorsaxophone), Gerry Mulligan (saxophone, baritonesaxophone), Lou Levy (piano), Stan Levey (drumkit, drum), Leroy Vinnegar (doublebass), Ray Brown (doublebass)

Stan Getz (tenor saxophone), Shelly Manne (drums), Leroy Vinnegar (bass), Lou Levy (piano)

Ella Fitzgerald (vocals), Count Basie (piano & bandleader), Count Basie And His Orchestra

Sarah Vaughan, Roy Haynes (drums), Joe Benjamin (double bass), John Malachi (piano), Billie Holiday, The Modern Jazz Giants, Miles Davis, Lisle Atkinson (upright bass), Rudy Stevenson (flute), Bobby Hamilton (drums), Rudy Stevenson (guitar), Bill Evans, Big Brother & The Holding Company, Janis Joplin, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Billy Stewart, Oscar Peterson, Buddy Rich, Nat King Cole, Lester Young, Blossom Dearie, Ed Thigpen (drums), Kenny Burrell (guitar), Ray Brown (double bass), Stan Getz Quartet, Barney Kessel (electric guitar), Larry Bunker (drums), Jimmy Rowles (piano), Ben Webster (saxophone), Red Mitchell (double bass), Harry "Sweets" Edison (trumpet), Charlie Parker Russell Garcia

Sonny Stitt, Jo Jones (drums), Ray Brown (double bass), Jimmy Jones (piano)

Lee Konitz (saxophone)

Dave Grusin, Rocky White (drums), Lee Ritenour (guitar), Sal Marquez (trumpet), Ernie Watts (saxophone), Brian Bromberg (double bass), Harvey Mason (drums), Roland Hanna (piano), Chuck Connors (bass trombone), Al Grey (trombone), J.J. Wiggins (double bass), The Duke Ellington Orchestra, Benny Goodman Quartet, Lionel Hampton (vibraphone), Gene Krupa (drums), Benny Goodman (clarinet), Teddy Wilson (piano), The Earl Palmer Trio, Earl Palmer (drums), Ernie McDaniels (bass guitar), Karen Hernandez (piano), Michelle Pfeiffer Mercer Ellington