Verve

Oscar Brown, Jr., Herbert Brown (bass guitar), Curtis Boyd (drums), Phil Upchurch (guitar), Floyd Morris (piano), Herbert Brown (double bass)

Cal Tjader

Buddy Rich & His Orchestra, Buddy Collette (baritone saxophone), Bob Cooper (tenor saxophone), Buddy Collette (flute), Jimmy Rowles (piano), Joe Mondragon (bass guitar), Bill Pittman (guitar), Bob Enevoldsen (trombone), Frank Rosolino (trombone), Buddy Rich (drums), Pete Candoli (trumpet), Harry Edison (trumpet), Conrad Gozzo (trumpet)

Tal Farlow

Jimmy Smith, Johnny Pacheco (percussion), James Tyrell (upright bass), Carl Lynch (guitar), Grady Tate (drums), Jerome Richardson (saxophones), Hubert Laws (saxophones), Ernie Royal (trumpet), Joe Newman (trumpet), Snooky Young (trumpet), Garnett Brown (trombone), Pepper Adams (saxophones), Alan Raph (trombone), Jimmy Cleveland (trombone), Joe Farrell (saxophones) Tom McIntosh

Christian McBride

Nicholas Payton

Kay Thompson, Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire Adolph Deutsch

Pete Belasco

Max Roach

Bud Powell (piano), Art Taylor (drums), George Duvivier (bass guitar), Bud Powell (keyboards), Kenny Clarke (drums), Percy Heath (bass guitar)

Lee Konitz (alto saxophone)

Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington & His Orchestra

Ronald Shannon Jackson & The Decoding Society

Budd Johnson, Joe Newman, Grady Tate (drums), Richard Davis (upright bass), Al Dailey, Jr. (piano), George Duvivier (upright bass)

Arthur Prysock

Ahmad Jamal Quintet, Ray Crawford (guitar), Vernel Fournier (drums), Ahmad Jamal (piano), Israel Crosby (double bass)

Richard Davis (double bass), Connie Kay (drums), Everett Barksdale (guitar), Alan Ross (clarinet), Leon Cohen (oboe), Henry Freeman (clarinet), Wilford Holcombe (clarinet), Seldon Powell (clarinet), Hank Jones (piano), Chet Baker (trumpet), Gérard Gustin (piano), Nils-Bertil Dahlander (drums), Jimmy Bond (double bass), Charlie Rice (drums), Michael Fleming (double bass), Bob James (piano), Kenny Burrell (guitar), Bobby Scott (piano), Raymond Fol (piano), Jean Louis Viale (drums), Benoit Quersin (double bass), Louis Viale (drums)

Sam Rivers

Siouxsie And The Banshees, Bow Wow Wow, The Strokes, The Radio Department, New Order, Gang Of Four, Adam & The Ants, Roger Neill, Windsor For The Derby, The Radio Dept., The Cure, Boris Williams (drums), Roger O'Donnell (keyboards), Porl Thompson (guitar), Simon Gallup (bass guitar), Robert Smith (keyboards, guitar), Brian Reitzell, Aphex Twin (keyboard), Dustin O'Halloran, Air, Patricia Mabee (harpsichord), Squarepusher (bass guitar), Agnès Mellon (soprano), Laurence Tolhurst (drums), Les Arts Florissants

Lee Konitz (altosaxophone), Jimmy Giuffre (baritonesaxophone), Hal McKusick (altosaxophone), Buddy Clark (doublebass), Ronnie Freeman (drumkit), Bill Evans (piano), Ted Brown (tenorsaxophone), Warne Marsh (tenorsaxophone)

Lester Young (tenorsaxophone, saxophone), Hank Jones (piano), Ray Brown (doublebass), Buddy Rich (drumkit), John Lewis (piano), Joe Shulman (doublebass), Bill Clark (drumkit), Gene Ramey (doublebass), Jo Jones (drumkit)

Joe Sample (piano)

Wes Montgomery (guitar), Jimmy Smith (organ), Grady Tate (drumkit), Ray Barretto (percussion), Richard Davis (uprightbass), Tony Studd (basstrombone), Jimmy Cleveland (trombone), Melba Liston (trombone), Quentin Jackson (trombone), Clark Terry (trumpet), Ernie Royal (trumpet), Jimmy Maxwell (trumpet), Joe Newman (trumpet), Danny Bank (woodwinds), Jerome Richardson (woodwinds), Jerry Dodgion (woodwinds), Phil Woods (woodwinds), Bob Ashton (woodwinds)

Special EFX

The Keynoters, Charlie Shavers (trumpet), Jonah Jones (trumpet), Budd Johnson (tenor saxophone), Johnny Guarnieri (piano), Milt Hinton (bass), J.C. Heard (drums), Nat King Cole (piano), Willie Smith (alto saxophone), Red Callender (bass), Jackie Mills (drums, percussion)

Rex Stewart's Big Eight, Rex Stewart (cornet), Lawrence Brown (trombone), Tab Smith (alto saxophone), Harry Carney (baritone saxophone, bass clarinet, bass), Johnny Guarnieri (piano), Brick Fleagle (guitar), Sid Weiss (upright bass, bass), Cozy Cole (drums), Billy Kyle's Big Eight, Billy Taylor (bass), Barney Bigard Quintet, Barney Bigard (clarinet), Juan Tizol & His Orchestra, Juan Tizol (trombone), Irving Ashby (guitar), Arnold Ross (piano), Nick Fatool (drums), Ed Mihelich (bass)

Louis Armstrong (trumpet & vocals, vocalist, trumpet), Paul Smith (piano), Russell Garcia's Orchestra (participant), Russell Garcia

James Brown, James Brown & The Famous Flames

Jackie Greene

Coleman Hawkins

Billy Mitchell, Otis Finch (drums), Herman Wright (double bass), Bobby Hutcherson (vibraphone), Clarence S. Anderson (organ), Billy Wallace (piano)

Sonny Criss, George Bohanon (trombone), Raymond Jackson (trombone), Oscar Brashear (trumpet), Garnett Brown (trombone), Ernest Watts (tenor saxophone), Esmond Edwards (percussion), Eddie "Bongo" Brown (conga), Denyse Buffum (viola), Pamela Goldsmith (viola), Harris Goldman (violin), Kenneth Yerke (violin), Marcia Van Dyke (violin), Haim Shtrum (violin), Dorothy Wade (violin), Rollice Dale (viola), Arnold Belnick (violin), Mitch Holder (guitar), Lee Ritenour (guitar), Chuck Domanico (bass guitar), George Thatcher (bass trombone), Raymond Kelley (cello), Alan Robinson (french horn), Barbara E. Korn (french horn), Patrice Rushen (piano), James Gadson (drums), Ronald Cooper (cello), Charles Veal Jr. (violin), Robert L. Watt (french horn), Bill King (piano), Scott Edwards (bass guitar), Mckinley Jackson (clavichord), Sonny Burke (bass trombone)

Joya Sherrill

Oscar Peterson, Count Basie And His Orchestra, Joe Newman, Count Basie Sextet, Count Basie (piano)

Curly Russell, Coleman Hawkins, Buck Clayton, Arnold Ross (piano), Billy Hadnott (double bass), Lee Young (drums), Lester Young (saxophone), Willie Smith (saxophone), Al Killian (trumpet), Howard McGhee (trumpet), Ella Fitzgerald, Flip Phillips (saxophone), Charlie Parker (saxophone), Tommy Turk (trombone), Buddy Rich (drums), Hank Jones (piano), Ray Brown (double bass), Roy Eldridge (trumpet), Nat King Cole (piano), Johnny Miller (double bass), Red Callender (double bass), Les Paul (guitar), Shorty Sherock (trumpet), Illinois Jacquet (saxophone), Jack McVea (saxophone), The Gene Krupa Trio, Teddy Napoleon (piano), Charlie Ventura (saxophone), Jo Jones, Bill Harris, Billie Holiday, Tiny Grimes (guitar), Al McKibbon (double bass), J.C. Heard (drums), Kenny Kersey (piano), Joe Guy (trumpet), Georgie Auld (saxophone), Benny Fonville, Trummy Young

Count Basie

The Grassy Knoll

Count Basie

Quincy Jones, Lucky Thompson (tenor saxophone), Bunny Bardach (tenor saxophone), Jerome Richardson (tenor saxophone), Phil Woods (alto saxophone), Paul Chambers (bass guitar), Hank Jones (piano), Charlie Persip (drums), Jerome Richardson (flute), Jack Nimitz (baritone saxophone), Urbie Green (trombone), Ernie Glow (trumpet), Art Farmer (trumpet), Ernie Royal (trumpet), Joe Wilder (trumpet), Jimmy Cleveland (trombone), Frank Rehak (trombone), Charles Mingus (bass guitar), Billy Taylor (piano), Herbie Mann (flute), Gene Quill (alto saxophone), Herbie Mann (tenor saxophone), Milt Jackson (vibraphone), Zoot Sims (tenor saxophone)

Philippe Saisse (participant), Angelique Kidjo

Yusef Lateef

Chico O'Farrill, Miguelito Valdes, Wes Montgomery, Carlos "Potato" Valdez, Cal Tjader, Eugene Arango, Papaito (african percussion), Arsenio Rodriguez (guitar), Israel Lopez "Cachao" (upright bass), Fellove Francisco Valdez (african percussion), Herbie Mann, Jose Mangual (bongos), Patato Valdes (conga), Patato Valdes (bongos), Jose Mangual (conga), Knobby Totah (double bass), Johnny Rae (vibraphone), Johnny Rae (xylophone), Santo Miranda (drums), The Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band, Tony Coe (tenor saxophone), Sahib Shihab (baritone saxophone), Ronnie Scott (tenor saxophone), Johnny Griffin (tenor saxophone), Phil Woods (alto saxophone), Jimmy Woode (double bass), Jean Warland (double bass), Sabu Martinez (percussion), Fats Sadi (bongos), Tony Inzalaco (percussion), Albert "Tootie" Heath (percussion), Shake Keane (percussion), Derek Humble (alto saxophone), Eric Van Lier (trombone), Kenny Clarke (drums), Francy Boland (piano), Benny Bailey (trumpet), Idrees Sulieman (trumpet), Åke Persson (trombone), Dusko Goykovich (trumpet), Jimmy Deuchar (trumpet), Milo Pavlovic (trumpet), Nat Peck (trombone) Lalo Schifrin

Johnny Mandel, Jack Sheldon

Tony Williams

Marion Brown, Leo Smith

Lee Ritenour, Daniel Higgins (flute), Randy Kerber (synthesizer), Jochem van der Saag (sampler), Jerry Hey (flugelhorn), Paulinho Da Costa (percussion), George Duke (keyboards), Marcus Miller (bass guitar), Vinnie Colaiuta (drums), Gary Grant (trumpet), Bill Reichenbach (trombone), Daniel Higgins (saxophone), Jerry Hey (trumpet), Dave Carpenter (double bass), Will Kennedy (drums), John Beasley (keyboards), Jochem van der Saag (percussion), Joey De Francesco (hammond organ), Byron Landham (drums), Mark Stephens (hammond organ), Melvin Davis (bass guitar), Ernie Watts (saxophone), John Beasley (piano), Michael McDonald (vocalist), Jochem van der Saag (synthesizer), Mitch Holder (acoustic guitar), John Beasley (hammond organ), Peter Erskine (drums), Alan Pasqua (hammond organ), Alan Pasqua (piano)

Gerald Albright, Kevin Ricard (percussion), John "Jubu" Smith (guitar), Teddy Campbell (drums), Chuckii Booker (keyboards), Tony Maiden (guitar), Jeff Lorber (keyboards), Peter White (guitar), Wayne Linsey (keyboards), Errol Cooney (guitar), Luther Hanes (keyboards), Shawn Stockman, Dwight Sills (acoustic guitar), Rex Rideout (keyboards), John Roberts (drums), George Duke (keyboards), Nick Lane (trombone), Lee R. Thornburg (trumpet), Ricky Rouse (guitar)

Claudia Acuna

Ray Brown

Grover Washington, Jr.

Les McCann Ltd, Vicor Gaskin (bass guitar), Les McCann (piano), Paul Humphrey (drums)

George Benson, Gerald Albright, Greg Phillinganes (keyboards), Ray Parker Jr. (rhythm guitar), Greg Phillinganes (synthesizer), Daniel Higgins (alto saxophone), Daniel Higgins (tenor saxophone), Ricky Lawson (drums), Nathan East (bass guitar), Jochem van der Saag (samples), Lisa Fischer (background vocalist), Chris Botti, Melvin Davis (bass guitar), Lee Ritenour (bass guitar), Jochem van der Saag (keyboards), Jochem van der Saag (synthesizer), Jochem van der Saag (sampler), Lee Ritenour (sampler), Jerry Hey (flugelhorn), Daniel Higgins (flute), Lee Ritenour (strings), Will Downing (background vocalist), Lee Ritenour (organ), Lee Ritenour (guitar), Jochem van der Saag (drums), Jerry Hey (trumpet), Russell Ferrante (synthesizer), Russell Ferrante (keyboards), Perri Sisters (background vocalist), Lee Ritenour (acoustic guitar), Richard Elliot, Steve Tavaglione (programming), Bob James (synthesizer), Lee Ritenour (keyboards), Jochem van der Saag (drums & percussion), Mindi Abair, Jochem van der Saag (bass guitar)

Kid Ory, Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band

Nicholas Payton, Dianne Reeves, Dr. John

Will Downing, Gerald Albright

Ray Brown (participant)

Buddy Rich & His Orchestra, Buddy Collette (baritone saxophone), Bob Cooper (tenor saxophone), Buddy Collette (flute), Jimmy Rowles (piano), Joe Mondragon (bass guitar), Bill Pittman (guitar), Bob Enevoldsen (trombone), Frank Rosolino (trombone), Buddy Rich (drums), Pete Candoli (trumpet), Harry Edison (trumpet), Conrad Gozzo (trumpet), Buddy Rich Quintet, John Simmons (bass guitar), Sonny Criss (alto saxophone), Max Roach, Buddy Rich Septet, Seldon Powell (tenor saxophone), Mike Mainieri (vibraphone), Dave McKenna (piano), Earl May (bass guitar), Willie Dennis (trombone), Markie Markowitz (trumpet), Buddy Rich And His Sextet, Wyatt "Bull" Ruther (upright bass), Johnny Morris (piano), Sam Most (flute), Rolf Ericson (trumpet)

Kenny Kirkland (participant), Kenny Kirkland (keyboards)

Richard Elliot, Lil' John Roberts (drums), Jeff Lorber (keyboards), Lenny Castro (percussion), Robbie Nevil (guitar), Nelson Jackson (keyboards), Tony Maiden (guitar), Dwight Sills (guitar), Rex Rideout (keyboards), Phillip Jackson (vocalist), Lee R. Thornburg (trumpet), Ronnie Garrett (bass guitar), Luis Conte (percussion), Nick Lane (trombone), Mike White (drums), Brandon Fields (saxophone), Ron Reinhardt (keyboards), Ronnie Garrett (double bass), Dave Reinhardt (drums)