Hard Bop

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

Woody Herman And His Orchestra, Johnny Smith Quintet, Don Lamond (drums), Sanford Gold (piano), Eddie Safranski (double bass), Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown (double bass), Herb Ellis (guitar), João Gilberto, Tommy Williams (upright bass), Antonio Carlos Jobim (piano), Milton Banana (drums), Stan Getz...

Elvin Jones

Elvin Jones

Wynton Kelly (piano), Philly Joe Jones (drums), Paul Chambers (bass guitar), Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone), Lee Morgan (trumpet)

The Modern Jazz Giants, Miles Davis (trumpet), John Coltrane (tenor saxophone), Red Garland (piano), Paul Chambers (upright bass), Philly Joe Jones (drums)

Thelonious Monk (piano), John Coltrane (tenor saxophone), Wilbur Ware (double bass)

Wes Montgomery (guitar), Ray Barretto (conga), Ron Carter (double bass), Grady Tate (drums), Lewis Eley (violin), Julius Held (violin), Joseph Malignaggi (violin), Louis Haber (violin), Harry Lookofsky (violin), Paul Gershman (violin), Sol Shapiro (violin), Gene Orloff (violin), Harold Coletta (viola),...

Miles Davis (trumpet), John Lewis (piano), Al Cohn (saxophone), Zoot Sims (saxophone), Sonny Rollins (saxophone)

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