Effective period / Period of releases: 1929 - 1992

Members: Keg Johnson, Joe Garland, Cozy Cole, Milt Hinton, Buster Bailey, John Kirby, Danny Barker, Leon "Chu" Berry, Edgar Hayes, Horace Henderson, Albert Nicholas, Bernard Addison, Cecil Scott, Claude Jones, Walter Johnson, J.C. Higginbotham, Hilton Jefferson, Luis Russell, Paul Barbarin, Lawrence Lucie, Teddy Hill, Pops Foster, Tab Smith, George Wettling, O'Neil Spencer, Pee Wee Erwin, George Washington, Charlie Holmes, Tyree Glenn, Dickie Wells, Rudy Powell, Henry "Red" Allen, Elmer James, Henry "Hank" Duncan, George Stafford, Kaiser Marshall, Will Johnson (2), Glyn Paque, Tony Parenti, Eddie Bourne (2), Bill Thompson (21)