Effective period / Period of releases: 1954 - 1980

Members: James Moody, Jackie McLean, Cedar Walton, Kenny Clarke, Max Roach, Kenny Drew, Tommy Potter, Leroy Vinnegar, Rolf Ericson, Butch Warren, Teddy Smith, Percy Heath, Jimmy Garrison, Kenny Dorham, J.C. Moses, Al Haig, Art Taylor, Bobby Timmons, Walter Bishop, Jr., Jimmy Heath, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Allan Botschinsky, John Ore, Charles Davis (2), Steve Kuhn, Alex Riel, Tete Montoliu, Sylvester Kyner, Hugh Walker, The Kenny Dorham Quintet, Arnold Enlow