Effective period / Period of releases: 1927 - 2017

Members: Richard Williams, Duke Ellington, Clark Terry, Jimmy Johnson (2), Billy Taylor, Rolf Ericson, Quentin Jackson, Steve Little, Joe Garland, Joe Benjamin, Johnny Coles, Bill Graham, Milt Grayson, Don Byas, Oscar Pettiford, Ben Webster, Jimmy Woode, Johnny Hodges, Billy Strayhorn, Sam Woodyard, Harold Ashby, Russell Procope, Cootie Williams, Lawrence Brown, Wendell Marshall, Bennie Green, Julian Priester, Ivie Anderson, Charlie Barnet, Art Baron, Ernie Royal, Howard McGhee, Bobby Durham, Britt Woodman, Harry Carney, Ray Nance, Aaron Bell, Major Holley, Matthew Gee, Wellman Braud, Juan Tizol, Joe Nanton, Lonnie Johnson (2), Sonny Greer, Claude Jones, Louis Metcalf, Rex Stewart, Louis Bacon, Henry Edwards, Hilton Jefferson, Otto Hardwick, Freddy Jenkins, Fred Guy, Teddy Bunn, Adelaide Hall, Barney Bigard, Hayes Alvis, Shelton Hemphill, Rudy Jackson, Irving Mills, Sandy Williams, Taft Jordan, Francis Williams, Harold Baker, Cat Anderson, Paul Gonsalves, Al Sears, Kay Davis, Jimmy Hamilton, John Sanders, Willie Cook, John Cook, Red Rodney, Rick Henderson, Dave Black, Billy Taylor Sr., Dick Vance, Wilbur De Paris, Chauncey Haughton, Wallace Jones, Ted Kelly, Baby Cox, Al Hibbler, Lloyd Oldham, Herb Jeffries, Marshall Royal, Jimmy Grissom, Joya Sherrill, Buster Cooper, Mercer Ellington, Herbie Jones, John Lamb, Tyree Glenn, Al Killian, Chuck Connors, Al Lucas, Jimmy Blanton, Roy Burrowes, Pete Clark (2), Louis Bellson, Haywood Henry, Eddie Preston, Booty Wood, Norris Turney, Harmonica Charlie, André Paquinet, Bill Berry, Butch Ballard, Nelson Williams, Ozzie Bailey, Rocky White, Vince Prudente, Harold Minerve, Lloyd Michels, Arthur Whetsel, Peck Morrison, Rufus Jones, Ed Mullens, Perry Marion, Andres Meringuito, Jeff Castleman, Money Johnson, Wilbur Bascomb Sr., Malcolm Taylor, Oett "Sax" Mallard, Ernie Shepard, Hillard Brown, Andrew Ford (3), Dud Bascomb, Anita Moore, Paul Gansalves, Barrie Lee Hall, Jr., Nat Woodard, Paul Kondziela, Charlie Allen (3), Fred Avendorf, Alvin Raglin, Joe Cornell, Herb Fleming, Roderick Gaskin, Scat Powell, Mitchell Wood, Frankie Marvin, Tricky Sam Nanton, Nat Jones (5), James Miley (2), Cladys Smith, Ray Mitchell (7), William White (17), Nate Howard (4)