Effective period / Period of releases: 1942 - 1993

Members: Lester Young, Leonard Gaskin, Harold "Doc" West, Pops Foster, Sammy Price, Shad Collins, Herman Autrey, Emmett Berry, O'Neil Spencer, Bobby Donaldson, Freddie Moore, Curtis Ousley, George Stevenson, Wilbert Kirk, Ed Mullens, Vernon King, Yack Taylor, Don Stovall, Herb Hall, McHouston Baker, Dave Young (10), William Lewis (4), Bill Johnson (34), Duke Jones (2), Joe Brown (34), Ray Hill (8), Raymond Hills