Effective period / Period of releases: 1952 - 1981

Members: Eric Dolphy, Charles Mingus, Max Roach, Dannie Richmond, Jaki Byard, Roy Brooks, Jimmy Knepper, Wade Legge, Lee Konitz, Mal Waldron, Clifford Jordan, Eddie Bert, Hamiet Bluiett, Willie Jones, Cat Anderson, George Barrow, Lonnie Hillyer, Charles McPherson, Al Levitt, Curtis Porter, Phyllis Pinkerton, Bob Neloms, George Koutzen, Joe Gardner, John Foster (16)