Effective period / Period of releases: 1934 - 1994

Members: Gerald Wilson, Eddie Durham, Sy Oliver, Snooky Young, Joe Marshall, Benny Waters, Trummy Young, Jimmie Lunceford, Dan Grissom, Harry "Pee Wee" Jackson, Al Norris, Eddie Tompkins, Russell Bowles, Edwin Wilcox, Jimmy Crawford, Paul Webster, Earl Carruthers, Moses Allen, Elmer Crumbley, Willie Smith (2), Joe Thomas (3), Omer Simeon, Truck Parham, Earl Hardy, Bob Mitchell (2), Freddie Webster, Henry Wells, Ernest Purce, Rostelle Reese, LaForest Dent, Teddy Buckner (2), Tommy Stevenson, Fernando Arbello, William Scott (3), Joe Williams (11), Ed Brown (4), Russell Green, John Mitchell (19), Nick Brooks, Al King (5), Kurt Bradford, Charlie Stewart (4), James Williams (29), Kirtland Bradford, Lee Howard (5)