Effective period / Period of releases: 1937 - 1995

Members: Quincy Jones, Donald Byrd, Kenny Burrell, Dizzy Gillespie, Ricky Ford, Jerome Richardson, Billy Brooks, Jonah Jones, Jimmy Scott, Wes Montgomery, Lionel Hampton, Dexter Gordon, Milt Buckner, Monk Montgomery, Wade Marcus, Art Farmer, Charles Mingus, Johnny Griffin, Alan Dawson, Coleman Hawkins, Jimmy Cleveland, Wade Legge, Earl Bostic, Illinois Jacquet, Ben Webster, Cozy Cole, Gigi Gryce, Johnny Hodges, Milt Hinton, Russell Procope, Clyde Hart, Mezz Mezzrow, Gene Krupa, Harry Goodman, Vido Musso, Arthur Rollini, Cootie Williams, Jerry Jerome, Buster Bailey, George Koenig, John Kirby, Benny Carter, Jess Stacy, Hymie Schertzer, Clifford Brown, George Dorsey, Al Casey, Ernie Royal, Bobby Plater, Al Grey, Charlie Fowlkes, Freddie Green, Snooky Young, Britt Woodman, Virgil Jones, Danny Barker, Anthony Ortega, Thomas Chapin, Charlie Persip, Arthur Hoyle, Leon "Chu" Berry, Zutty Singleton, Lammar Wright, Sonny Greer, Joe Sullivan, Edgar Sampson, Artie Bernstein, Edmond Hall, Joe Newman, Cat Anderson, Al Sears, Arnett Cobb, Allan Reuss, Oscar Moore, Allen Durham, Billy Taylor Sr., Charlie Christian, Wesley Prince, Benny Powell, Ernestine Anderson, Barry Ries, Clifford Scott, Sonny Parker, Marshall Royal, Wini Brown, Buster Cooper, Curley Hamner, Benny Bailey, Irving Ashby, Al Killian, Teddy Buckner, Jack McVea, Bobby Tucker, George Jenkins, Morris Lane, Ray Perry, Toots Mondello, Wendell Culley, Charles Stephens, Doug Miller, Eddie Pazant, Jimmy Nottingham, Eddie Preston, Lou Blackburn, Duffy Jackson, Booty Wood, Fred Radcliffe, Paul Jeffrey, Clifford Solomon, Scoville Brown, Eddie Williams, Wallace Davenport, Joe Evans (3), Eddie Chamblee, Walter Fuller, Billy Mackel, Peter Badie, Jay Peters, Ed Mullens, John Gordon, Al Spieldock, Karl George, Oscar Dennard, Sam Turner (2), Gus Evans, Harry Sloan, Lamar Wright (2), Roy McCoy, Al Hayes, Charles Harris (2), Vernon Porter, Luther "Sonny" Craven, Vernon King, Fred Beckett, Vernon Alley, Joe Morris (2), Dave Page, Ted Sinclair, Andrew Penn, John Marshall (7), Alfred "Chippy" Outcalt, Lawrence Burgan, Freddie Simon, Earl Walker, Walter Williams (3), Ben Kynard, Lonnie Shaw, Andrew McGhee, L. Lee, Adam Brenner, Jerry Weldon, Dave Schumacher, Rick Visone, Robert Trowers, John Pendenza, Al Bryant, Chris Gulhaugen, Vince Cutro, Lee Romano, Albert "June" Gardner, Walter "Phatz" Morris, Ricky Brauer, Dave Gonsalves, Alan Simon (2), Johnny Board, Todd Coolman, Ellis Bartee, Curtis Lowe, Larry Wilson (3), John Mehegan, Eric Miller (8), James Wormick, Dave Gonzales, George Jones (5), John Colianni, Malta (3), Herman Green, Clarence Watson, Haleem Rasheed, Oscar Estell, Ernest Ashley, James Araki, Herbie Fields, Harold Roberts, Duke Garrette, Roy Johnson (3), Leo Shepherd, Paul Lee (5), Dardanelle Breckenbridge, Johnny Morris (8), Spencer Odom, Johnny Sparrow, Jerry Sokolov, Lester Bass (2), Abdul Hamid (2), Jimmy Wormick, James Robinson (16), Billy Williams (31), Harry Finkelman