Effective period / Period of releases: 1935 - 1993

Members: Ella Fitzgerald, Jonah Jones, Lionel Hampton, Johnny Williams, Helen Ward, Benny Goodman, Teddy Wilson, Bobby Hackett, Ben Webster, Cozy Cole, Lester Young, Roy Eldridge, Johnny Hodges, Milt Hinton, Babe Russin, Irving Randolph, Gene Krupa, Harry Goodman, Vido Musso, Cootie Williams, Buster Bailey, John Kirby, Benny Carter, Jo Jones, Hymie Schertzer, Pee Wee Russell, Buck Clayton, Al Casey, Walter Page, Freddie Green, Danny Barker, Bill Coleman (2), Harry Carney, George James (2), Dave Barbour, Lena Horne, Leon "Chu" Berry, Prince Robinson, Cecil Scott, Hilton Jefferson, Frank Newton, Doc Cheatham, Lawrence Lucie, Edgar Sampson, Artie Bernstein, Edmond Hall, Harold Baker, Jimmy Hamilton, Allan Reuss, Eddie Gibbs, Benny Morton, Tab Smith, Midge Williams, Jerry Blake, Emmett Berry, Ernie Powell, Sidney Catlett, Jimmy McLin, Gene Sedric, J.C. Heard, Harry James (2), Pete Peterson, Jean Eldridge, Nan Wynn, Al Hall, Yank Porter, Teddy McRae, Johnny Blowers, Thelma Carpenter, Tom Mace, Lee Stanfield, Rudy Powell, Grachan Moncur, Tom Macey, Chris Griffin (3), Henry "Red" Allen, Pete Clark (2), John Simmons, Buster Harding, Israel Crosby, Floyd Brady, John Trueheart, George Irish, Karl George, Eugene Fields, Bob Lessey, Redd Harper, Frances Hunt, Boots Castle, Richard Clarke (5), Archie Rosate, Jake Wiley, Eleanora McKay