Effective period / Period of releases: 1940 - 1960

Members: Gerald Wilson, Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton, Joe Wilder, Britt Woodman, Gerald Wiggins, Marvin Johnson, Joe Bailey, Harold Scott, T-Bone Walker, Al Morgan, Les Hite, Henry Prince, Bumps Myers, Allen Durham, Roger Hurd, Frank Pasley, Sol Moore, Oscar Lee Bradley Sr., Forrest Powell, Floyd Turnham, John Brown (3), Al Cobbs, Charlie Jones (2), Charlie Beal, Leon Comegys, George Orendorff, Bill Perkins (2), Luther "Sonny" Craven, Walter Williams (3), Paul Campbell (5), Benny Booker, Quedillas Martin