Effective period / Period of releases: 1942 - 1992

Members: Kenny Burrell, Charlie Parker, Les Paul, Gene Ramey, Ben Webster, Ray Copeland, Seldon Powell, Jay McShann, Gus Johnson, J.C. Higginbotham, Hilton Jefferson, Al Sears, Paul Quinichette, Willie Cook, Emmett Berry, Bernard Anderson, Walter Brown, Pee Wee Crayton, Haywood Henry, Mousey Alexander, Taswell Baird, John Jackson (7), Flaps Dungee, James Skinner, Jimmy Coe, Bob Merrill (2), Bob Mabane, Orville "Piggy" Minor, Harry Ferguson (2), Harold Bruce, Freddy Culliver, Lawrence "Frog" Anderson, Leonard Enois, William J. Scott, Clifford Jenkins, Bud Gould, Lloyd Anderson (5), Dave Mitchell (11), Jesse Jones (12), Rudy Morrison, Rudolph Dennis, Fats Dennis, Gene Griddins, Cooky Jackson, Alfonso Fook, William Hickman (2), "Stoogy" Gelz, "Jeepy"