Effective period / Period of releases: 1946 - 1950

Members: Horace Silver, Chico Hamilton, Johnny Otis, Junior Mance, Gene Ramey, Connie Kay, Roy Haynes, Lester Young, Vic Dickenson, Curtis Counce, Red Callender, Dodo Marmarosa, Harold "Doc" West, Howard McGhee, Freddie Green, Shad Collins, Ted Kelly, Willie Smith (2), John Collins (2), Nick Fenton, Irving Ashby, Rodney Richardson, Wesley Jones, Fred Lacey, Henry Tucker Green, Shorty McConnell, Jesse Drakes, Freddy Jefferson, Jerry Elliott, Ted Briscoe, Earl Knight, Lyndall Marshall, Argonne Thornton, Joe Albany