Effective period / Period of releases: 1932 - 1992

Members: Rupert Cole, Billy Taylor, Quentin Jackson, Don Byas, Bill Coleman (2), Peanuts Holland, Don Redman, Horace Henderson, Langston Curl, Claude Jones, Fred Robinson, Sidney De Paris, Billy Taylor Sr., Benny Morton, Leonard Davis, Gene Sedric, Slick Jones, Carl Frye, Chauncey Haughton, Tyree Glenn, Gene Simon, Shirley Clay, Henry "Red" Allen, Pete Clark (2), Manzie Johnson, Buford Oliver, Ted Sturgis, Bill Beason, Ray Abrams, Buster Smith, Edward Inge, Bob Ysaguirre, Talcott Reeves, Robert Carroll, Tommy Stevenson, Bob Lessey, Inez Cavanaugh, Bobby Williams (6), Eddie Williams (5), Tapley Lewis, Nicholas Rodriguez, Jack Carman, Alan Jeffries (2)