Effective period / Period of releases: 1953 - 1959

Members: Stan Getz, Maynard Ferguson, Chuck Gentry, Corky Hale, Barney Kessel, Bud Shank, Alvin Stoller, Harry Edison, Jimmy Giuffre, Herb Geller, Shelly Manne, Joe Mondragon, Bob Cooper, Conte Candoli, Buddy Bregman, Frank Rosolino, George Roberts, Pete Candoli, Lloyd Ulyate, Conrad Gozzo, Ray Linn, Manny Klein, Skeets Herfurt, Al Hendrickson, Paul Smith (5), Si Zentner, Milt Bernhart, Joe Howard, Virginia Majewski, Raphael Kramer, Uan Rasey, Dan Lube, Lou Raderman, Edgar Lustgarten (2), Francis Howard, Marshall Cram, Dorothy Remsen, Claude Williamson, Ted Nash (2), Dale Issenhuth, Jerome Kasper, Eudice Shapiro, John Altwerger, Maurice Stein