Alto Saxophone, Bass Saxophone – Otto Hardwick (tracks: 5 to 14, 17, 18)
Alto Saxophone, Clarinet, Soprano Saxophone – Johnny Hodges
Banjo, Guitar – Fred Guy
Baritone Saxophone, Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Bass Clarinet – Harry Carney
Bass – Billy Taylor (tracks: 14, 17, 18), Hayes Alvis (tracks: 14 to 16), Wellman Braud (tracks: 1 to 13)
Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone – Barney Bigard
Cornet – Rex Stewart (tracks: 14 to 18)
Drums – Sonny Greer
Liner Notes – Claude Carrère
Liner Notes [English Translation] – Bruce Talbot
Piano, Arranged By, Directed By – Duke Ellington
Remastered By – Robert Parker
Tenor Saxophone – Ben Webster (tracks: 14 to 18)
Trombone – Joe Nanton, Lawrence Brown (tracks: 2 to 18)
Trumpet – Arthur Whetsol (tracks: 1 to 17), Cootie Williams, Freddy Jenkins (tracks: 1 to 12), Harold Baker (tracks: 18), Louis Bacon (tracks: 12), Wallace Jones (tracks: 18)
Valve Trombone – Juan Tizol (tracks: 1 to 11, 13 to 17)
Notes
Recorded Nov. 8, 1930 (# 1), Feb. 2, 1932 (# 2 & 4), Feb. 4, 1932 (# 3), May 16, 1932 (# 5), Sept. 21, 1932 (# 6 & 7), Feb. 17, 1933 (# 8 & 9), May 16, 1933 (# 10), August 15, 1933 (# 11), Dec. 4, 1933 (# 12), Sept. 12, 1934 (# 13), August 19, 1935 (# 14), Feb. 27, 1936 (# 15 & 16), July 29, 1936 (# 17), Jan. 13, 1938 (# 18). All recorded New York except # 12, Chicago.
Made and printed in England. 8-page booklet including liners notes by Claude Carrière, in French and English, with a comment for each track.
Publishers: Lawrence Wright Music (# 1, 2, 4, 7, 8) EMI Music Pub. Co. Ltd (# 1, 2, 7, 8, 12, 14) Mills Music (# 3, 6, 11) Belwin Mills Music ( # 5, 13, 15 to 17) Campbell Connely & Music Sales (# 9) American Academy Of Music (# 10, 18) Francis Day & Hunter (# 12) Peter Maurice Music (# 14)