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tracks 1 bass Johnny Williams
tracks 2 to 18 bass Pops Foster
tracks 19 bass Wilson Myers
tracks 17, 18 clarinet Albert Nicholas
clarinet, soprano saxophone Sidney Bechet
tracks 14 to 16 cornet Wild Bill Davison
tracks 17, 18 drums Danny Alvin
tracks 10 to 12, 14 to 16 drums Freddie Moore
tracks 6 to 9, 13 drums Manzie Johnson
tracks 1 to 5 drums Sidney Catlett
tracks 1 to 5 guitar Teddy Bunn
tracks 6 to 12, 14 to 18 piano Art Hodes
tracks 13 piano Cliff Jackson
tracks 1 piano Meade "Lux" Lewis
tracks 10 to 12 trombone George Lugg
tracks 13 trombone Sandy Williams
tracks 13 trumpet Bunk Johnson
tracks 10 to 12 trumpet Max Kaminsky
tracks 6 to 9 trumpet Sidney De Paris
tracks 19 vocals, guitar Josh White
Phonographic Copyright (p) Disconforme SL
Copyright (c) Disconforme SL
The Quintessential Blue Note Recordings.
All tracks originally issued on Blue Note 78's.

Recording dates:
1: June 8, 1939
2-5: March 27, 1940
6-9: Dec. 20, 1944
10-12: Jan. 21, 1945
13: March 10, 1945
14-16: Oct. 12, 1945
17-18: Feb. 12, 1946
19: March 7, 1940
All recorded in New York
Barcode: 8 436006 491344
Depósito Legal: D.L.AND.677-1999