tracks 15 to 22 alto saxophone Otto Hardwick
tracks 1 to 10 alto saxophone William White
tracks 1 to 10, 15 to 22 alto saxophone, soprano saxophone Johnny Hodges
tracks 11 to 14 arranged by [uncredited] Ted Duncan
tracks 1 to 10, 15 to 22 baritone saxophone, clarinet Harry Carney
bass Jimmy Blanton
tracks 13 choir [uncredited] The Music Maids
tracks 1 to 10, 15 to 22 clarinet, tenor saxophone Barney Bigard
tracks 11 to 14 conductor John Scott Trotter
tracks 11 to 14 double bass [uncredited] Fred Whiting
tracks 1 to 10, 15 to 22 drums Sonny Greer
tracks 11 to 14 drums [uncredited] Spike Jones
tracks 1 to 10, 15 to 22 guitar Fred Guy
tracks 11 to 14 guitar [uncredited] Perry Botkin
tracks 11 to 14 orchestra [uncredited] John Scott Trotter And His Orchestra
piano Duke Ellington
tracks 11 to 14 piano [uncredited] Charles La Vere
tracks 11 to 14 saxophone [uncredited] Dick Clark
tracks 11 to 13 saxophone [uncredited] Jack Mayhew
tracks 11 to 14 saxophone [uncredited] Joseph Krechter
tracks 11 to 14 saxophone [uncredited] Morton Friedman
tracks 1 to 10, 15 to 22 tenor saxophone Ben Webster
tracks 1 to 10, 15 to 22 trombone Joe Nanton
tracks 1 to 10, 15 to 22 trombone Juan Tizol
tracks 1 to 10, 15 to 22 trombone Lawrence Brown
tracks 11 to 13 trombone [uncredited] Abe Lincoln
tracks 14 trombone [uncredited] Ed Kusby
tracks 11 to 14 trombone [uncredited] Galen Gloyde
tracks 13, 14 trombone [uncredited] King Jackson
tracks 1 to 10, 15 to 22 trumpet Cootie Williams
tracks 1 to 10, 15 to 22 trumpet Rex Stewart
tracks 1 to 10, 15 to 22 trumpet Wallace Jones
tracks 11 to 14 trumpet [uncredited] Andy Secrest
tracks 11 to 14 trumpet [uncredited] Charles Green
tracks 11 to 14 trumpet [uncredited] Eddie Ehlert
tracks 11 to 14 violin [uncredited] Gerald Joyce
tracks 11 to 14 violin [uncredited] Henry Castleton
tracks 11 to 14 violin [uncredited] Maxim Sobolewsky
tracks 11 to 14 violin [uncredited] Sam Freed
Phonographic Copyright (p) Moon Records (4)
Copyright (c) Moon Records (4)
Made By PhonoComp
Recorded At CBS Studios, New York
Recorded At The Casa Manana
Pressed By PhonoComp
There is uncertainty about the participation of William White Jr. in the June 1940 session.

Tracks 1 to 10 are from an America Dances short-wave trans-Atlantic radio broadcast from CBS to BBC, which was recorded on June 10 and aired on June 12, 1940. The show was recorded at CBS studios in New York, with acetates sent to BBC for later rebroadcast.

Tracks 11 and 12 were recorded at NBC studios, Sunset Blvd. & Vine St., Los Angeles, CA for the NBC broadcast Kraft Music Hall on Thursday, January 16, 1941. Information in the CD booklet is incorrect for these tracks.

Track 13 was recorded at NBC studios, Sunset Blvd. & Vine St., Los Angeles, CA for the NBC broadcast Kraft Music Hall on Thursday, May 29, 1941. Information in the CD booklet is incorrect for this track.

Track 14 was recorded at NBC studios, Sunset Blvd. & Vine St., Los Angeles, CA for the NBC broadcast Kraft Music Hall on Thursday, October 9, 1941. Information in the CD booklet is incorrect for this track. This was Jimmy Blanton's last recorded performance.

Tracks 15 to 22 are from an MBS broadcast from Casa Mañana, 8781 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA on Sunday, February 16, 1941.
NOTE: Skips midway on Blue Serge were on the original source and could not be avoided. Sorry!
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