Billy Bauer Guitar Butch Birdsall Bass (Vocal) Walter Bishop, Jr. Piano Ray Brown Bass, Guest Artist Kenny Clarke Drums Jerome Darr Guitar Miles Davis Guest Artist, Trumpet Kenny Dorham Trumpet Stan Freeman Piano Dizzy Gillespie Guest Artist, Trumpet Freddie Green Guitar Chris Griffin Trumpet Bob Haggart Bass Al Haig Piano Benny Harris Composer, Trumpet Roy Haynes Drums Percy Heath Bass Hank Jones Guest Artist, Piano Teddy Kotick Bass Don Lamond Drums Bernie Leighton Piano John Richard Lewis Piano Shelly Manne Drums Jimmy Maxwell Trumpet Lou McGarity Trombone Charles Mingus Bass Nuncio "Toots" Mondello Sax (Alto) Thelonious Monk Guest Artist, Piano Charlie Parker Composer, Primary Artist, Sax (Alto) Oscar Peterson Guest Artist, Piano Flip Phillips Sax (Tenor) Carl Poole Trumpet Al Porcino Trumpet Tommy Potter Bass Bernie Privin Trumpet Buddy Rich Drums, Guest Artist Max Roach Drums, Liner Notes Red Rodney Guest Artist, Liner Notes, Trumpet Hank Ross Sax (Tenor) Curly Russell Bass Art Ryerson Guitar Lou Stein Piano Art Taylor Drums Harry Terrill Sax (Alto) Tommy Turk Trombone Bart Varsalona Trombone Stan Webb Sax (Baritone) Murray Williams Sax (Alto)