trumpets: Cootie Williams, Mercer Ellington, Eddie Preston, Johnny Coles, Money Johnson
trombones: Malcom Taylor, Chuck Connors, Booty Wood, James Cheatham
reeds: Norris Turney, Russell Procope, Harold Minerve, Paul Gonsalves, Harold Ashby, Harry Carney
piano & leader: Duke Ellington
bass: Joe Benjamin
drums: Rufus Jones
vocal: Nell Brookshire