Kansas City Jazz (1924-1942)

Personnel: Jeanette James, Hattie North, Jimmy Rushing (vocals); Eddie Durham (guitar, electric guitar, trombone); William Dirvin (guitar, banjo); Claude "Fiddler" Williams (guitar, violin); Freddie Green, John Collins, Booker Collins, Stanley Morgan (guitar); Floyd Smith (electric guitar); Charles Russo, Silas Cluke, Sam Tall, Leroy Berry, Joe Williams (banjo); Gilberto Torres (violin); Max Farley (flute, tenor saxophone); Buster Moten (accordion); Harlan Leonard (clarinet, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone); Jack Washington (clarinet, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone); Earl Miller, Eddie Barefield, John Harrington, Henry "Buster" Smith (clarinet, alto saxophone); Henry Bridges, Woodie Walder (clarinet, tenor saxophone); Edward Inge (clarinet); Clarence Taylor, Tab Smith (soprano saxophone, alto saxophone); Collis Bradt (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); John Williams & the Tick Tocks , Ted Manning (alto saxophone, baritone saxophone); Willard Brown, Don Stovall, Earle Warren, Caughey Roberts, John R. "Ricky" Jackson, Charlie Parker (alto saxophone); Dick Wilson , Don Byas, George E. Lee, Bob Mabane, Herschel Evans, Jimmy Keith, Lawrence Freeman, Elmer Burch, Lem Johnson, Lester Young , Ben Webster, Budd Johnson, Buddy Tate (tenor saxophone); Andy Kirk & His Clouds of Joy (baritone saxophone, tuba); Ed Lewis (trumpet, cornet); Joe Keyes, Booker T. Washington , Edgar Battle, Harold Knox, Clarence Trice, Orville Minor, James V. Ross, Earl Thompson, Harry Lawson , Dee Stewart, Harold Baker, Harry "Sweets" Edison , Hot Lips Page, James Simpson, Harold Bruce, Albert Hinton, Sam Utterbach, Gene Prince, Bernard Anderson , Al Killian, Buck Clayton (trumpet); Lammar Wright, Sr., Paul Webster (cornet); Dicky Wells, Jimmy Jones , Jack Brown, Joe Baird, Druie Bess, Eli Robinson, Henry Wells, Allen Durham, Ted Donnelly, Thamon Hayes (trombone); Clint Weaver, Vernon Page, Bradley Bullett, Dan Minor (tuba); Count Basie, Pete Johnson & His Boogie Woogie Boys , Conrad Frederick, Charlie Washington, Jay McShann, Jesse Stone , Julia Lee, Mary Lou Williams, Bennie Moten (piano); Max Wilkinson, A.G. Godley, Gus Johnson , Abe Prince, Robert Price, Peter Woods, Arthur Herbert, Jesse Price, Jo Jones , Alvin Burroughs, Willie Hall, Ben Thigpen, Willie McWashington (drums).
Liner Note Author: Daniel Nevers.
Director: Andy Kirk & His Clouds of Joy.
Arrangers: Eddie Durham; James V. Ross; Jesse Stone ; William Scott ; Bennie Moten.