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Ray Agee
Summer 1952 (ldr, v)
John Anderson
November 1950 (t)
mid-late 1950 (t)
Jun 30, 1952 (t)
Orville Austin
1945 (p)
1945 (p)
May 1946 (b)
Ellis Bartee
Jun 9, 1953 (d)
Eddie Beal
Nov 12, 1952 (p)
Nov 8, 1953 (p)
Mar 22, 1955 (p)
Jimmy Beasley
Apr 28, 1945 (spk)
Rolf Beleman
Oct 25, 1949 (unk)
Sammy Benskin
January 1949 (g)
Jimmy Black
Apr 28, 1945 (as)
ca. Apr 28, 1945 (as)
Robert A. "Bumps" Blackwell
Jun 9, 1953 (dir)
Earl Bostic
May 27, 1954 (as, dir)
May 27, 1954 (ldr, as)
Oscar Lee Bradley
Aug 15, 1951 (d)
Aug 31, 1951 (d)
Nov 2, 1951 (d)
Larry Bright
Jul 14, 1948 (d)
Ted Briscoe
Jun 9, 1953 (b)
Hadda Brooks
Apr 28, 1945 (ldr, p, cel)
ca. Apr 28, 1945 (p)
Fall 1945 (ldr, p, v)
Edna Broughton
1950 (ldr, v)
Teddy Bunn
Apr 28, 1945 (g)
Bob Bustamente
May 27, 1954 (per)
May 27, 1954 (per)
Douglas Byas
Feb 18, 1949 (t)
Douglas Byers
Oct 25, 1949 (t, unk)
George "Red" Callender
Nov 21, 1950 (b)
January 1951 (b, dir)
Jun 16, 1951 (b)
Apr 8, 1952 (b)
Apr 9, 1952 (b)
Sep 30, 1952 (b)
Nov 12, 1952 (ldr, b)
Nov 8, 1953 (ldr, b)
Mar 22, 1955 (ldr, b)
Sonny Carter
May 27, 1954 (ldr, v)
Dave Cavanaugh
Feb 11, 1949 (ts)
Mickey Champion
Fall 1950 (v)
Ray Charles
1949 (ldr, p, v)
1949 (ldr, p, v)
Henry Coker
Feb 11, 1949 (tb)
William "Cozy" Cole
December 16-30, 1950 (d)
Mickey Cooper
Oct 29, 1949 (v)
Harper Cosby
Nov 14, 1951 (b)
Johnny Crawford
Oct 29, 1949 (ldr, ts)
Jan 22, 1952 (ts)
December 1952 (ts)
Bill Davis
Oct 30, 1947 (b)
Dec 27, 1947 (b)
January 1949 (b)
Maxwell Davis
Apr 26, 1947 (ts)
Nov 29, 1947 (ts)
June 1948 (ts)
Jun 10, 1948 (ts)
1948 (ts)
Mar 3, 1949 (ts)
mid 1949 (ts)
Aug 2, 1949 (ts)
1949 (ts)
November 1950 (ts)
November 1950 (ts)
Nov 21, 1950 (ts, dir)
mid-late 1950 (ts)
January 1951 (ts)
Jun 16, 1951 (ts, dir)
Aug 15, 1951 (ts)
Aug 29, 1951 (ts, dir)
Nov 2, 1951 (ts)
Nov 14, 1951 (ts, dir)
Jan 22, 1952 (ts, dir)
Apr 8, 1952 (ts)
Apr 9, 1952 (ts)
Jun 30, 1952 (ts)
Sep 30, 1952 (ts)
Nov 12, 1952 (ts)
Nov 8, 1953 (ts)
Mar 22, 1955 (ts)
William "Basie" Day
Apr 28, 1945 (b)
ca. Apr 28, 1945 (b)
Fall 1945 (b)
Floyd Dixon
January 1949 (ldr, p, v)
June 1949 (p, v)
Jul 15, 1949 (p, v)
Summer 1949 (p, v)
November 1949 (ldr, p, v)
Dorothy Donegan
1946-1947 (ldr, p)
Bill Douglass
Aug 20, 1951 (d)
Nov 14, 1951 (d)
Sep 30, 1952 (d)
Clyde Dunn
Oct 29, 1949 (bar)
Sep 30, 1952 (bar)
Amos "Bumble Bee Slim" Easton
Aug 15, 1951 (ldr, g, v)
Aug 31, 1951 (ldr, v)
Nov 2, 1951 (ldr, v)
Albert Elam
Oct 25, 1949 (unk)
Bill Ellis
January 1949 (ts)
November 1949 (ts)
John "Streamline" Ewing
Jun 30, 1952 (tb)
Bud Floyd
mid-late 1950 (ts)
Summer 1952 (ts)
Lorenzo "Buddy" Floyd
Jun 10, 1948 (ts)
Jul 14, 1948 (ts)
Jul 14, 1948 (ts)
1948 (ts)
November 1950 (ts)
Aug 20, 1951 (ts)
Gal Friday
Fall 1950 (v)
Lowell Fulson
Mar 3, 1949 (ldr, g, v)
Percy Gabriel
May 7, 1947 (b)
Bill Gallardo
May 27, 1954 (per)
May 27, 1954 (per)
Cecil Gant
1949 (ldr, p, v)
Milton Garred
1949 (b)
Charles Gillum
early 1951 (t)
Lloyd Glenn
1948 (p)
1949 (p)
June 1950 (ldr, p)
December 1952 (ldr, p)
Jewell Grant
November 1950 (as)
mid-late 1950 (as)
Jun 16, 1951 (as, bar)
Aug 15, 1951 (ts)
Nov 2, 1951 (bar)
Jan 22, 1952 (as)
Jun 30, 1952 (as)
Sep 30, 1952 (as)
Adam Green
Oct 25, 1949 (unk)
Jimmy Grissom
January 1951 (ldr, v)
Felix Gross
Oct 25, 1949 (ldr, v)
Billy Hadnott
Aug 15, 1951 (b)
Aug 20, 1951 (b)
Aug 31, 1951 (b)
Nov 2, 1951 (b)
1952 (b)
Betty Hall Jones
Feb 11, 1949 (ldr, p, v)
Aug 2, 1949 (ldr, p, v)
Chico Hamilton
Nov 12, 1952 (d)
Nov 8, 1953 (d)
Mar 22, 1955 (d)
Ralph "Chuck" Hamilton
June 1948 (b)
Jun 10, 1948 (b)
Jul 14, 1948 (b)
Jul 14, 1948 (b)
1948 (b)
1948 (b)
Feb 11, 1949 (b)
Feb 18, 1949 (b)
Mar 3, 1949 (b)
mid 1949 (b)
Aug 2, 1949 (b)
1949 (b)
1949 (b)
1949 (b)
1949 (b)
June 1950 (b)
November 1950 (b)
November 1950 (b)
mid-late 1950 (b)
Jan 22, 1952 (b)
Jun 30, 1952 (b)
Jimmie Harris
Oct 29, 1949 (t)
Bob Harvey
1948 (d)
Aug 2, 1949 (d)
1949 (d)
June 1950 (d)
Duke "Studs" Henderson
May 1946 (ldr, v)
John "Shifty" Henry
Nov 29, 1947 (b)
Don Hill
Mar 3, 1949 (as)
mid 1949 (as)
1949 (as)
Earl "Fatha" Hines
December 16-30, 1950 (p)
Wilbert "G. T." Hogan
May 27, 1954 (d)
May 27, 1954 (d)
Lorenzo Holden
1945 (ts)
1945 (ts)
Camille Howard
early 1951 (p)
Joe Howard
Oct 25, 1949 (ts)
Helen Humes
Nov 14, 1951 (ldr, v)
Earl Hyde
December 1952 (d)
Earl Jackson
Jun 30, 1952 (p)
Sep 30, 1952 (p)
James Jackson
Jan 22, 1952 (ts)
Jimmy Jackson
early 1951 (ts)
1952 (ldr, ts)
Little Benny Jackson
Oct 29, 1949 (v)
Charles Johnson
Oct 29, 1949 (sax)
George "Happy" Johnson
1945 (tb)
1945 (ldr, tb)
Pete Johnson
Nov 29, 1947 (p, d)
Harry "Parr" Jones
Jun 30, 1952 (t)
Lawrence Kato
early 1951 (b)
Jackie Kelso
early 1951 (as)
J. D. King
Jun 9, 1953 (ts)
Sonny Knight
Jun 9, 1953 (ldr, v)
Little Willie Littlefield
Aug 20, 1951 (ldr, p, v)
Celia Lopez
May 27, 1954 (p)
May 27, 1954 (p)
George Mason
1945 (b)
1945 (b)
May 1946 (p)
Percy Mayfield
Nov 21, 1950 (ldr, v)
Jan 22, 1952 (ldr, v)
Willard McDaniel
November 1950 (p)
November 1950 (p)
Nov 21, 1950 (p)
Aug 15, 1951 (p)
Aug 31, 1951 (p)
Nov 2, 1951 (p)
Nov 14, 1951 (p)
Jan 22, 1952 (p)
Jun 9, 1953 (p)
Henry McDode
Oct 29, 1949 (p)
Gossie D. McKee
1949 (g)
1949 (g)
Jay McShann
May 7, 1947 (ldr, p)
Oct 30, 1947 (p)
Dec 27, 1947 (p)
June 1948 (p)
Jun 10, 1948 (p)
Jul 14, 1948 (p)
Jul 14, 1948 (ldr, p)
1948 (p)
Feb 18, 1949 (ldr, p)
Mar 3, 1949 (p)
mid 1949 (ldr, p)
1949 (p)
mid-late 1950 (ldr, p)
Jack McVea
Nov 21, 1950 (ts)
José Mendoza
May 27, 1954 (per)
May 27, 1954 (per)
Velma Middleton
December 16-30, 1950 (ldr, v)
Sylvester Mike
Jul 14, 1948 (ldr, v)
Amos Milburn
Apr 26, 1947 (ldr, p, v)
Jimmy Miller
Oct 29, 1949 (d)
Red Miller
1948 (ldr, v)
1949 (ldr, v)
June 1950 (v)
Roy Milton
early 1951 (d, dir)
Richard "Blue" Mitchell
May 27, 1954 (t)
May 27, 1954 (t)
Eldridge Morris
May 27, 1954 (t)
May 27, 1954 (t)
Hubert Maxwell "Bumps" Myers
Feb 11, 1949 (ts)
May-June 1949 (ldr, ts)
Harrison D. "Peppermint Harris" Nelson
Jun 16, 1951 (ldr, v)
Aug 29, 1951 (ldr, g, v)
Apr 8, 1952 (ldr, g, v)
Apr 9, 1952 (ldr, g, v)
Milburn Newman
Jun 10, 1948 (bar)
Stanley "Stash" O'Laughlin
May 27, 1954 (p)
May 27, 1954 (p)
Johnny Parker
Oct 29, 1949 (b)
Jesse Perry
1945 (ldr, v)
1945 (v)
Forest Powell
Aug 2, 1949 (t)
Jesse Price
May 7, 1947 (d)
Nov 29, 1947 (p, d)
Feb 11, 1949 (d)
Maxine Reed
Jul 14, 1948 (v)
rest unknown
1946-1947 (grp)
1948 (grp)
January 1949 (grp)
May-June 1949 (grp)
1950 (orc)
January 1951 (grp)
Aug 29, 1951 (grp)
Minor W. Robinson
Oct 25, 1949 (d)
Marshall Royal
Nov 12, 1952 (as)
Nov 8, 1953 (as)
Mar 22, 1955 (as)
John "Jesse" Sailes
June 1948 (d)
Jun 10, 1948 (d)
Jul 14, 1948 (d)
Jul 14, 1948 (d)
1948 (d)
Feb 18, 1949 (d)
Mar 3, 1949 (d)
mid 1949 (d)
1949 (d)
1949 (d)
November 1950 (d)
November 1950 (d)
mid-late 1950 (d)
Jan 22, 1952 (d)
Clarence Samuels
Jul 14, 1948 (v)
Clifford Scott
Feb 18, 1949 (ts)
Arvell Shaw
December 16-30, 1950 (b)
Robert Simms
Apr 8, 1952 (d)
Apr 9, 1952 (d)
Maurice Simon
Aug 15, 1951 (as)
Nov 2, 1951 (as)
Robert "Snake" Sims
Jun 30, 1952 (d)
Frank Sleets
Jun 10, 1948 (as)
Jul 14, 1948 (as)
Jul 14, 1948 (as)
November 1950 (as)
mid-late 1950 (as)
Effie Smith
1948 (ldr, v)
Vernon "Geechie" Smith
June 1948 (t)
Jun 10, 1948 (t)
Jul 14, 1948 (t)
Jul 14, 1948 (t)
1948 (t)
Mar 3, 1949 (t)
mid 1949 (t)
1949 (t)
Joe Stone
Oct 25, 1949 (unk)
Bill Streets
1945 (d)
1945 (d)
Willis Threats
December 1952 (v)
Pearl Traylor
ca. Apr 28, 1945 (ldr, v)
George Tucker
May 27, 1954 (b)
May 27, 1954 (b)
Floyd Turnham
November 1950 (bar)
mid-late 1950 (bar)
Jun 30, 1952 (as, bar)
Nov 12, 1952 (bar)
Nov 8, 1953 (bar)
Mar 22, 1955 (bar)
Stanley Turrentine
May 27, 1954 (ts)
May 27, 1954 (ts)
unknown
Apr 26, 1947 (b, d)
Oct 30, 1947 (as)
Dec 27, 1947 (as)
1948 (grp)
Fall 1950 (grp)
November 1950 (vib)
Jun 16, 1951 (ts, d)
Nov 14, 1951 (grp)
Summer 1952 (p, b, d)
Charles "Chuck" Waller
Nov 21, 1950 (bar)
Ellis "Slow" Walsh
January 1949 (d)
June 1949 (d)
Jul 15, 1949 (d)
Summer 1949 (d, v)
November 1949 (d)
Charles "Crown Prince" Waterford
Nov 29, 1947 (ldr, v)
1949 (ldr, v)
Paula Watson
1948 (ldr, p, v)
Ben Webster
Fall 1950 (ts)
Al "Cake" Wichard
Apr 28, 1945 (d)
ca. Apr 28, 1945 (d)
Fall 1945 (d)
Oct 30, 1947 (ldr, d)
Dec 27, 1947 (ldr, d)
1952 (d)
Gerald Wiggins
Jun 16, 1951 (p)
Apr 8, 1952 (p)
Apr 9, 1952 (p)
Devonia "Dee" Williams
1952 (p)
Eddie Williams
January 1949 (b)
June 1949 (ldr, b)
Jul 15, 1949 (ldr, b)
Summer 1949 (ldr, b)
November 1949 (b)
Winston Williams
December 1952 (b)
Jimmy Witherspoon
May 7, 1947 (v)
Oct 30, 1947 (v)
Dec 27, 1947 (v)
June 1948 (ldr, v)
Jun 10, 1948 (ldr, v)
1948 (ldr, v)
Fall 1950 (ldr, v)
November 1950 (ldr, v)
November 1950 (ldr, v)
early 1951 (ldr, v)
Jun 30, 1952 (ldr, v)
Sep 30, 1952 (ldr, v)
Lee Young
Nov 21, 1950 (d)