Sakis Papadimitriou: text adaptation, narration, liner notes
Eddie Jones: bass
Buster Bailey: clarinet
Gus Johnson: drums
Freddie Green: guitar
Leonard Bernstein: piano
Coleman Hawkins: tenor saxophone
Lawrence Brown: trombone
Featuring: Benny Goodman, Bessie Smith, Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, King Oliver, Lead Belly, Lee Konitz, Louis Armstrong, Meade Lux Lewis, Miles Davis