Collection of early recordings from Illinois Jacquet from the 1940's including musicians Russell Jaquet, Henry Coker, Illinois Jaquet, Arthur Dennis, Charles Thompson, Ulysses Livingstone, Billy Hadnoff, Johnny Otis, Joe Newman, Fats Navarro, Maron Hazel, Miles Davis, Gus Chappell, Dickie Wells, Ray Perry, Bill Doggett, Leo Parker, Shadow Wilson, Freddy Green, Jimmy Powell, and Clay Nicholson.