Drums – Butch Ballard (tracks: A4, B5), Dave Black
Orchestra – Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra
Piano – Duke Ellington
Piano [Ensemble Pianist] – Billy Strayhorn (tracks: B2, B4)
Saxophone – Harry Carney, Paul Gonsalves, Rick Henderson, Russell Procope
Saxophone, Clarinet – Jimmy Hamilton
Trombone – Britt Woodman, George Jean (tracks: B2), John Saunders, Juan Tizol (tracks: A4, B5), Quentin Jackson
Trumpet – Cat Anderson, Clark Terry, Ray Nance, Willie Cook
Notes
Recorded in: A1 - Chicago, May 17, 1955 A2, A3, A5 - Chicago, May 17-18, 1955 A4 - Hollywood, April 9, 1953 B1 - New York, June 17, 1954 B2 - Chicago January 17, 1954 B4 - Chicago, December 29, 1953 B5 - Chicago, July 1, 1953