Notes: | Jazz. Compact discs; in container (32 cm.). Includes booklet with program notes and discography (36 p. : ill.). Jimmie Lunceford, band leader (occasionally alto sax) and his orchestra (variously: Moses Allen, Fernando Arbello, Russell Bowles, Kirt Bradford, Nick Brooks, Ed Brown, Ted Buckner, Leon Carr, Earl Carruthers, Jimmy Crawford, Elmer Crumbley, Les Current, Bill Darnell, Delta Rhythm Boys, Laforet Dent, Eddie Durham, John Ewing, Russell Green, Ralph Griffin, Dan Grissom, Earl Hardy, Horace Henderson, Harry Jackson, Joe Marshall, Bob Mitchell, John Mitchell, Billy Moore, Melvin Moore, Al Norris, Sy Oliver, Truck Parham, Ernest Purce, Rostelle Reese, William Scott, Roger Segure, Omer Simeon, Willie Smith, Tommy Stevenson, Charles Stewart, Joe Thomas, Eddie Tompkins, Claude Trenier, Cliff Trenier, Benny Waters, Freddie Webster, Paul Webster, Henry Wells, Eddie Wilcox, James Williams, Joe Williams, Gerald Wilson, Snooky Young, Trummy Young). Recorded 1934-1945.
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