Recorded between 1952 & 1971. Includes liner notes by Richard Hadlock.

Personnel: Danny Barker (vocals, banjo); Billie Pierce (vocals, piano); Lee Blair, Eddie Gibbs, Emanuel Sayles, Carl Lunsford (banjo); Louis "Big Eye" Nelson , George Lewis , Phillip Howe, Omer Simeon, Willie Humphrey (clarinet); Emanuel Paul (saxophone); Kid Sheik Cola, Ernie Cagnolatti, John Brunious, Percy Humphrey, Peter Bocage (trumpet); Leon Oakley, Sidney DeParis (cornet); Bob Thomas, Albert Warner, James Maihack, Jim Robinson , Louis Nelson , Turk Murphy, Wilbur DeParis (trombone); Don Kirkpatrick, Pete Clute, Lester Santiago, Sonny White (piano); Wilbert Kirk, Alfred Williams, Freddie Moore, Abbey Chinee Foster, Joe Watkins, Paul Barbarin (drums); Josiah Cie Frazier (snare drum).

Liner Note Author: Richard Hadlock.

Illustrator: Michael Paraskevas.

Unknown Contributor Roles: Eureka Brass Band; Avery Howard.

Arranger: Turk Murphy.

Nice, mostly traditional recordings, since Atlantic hasn't been in New Orleans to get the contemporary sound. ~ Ron Wynn