BILLY ECKSTINE & His Orchestra: " Rhythm In A Riff "

Para se ter uma idéia mais precisa da importância da Orquestra de Billy Eckstine, aí vai a lista dos seus componentes, ao longo do tempo - com destaque para os nomes mais importantes.

Billy Eckstine- vocal, valve trombone;

Dizzy Gillespie, Freddie Webster, Shorty McConnell, Boonie Hazel, Gail Brockman, Ray Linn, Al Killian, Kenny Dorham, Raymond Orr, Miles Davis, Hobart Dotson, Leonard Hawkins, King Kolax, Fats Navarro- trumpet;

Trummy Young, Claude Jones, Walter Knox, Howard Scott, Jerry Valentine, Taswell Baird, Chips Outcalt- trombone;

Charlie Parker, Norris Turney, Junior Williams, Budd Johnson, Jimmy Powell, John Cobbs, John Jackson, Billy Frazier, Sonny Criss, Sonny Stitt- alto saxophone;

Wardell Gray, Arthur Simmons, Josh Jackson, Thomas Crump, Dexter Gordon, Gene Ammons- tenor saxophone;

Cecil Payne, Rudy Rutherford, Teddy Cypron, Tate Houston, Leo Parker- baritone saxophone;

Linton Garner, Clyde Hart, Richard Ellington, Warren Bracken, John Malachi- piano;

Connie Wainwright- guitar;

Oscar Pettiford, Bill McMahon, Shifty Henry, Tommy Potter- bass;

Shadow Wilson, Art Blakey, Tim Kennedy- drums;

Sarah Vaughan- vocal