- Bass
- Bob Kesterson, Don Bagley, Eddie Safranski
- Congas
- Miguel Rivera
- Drums
- Frank Capp, Jim Falzone, Shelly Manne
- Guitar
- Bob Ahern, Laurindo Almeida, Ralph Blaze
- Piano
- Stan Kenton
- Saxophone
- Art Pepper, Bart Caldarelli, Bill Holman, Bob Cooper, Bob Gioga, Bob Lively, Boots Mussulli, Bud Shank, Dick Meldonian, Eddie Meyers, Emmett Carls, George Weidler, Herb Steward, Lee Elliot, Lennie Niehaus, Stan Getz, Vido Musso, Warren Weidler
- Trombone
- Bart Varsalona, Bill Russo, Bob Fitzpatrick, Dick Kenney, Eddie Bert, Freddy Zito, George Roberts, Gerald Finch, Harold Branch, Harry Betts, Harry Forbes, Herb Harper, John Halliburton, Kai Winding, Milt Bernhart, Milton Kabak, Skip Layton
- Trumpet
- Al Porcino, Buddy Childers, Chico Alvarez, Clyde Reasinger, Conte Candoli, Don Dennis, Don Paladino, Gene Roland, Jerry Munson, Jimmy Salko, John Anderson, John Carroll, John Howell, Karl George, Ken Hanna, Maynard Ferguson, Mel Green, Pete Candoli, Ray Wetzel, Ruben McFall, Shorty Rogers