Hefti, N - Softly with Feeling

Count Basie (piano & bandleader)

Louis Bellson (drumkit), Harry 'Sweets' Edison (trumpet), Carl Fontana (trombone), Sam Most (altosaxophone), Ed Scarazzo (tenorsaxophone), Jim Mulidore (baritonesaxophone), Arnold Teich (piano), Jim Cook (bass)

Leif Smoke Rings Anderson (narrator), Maxine Sullivan (vocals), Johnny Mercer (vocals) Count Basie Orchestra, Gene Ammons Orchestra, Joe Mooney Quartet, Charlie Barnet Orchestra, Charlie Parker Quartet, Illinois Jacquet Orchestra, Claude Thornhill Orchestra, Lionel Hampton Orchestra, Benny Goodman Orchestra, Benny Goodman Sextet, Teddy Wils, Count Basie, Gene Ammons, Charlie Barnet, Illinois Jacquet, Claude Thornhill, Lionel Hampton, Benny Goodman, Teddy Wilson, John Kirby, Jimmie Lunceford, Edgar Hayes, Artie Shaw, Tommy Dorsey, Sy Oliver, Paul Weston, Duke Ellington, Red Norvo

Count Basie

Quincy Jones And His Orchestra, Joe Williams, Count Basie, Mel Tormé, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington & His Orchestra, Oscar Peterson, João Gilberto Quintet, Stan Getz (saxophone), Antonio Carlos Jobim (piano), Milton Banana (drums), Tommy Williams (bass guitar), João Gilberto (guitar), Helen Merrill, Quincy Jones Orchestra, Bobby Donaldson (drums), Oscar Pettiford (cello), Clifford Brown (trumpet), Osie Johnson (drums), Milt Hinton (double bass), Oscar Pettiford (double bass), Danny Bank (bassoon), Danny Bank (flute), Danny Bank (baritone saxophone), Jimmy Jones (piano), Barry Galbraith (guitar), Jimmy Smith, Wes Montgomery, Billie Holiday, Red Mitchell (double bass), Alvin Stoller (drums), Barney Kessel (electric guitar), Ben Webster (saxophone), Harry "Sweets" Edison (trumpet), Jimmy Rowles (piano), Sarah Vaughan, Roy Haynes (drums), John Malachi (piano), Joe Benjamin (bass), Teddy Wilson, Jim Hall, Bill Evans, Shirley Horn, Arthur Prysock, The Diz Disley Trio, Stéphane Grappelli (piano), Isla Eckinger (double bass), Diz Disley (guitar), Ike Isaacs (guitar) Quincy Jones

Benny Moten, Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra, Count Basie And His Orchestra, Count Basie (piano), Count Basie (leader), Herschel Evans (tenor saxophone), Lester Young (tenor saxophone), Jack Washington (baritone saxophone), Buck Clayton (trumpet), Earl Warren (alto saxophone), Lester Young (clarinet), Herschel Evans (clarinet), Harry Edison (trumpet), Thad Jones (trumpet), Joe Williams

Count Basie (piano)

Count Basie And His Orchestra (chamberorchestra), Gus Johnson (drumkit), Freddie Green (guitar, recordingarranger), Count Basie (piano, organ, piano & bandleader), Joe Newman (trumpet), Henry Coker (trombone), Marshall Royal (clarinet, altosaxophone, woodwinds, saxophone), Sonny Payne (drumkit), Bill Graham (altosaxophone, woodwinds), Charlie Fowlkes (baritonesaxophone, woodwinds, saxophone), Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis (tenorsaxophone, saxophone), Paul Quinichette (tenorsaxophone), Benny Powell (trombone), Jimmy Wilkins (trombone), Reunald Jones (trumpet), Paul Campbell (trumpet), Wendell Culley (trumpet), Jimmy Lewis (doublebass), Bixie Crawford (vocalist), Ernie Wilkins (recordingarranger, altosaxophone, tenorsaxophone), Oscar Peterson (piano), Thad Jones (trumpet), Bill Hughes (trombone, piano), Frank Foster (tenorsaxophone, recordingarranger, woodwinds), Frank Wess (tenorsaxophone, recordingarranger, flute, woodwinds), Eddie Jones (bass, doublebass, uprightbass), Benny Morton (trombone), Gene Ramey (doublebass), Al Hibbler (vocalist), Count Basie Sextet, Johnny Mandel (trumpet, recordingarranger), Joe Wilder (trumpet), Henderson Chambers (trombone), Ronald Jones (trumpet), Joe Williams (vocalist, vocals), Ed Jones (bass), Ella Fitzgerald (vocalist, vocals), Jose Mangual (percussion), Ubaldo Nieto (percussion), Bill Hugnes (trombone), Billy Graham (altosaxophone), Bobby Plater (saxophone), Eric Dixon (saxophone), M.F. Wanzo (trombone), Grover Mitchell (trombone), Gene Goe (trumpet), Oscar Brashear (trumpet), Wayman Reed (trumpet), Sonny Cohn (trumpet), Norman Keenan (doublebass), Harold Jones (drumkit)