| Contributing Artist | Humphrey Lyttleton, Diz Disley, Alan Field |
| Editor | Ken Williamson |
| Publisher | Newnes |
| Contributing Writer | Francis Newton, Benny Green, Humphrey Lyttleton, Stanley Dance, Whitney Balliett, Wilfrid Thomas, André Hodeir, Yannick Bruynoghe, Marian McPartland, Len Guttridge, Iain Lang, Barry Ulanov, Leonard Feather, Max Harrison, Ken Sykora, Pat Lynn, Kenneth Hulsizer, Nat Hentoff |
| Translated by | Frank Challis |
| Foreword by | Ken Williamson |
| Printed by | Morrison & Gibb Ltd. |
| Photo Credit | Ted Williams (4), Popsie, Ian Jennings, Ken Palmer, Olivier Keller, Melody Maker, Denis Williams, Don Hunstein, Esmond Edwards, Eric Jelly, Yannick Bruynoghe, Fantasy Records, United States Information Service, Philips Records, Mercer Ellington, Robert Parent |
| Interview with/Interviewee | Albert McCarthy, Kingsley Amis, Hugues Panassié, Ralph J. Gleason, Charles Edward Smith, John S. Wilson, Ira Gitler, George Hoefer |
| About/Subject | Jazz, Count Basie, Sidney Catlett, Big Bill Broonzy, Jack Teagarden, Original Dixieland Jass Band, Sidney Bechet, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, Miles Davis, Jelly Roll Morton |
| Format | Hardback |
| Language | English |
| Location | London |
| Copyright | 1960 |
| Pages / Font | 256 pages / 11-point Baskerville, leaded 2-points |
| Price | 30s. NET |
