I am prejudiced in favor of this disc because I am old enough to have heard all of these people "in person" and once upon a time Baby Dodds was my "bodyguard" when I went out of a party (at Jimmy Yancey's apartment) long after it was time for the bars to be closed. This was in the darkest part of the South Side of Chicago and not a time or place for a white guy to be wandering around alone. Fortunately for me Baby Dodds was pretty well known.Baby Dodds was a fabulous drummer strong hints of which can be heard on this disc. Don Ewell, as noted elsewhere here, was in his Jelly Roll stage and if you closed your eyes I am not sure how many people could have told them apart. (I will get a lot of static,no doubt, over this heresy). Everyone here earned their fame and if you don't insist on a full group and you like this kind of music you will enjoy listening to this item.