Great early bop sessions led by the innovative drummer including Fats Navarro, Kenny Dorham, Benny Bailey and Howard McGhee on trumpets, Julius Watkins on french horn, Sonny Stitt, John Brown, Jimmy Heath and Hubert Fol on altos, Jimmy Powell, Billy Mitchell and Ray Abrams on tenors, Eddie De Verteuil and Cecil Payne on baris, John Lewis and Bud Powell on piano, John Collins on guitar and Al Hall, Curly Russell and Al McKibbon on basses . . 1946-49