The festival featured a number of jazz luminaries including Ella Fitzgerald, Coleman Hawkins, Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Getz, Sidney Bechet, Roy Eldridge, and Zoot Sims. The program has been authentically signed by Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie, Sidney Bechet, Roy Eldridge, Teddy Buckner, Albert Nicholas, Coleman Hawkins, Joe Turner, Guy Lafitte, Sammy Price, Arvell Shaw, J.C. Heard, Yvonne Blanc, and Vic Dickenson.
