[1] The co-founders were Frank Christopher and Paul Stache; Damon Smith was added to the organization soon afterwards.
[3] Early releases included recordings led by Harold Mabern, Vincent Herring, Javon Jackson, and David Hazeltine.
[1] They were recorded in concert at the club and were engineered by Stache.
[3] A late 2014 list of recording equipment included: "a matched pair of Schoeps Mk.
4 and a Neuman U87 microphones on the piano; U47 and Royer 122Vs on tenor sax; RCA 77 ribbons on alto sax; a vintage RCA Type 44 and a Coles 4038 on trumpets; an RCA 44 and Sennheister 409 on bass; and, for drums, a pair of Neuman KM84s and a Coles 4038 overhead, a D12 or FET47 on the bass drum, and an SM57 on the snare".