a&r [a&r coordination] Darren Salmieri
a&r [a&r coordination] Patti Matheny
a&r [legacy] Steve Berkowitz
alto saxophone Johnny Hodges
alto saxophone Marshall Royal
alto saxophone, reeds Russell Procope
art direction [reissue] Howard Fritzson
baritone saxophone Charlie Fowlkes
baritone saxophone Harry Carney
tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 14, 15 bass Aaron Bell
tracks 2 to 4, 6 to 8, 10 to 13 bass Eddie Jones
clarinet Jimmy Hamilton
design [reissue] Randall Martin
tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15 drums Sam Woodyard
tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 11, 13, 15 drums Sonny Payne
ensemble Count Basie Orchestra
ensemble Duke Ellington And His Orchestra
flute, tenor saxophone, reeds Frank Wess
guitar Freddie Green
liner notes [august 1998] Aaron Bell
liner notes [november 1998] Phil Schaap
liner notes [original lp notes 1961] George T. Simon
liner notes [original lp notes 1961] Stanley Dance
management [project director] Seth Rothstein
mastered by [assistant] Bob Woolf
photography by [cover] Arnold Newman
photography by [liner] Don Hunstein
tracks 1, 2, 4 to 8, 11 to 15 piano Count Basie
tracks 1, 3 to 8, 10 to 12, 14, 15 piano Duke Ellington
producer [assistant] John Jackson
producer [original recordings] George Avakian
producer [original recordings] Teo Macero
reissue producer, research, technician [analog stereo sync & pitch control, digital stereo sync assistant], mastered by [assistant], remastered by, restoration [restored by] Phil Schaap
tracks 5, 14 tambourine Juan Tizol
technician [analog stereo sync & pitch control, digital stereo sync], mastered by [digital mastering] Mark Wilder
technician [digital stereo sync assistant] Rob Schwarz
technician [digital stereo sync assistant], mastered by [assistant] Seth Foster
tenor saxophone Budd Johnson
tenor saxophone Frank Foster
tenor saxophone Paul Gonsalves
trombone Benny Powell
trombone Henry Coker
trombone Lawrence Brown
trombone Lou Blackburn
trombone Quentin Jackson
trumpet Cat Anderson
trumpet Ed Mullens
trumpet Fats Ford
trumpet Lennie Johnson
trumpet Snooky Young
trumpet Sonny Cohn
trumpet Thad Jones
trumpet Willie Cook
trumpet, violin Ray Nance
valve trombone Juan Tizol
Distributed By Sony Music Media
Phonographic Copyright (p) Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Copyright (c) Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
36-page booklet.

Tracks 1-8 made up the original album, Columbia CL 1715 (Mono)/CS 8515 (Stereo), released in 1962. Tracks 3 & 7 were shortened on the original stereo issue. They are issued here in stereo but at full length as on the original mono release. Track 9 was previously released--in pseudo-stereo--first appearing in 1972 on The World Of Swing, Columbia KG-32945. Track 13 was previously released, first appearing on Black Giants, Columbia PG-33402. The ending was faded out on previous issues. Tracks 10-12, and 14 & 15 are issued for the first time. Tracks 10, 15, & 16 are indexed. [booklet]

Recorded July 6-7, 1961.
Duke Ellington Orchestra heard in the right channel.
Count Basie Orchestra heard in the left channel.

© 1962, 1999 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
℗ 1999 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

Originally recorded 1961, originally released 1962, 1974, 1975 [along disk edge and on tray]
Matrix / Runout: Sony Music S0655712000-0101 A00 (Variant1)
Matrix / Runout: Sony Music S0655712000-0101 34 A00 (Variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: Sony Music S0655712000-0101 12 A1 (Variant 3 & 7)
Matrix / Runout: Sony Music S0655712000-0101 24 A2 (Variant 4 & 6)
Matrix / Runout: Sony Music S0655712000-0101 12 A4 (Variant 5)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L554 (Variant 1, 2, 4 & 6)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L552 (Variant 3 & 7)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 94K4 (Variant 1)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 942S (Variant 2)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 947B (Variant 3)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 946A (Variant 4)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 942A (Variant 6)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 94Z1 (Variant 7)
Label Code: LC 00162
Price Code: CB 741 (Boxed)
Other: CDM (Boxed)
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