alto saxophone Norris Turney
alto saxophone, clarinet Jerry Dodgion
baritone saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet Charles Owens
bass J. J. Wiggins
bass trombone Chuck Connors
conductor, orchestra Mercer Ellington
cover Dan Serrano
cover Dave Kunze
creative director Andy Baltimore
tracks a2; a4; b3; b4 drums Louis Bellson
drums Rocky White
engineer Ed Rack
executive-producer Dave Grusin
executive-producer Larry Rosen
graphics Dan Serrano
graphics Dave Kunze
graphics David Gibb
graphics Ivan Salgado
tracks a3 guitar Bucky Pizzarelli
liner notes Branford Marsalis
liner notes Charles Owens
liner notes Leonard Feather
mastered by Ted Jensen
mixed by, edited by Josiah Gluck
mixed by, edited by, technician Jim Singer
tracks a3; b4 piano Gerald Wiggins
piano Roland Hanna
producer, liner notes Mercer Ellington
producer, liner notes Michael Abene
technician, engineer Rebecca Everett
tracks a2; b4 tenor saxophone Branford Marsalis
tenor saxophone, clarinet Eddie Daniels
tenor saxophone, clarinet Herman Riley
trombone Al Grey
trombone Britt Woodman
trumpet, flugelhorn Barry Lee Hall
trumpet, flugelhorn Clark Terry
tracks a1; a3 trumpet, flugelhorn Kamau Adilifu
trumpet, flugelhorn Lew Soloff
trumpet, flugelhorn Ron Tooley
Phonographic Copyright (p) GRP Records, Inc.
Distributed By GRP Records, Inc.
Manufactured By GRP Records, Inc.
Copyright (c) GRP Records, Inc.
Recorded At Clinton Recording Studio
Mixed At The Review Room
Edited At The Review Room
Pressed By Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Carrollton, GA
Recorded at Clinton Recording Studios, NYC on the Mitsubishi X-850 32-track digital recorder.
Mixed and edited on digital Sony PCM 1630 audio system.
The Duke Ellington postage stamp design is incorporated on the album cover under license to GRP Records, Inc.: 1986 U.S. Postal Service.
Includes a printed inner sleeve with credits and notes.

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Barcode: 0 11105-1038-1 7
Matrix / Runout: GR 1038A-1A GI B2 (Runout side A etched)
Matrix / Runout: GR-1038-B-1B GI A6 (Runout side B etched)
Rights Society: ASCAP
Other: CRC (Label side A and B (Columbia Record Club))