alto saxophone Lou Donaldson
bass Curly Russell
design [cover design by], cover [cover design by] Reid Miles
drums Art Blakey
liner notes Leonard Feather
liner notes Michael Cuscuna
photography by [cover photos by], cover [cover photos by] Francis Wolff
piano Horace Silver
producer [produced by] Alfred Lion
recorded by [recording by] Rudy Van Gelder
reissue producer [produced for release] Michael Cuscuna
transferred by [digital transfer] Ron McMaster
trumpet Clifford Brown
Corporate Owner Capitol Records, Inc.
Copyright (c) Manhattan Records
Phonographic Copyright (p) Manhattan Records
Manufactured For Manhattan Records
Manufactured By Capitol Records, Inc.
Recorded At Birdland
Glass Mastered At Sanyo, U.S.A.
Recorded on February 21, 1954.
Tracks 4 and 5 marked: Previously unissued–does not appear on LP configuration

'During Blue Note vault research in 1975, four additional full performances from this historic Birdland recording were discovered. three of them were issued in the U.S. in 1978 as part of a Blakey double album. All four were issued in 1983 in Japan as A NIGHT AT BIRDLAND, Volume Three, which had a short playing time. Due to the expanded time limitations of the CD, half of these discoveries have been added to each of the original Birdland volumes. [Michael Cuscuna]


The classic Blue Note albums which span the mid 1950's to late 1960's were recorded directly on to two track analog tape. No multitrack recording was used and consequently no mixing was required. Therefore, this CD was made by transferring the one step analog master to digital.

Printed in Canada.
Barcode: 0 7777-46519-2 9 (Text)
Barcode: 077774651929 (Scanned, UPC-A)
Other: DIDX 1130 (DADC code)
Matrix / Runout: B2 46519 L13071 (Mirrored)
Mastering SID Code: none
Mould SID Code: none