tracks 5-1 to 5-4 alto saxophone [uncredited] Jackie McLean
artwork Membran A & R Development GmbH
artwork [picture by] Ullstein
tracks 4-3 to 4-8 baritone saxophone [uncredited] Cecil Payne
tracks 4-3 to 4-8 baritone saxophone [uncredited] Pepper Adams
tracks 5-5, 5-6 baritone saxophone [uncredited] Sahib Shihab
tracks 6-8 to 6-10, 10 bass [uncredited] Ahmed Abdul-Malik
tracks 3-6, 4, 7-6, 7-7, 8-1 to 8-4 bass [uncredited] Doug Watkins
tracks 6-2, 6-5 to 6-7 bass [uncredited] Earl May
tracks 9-4 to 9-7 bass [uncredited] George Joyner
tracks 2-3 to 2-8 bass [uncredited] John Simmons
tracks 5-1 to 5-4 bass [uncredited] Julian Euell
tracks 1, 2-, 2-2, 3-1 to 3-5, 5-5 to 5-7, 6-1, 6-3, 6-4, 7-1 to 7-5, 8-5, 8-6, 9-1 to 9-3 bass [uncredited] Paul Chambers
tracks 1-1 to 1-5, 2-3 to 2-8, 7-1 to 7-5 drums [uncredited] "Philly" Joe Jones
tracks 5-5 to 5-7, 6-1, 6-3, 5-4 drums [uncredited] Albert Heath
tracks 1-6, 1-7, 2-1, 2-2, 3-1 to 3-5, 4-3 to 4-8, 5-1 to 5-4, 6-2, 6-5 to 6-7, 7-6, 7-7, 8, 9 drums [uncredited] Art Taylor
tracks 3-6, 4-1, 4-2 drums [uncredited] Louis Hayes
tracks 6-9 drums [uncredited] Roy Haynes
tracks 6-8, 6-10, 10 drums [uncredited] Shadow Wilson
tracks 3-5 ensemble [uncredited] Art Taylor Quartet
tracks 1-1 to 1-4 ensemble [uncredited] Elmo Hope All Star Sextet
tracks 6-2, 6-5 to 6-7 ensemble [uncredited] John Coltrane Trio
tracks 1-5 ensemble [uncredited] Sonny Rollins Quartet
tracks 2-3 to 2-8 ensemble [uncredited] Tadd Dameron Quartet
tracks 5-5 to 5-7, 6-1, 6-3, 6-4, 7-1 to 7-5 ensemble [uncredited] The John Coltrane Sextet
tracks 5-1 to 5-4 ensemble [uncredited] The Mal Waldron Sextet
tracks 1-6, 1-7, 2-1, 2-2, 3-1 to 3-4, 3-6, 4, 7-6, 7-7, 8-1 to 8-4 ensemble [uncredited] The Prestige All Stars
tracks 9-4 to 9-7 ensemble [uncredited] The Red Garland Quintet
tracks 9-1 to 9-3 ensemble [uncredited] The Red Garland Trio
tracks 6-8 to 6-10, 10 ensemble [uncredited] The Thelonious Monk Quartet
tracks 3-1 to 3-4, 3-6, 4-1, 4-2 guitar [uncredited] Kenny Burrell
tracks 1-1 to 1-4 piano [uncredited] Elmo Hope
tracks 7-1 to 7-5 piano [uncredited] Kenny Drew
tracks 3-1 to 3-4, 4-3 to 4-7, 5-1 to 5-5, 6-1, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6, 7-7, 8-1 to 8-4 piano [uncredited] Mal Waldron
tracks 1-5 to 1-7, 2-1, 2-2, 3-5, 5-5 to 5-7, 6-1, 6-3, 6-4, 9 piano [uncredited] Red Garland
tracks 2-3 to 2-8 piano [uncredited] Tadd Dameron
tracks 6-8 to 6-10, 10 piano [uncredited] Thelonious Monk
tracks 3-6, 4-1, 4-2 piano [uncredited] Tommy Flanagan
tenor saxophone John Coltrane
tracks 1-6, 1-7, 2-1, 2-2 tenor saxophone [uncredited] Al Cohn
tracks 3-1 to 3-4 tenor saxophone [uncredited] Bobby Jaspar
tracks 1-1 to 1-4, 1-6, 1-7, 2-1, 2-2 tenor saxophone [uncredited] Hank Mobley
tracks 7-6, 7-7, 8-1 to 8-4 tenor saxophone [uncredited] Paul Quinichette
tracks 1-5 tenor saxophone [uncredited] Sonny Rollins
tracks 1-6, 1-7, 2-1, 2-2 tenor saxophone [uncredited] Zoot Sims
tracks 7-6, 7-7, 8-1 to 8-4 tenor saxophone [uncredited], flute [uncredited] Frank Wess
tracks 7-1 to 7-5 trombone [uncredited] Curtis Fuller
tracks 5-1 to 5-4 trumpet [uncredited] Bill Hardman
tracks 1-1 to 1-4, 9-4 to 9-7 trumpet [uncredited] Donald Byrd
tracks 3-1 to 3-4, 3-6 trumpet [uncredited] Idrees Sulieman
tracks 5-5 to 5-7 trumpet [uncredited] Johnny Splawn
tracks 7-1 to 7-5 trumpet [uncredited] Lee Morgan
tracks 3-1 to 3-4 trumpet [uncredited] Webster Young
Manufactured By Membran Music Ltd.
Distributed By Membran Music Ltd.
Each disc is in a cardboard sleeve. No notes beyond track titles and timings.

Total time: CD1 - 70:17, CD2 - 60:10, CD3 - 60:47, CD4 - 58:53, CD5 - 55:32, CD6 - 64:38, CD7 - 60:33, CD8 - 57:43, CD9 - 57:30, CD10 - 51:13

Recorded:

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ - May 7, 1956 [1-1 - 1-4], May 24, 1956 [1-5], September 7, 1956 1-6, 1-7, 2-1, 2-2], November 30, 1956 [2-3 - 2-8], March 22, 1957 [3-1 - 3-5], April 18, 1957 [3-6, 4-1, 4-2], April 19, 1957 [5-1 - 5-4], April 20, 1957 [4-3 - 4-8], May 31, 1957 [5-5 - 5-7, 6-1, 6-3, 6-4], August 16, 1957 [6-2, 6-5 - 6-7], August 23, 1957 [8-5, 8-6, 91- - 9-3], September 15, 1957 [7-1 - 7-5], September 20, 1957 [7-6, 7-7, 8-1 - 8-4], November 15, 1957 [9-4 - 9-7]

Carnegie Hall, NYC early show November 29, 1957 [6-8, 6-10, 10-1 -10-5], late show November 29, 1957 [10-6 - 10-9]

Five Spot Cafe, NYC, September 11, 1958 [6-9]
Barcode: 4 011222 318770
Label Code: LC 12281
Price Code: ADD
Rights Society: MCPS