tracks d4 to e1 alto saxophone Johnny Hodges
tracks e8 alto saxophone Sam Marowitz
tracks e8 baritone saxophone Sam Rubinowitch
tracks d4 to c1 bass [string bass] Al Hall
tracks e2, e3, e5 to e8, bass [string bass] Chubby Jackson
tracks c7 to d4, f1 to f8 bass [string bass] John Simmons
tracks a1 to b3 bass [string bass] Oscar Pettiford
tracks c7 to d4, e2, e3 clarinet Aaron Sachs
tracks a1 to a4 clarinet Andy Fitzgerald
tracks c3 to c6 clarinet Barney Bigard
clarinet Tony Scott
cover [design] Jean-Claude Trambouze
tracks e2 to e4 drums Dave Tough
tracks d4 to c1 drums Jo Jones
drums Max Roach
tracks a1 to a4, a7 to b3, c3 to e1, e5 to e8, drums Shelly Manne
tracks f1 to f8 drums Sidney Catlett
tracks a1 to a4 guitar Al Casey
tracks f1 to f8 guitar Bill De Arango
tracks e2, e3, e5 to e8, guitar Billy Bauer
tracks d4 to c1 guitar Freddie Green
tracks a5, a6 guitar Jimmy Shirley
liner notes [english text] Don Waterhouse
liner notes [french version] Daniel Nevers
tracks f5 to f8 piano Al Haig
tracks f1 to f4 piano Argonne Thornton
tracks a7 to b3, c3 to e1 piano Eddie Heywood
tracks a1 to a6, d4 to c1 piano Ellis Larkins
tracks e2 to e7 piano Ralph Burns
tracks e8 piano Tony Aless
reissue producer Jean-Paul Guiter
tracks f1 to f8 tenor saxophone Ben Webster
tracks c7 to d4 tenor saxophone Don Byas
tracks d4 to c1 tenor saxophone Lester Young
tracks e8 tenor saxophone Mickey Folus
tracks e8 tenor saxophone Pete Mondello
tracks e4 tenor saxophone [solo] Flip Phillips
tracks a1 to b3 tenor saxophone, leader Coleman Hawkins
tracks e2, e3, e5 to e8 tenor saxophone, leader Flip Phillips
tracks e2, e3 trombone Bill Harris
tracks d4 to c1 trombone, leader Dickie Wells
tracks a1 to a4, b4 to c1 trumpet Bill Coleman
tracks f1 to f4 trumpet Idrees Sulieman
tracks c7 to d4 trumpet, violin Ray Nance
tracks e2, e3 vibraphone Marjorie Hyams
Printed By Montreuil Offset
1943-1946 recordings

Recorded:
- tracks A1 to A4, New York, December 8, 1943
- tracks A5 to B3: New York, December 18, 1943,
- tracks B4 to C2: New York, December 23, 1943
- tracks C3 to C6: New York, December 21, 1943
- tracks C7 to D3: New York, May 2, 1944
- tracks D4 to E1: New York, May 26, 1944
- tracks E2, E3: New York, early September 1944
- track E4: New York, late September 1944
- tracks E5 to E7: New York, June 1945
- track E8: late November 1945
- tracks F1 to F4: New York, May 3, 1946
- tracks F5 to F8: New York, May 15, 1946
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