bass Jymie Merritt
design [cover] Reid Miles
drums Art Blakey
lacquer cut by Rudy Van Gelder
liner notes Leonard Feather
photography by [cover photo] Francis Wolff
piano Cedar Walton
producer Alfred Lion
recorded by [recording by] Rudy Van Gelder
tenor saxophone Wayne Shorter
trombone Curtis Fuller
trumpet Freddie Hubbard
Record Company Blue Note Records Inc.
Published By Groove Music (3)
Recorded At Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Pressed By Plastylite
Wayne Shorter performs by courtesy of Vee-Jay Records.
Curtis Fuller performs by courtesy of Ampar Records.

Recorded on November 28 & December 18, 1961.

VAN GELDER stamped and New York, NY label.

Note for collectors. The 1st original Mono issue has:
- blue/white Blue Note Records Inc - New York Usa labels, deep groove both sides
- Van Gelder stamped in the dead wax, both sides,
- P symbol for Plastylite plant (wrongly also called ear) inscribed in the dead wax, both sides,
- laminated jacket,
- 43 West 61st St., New York 23 address on back cover
Rights Society: BMI