a&r [a&r coordination] Darren Salmieri a&r [a&r coordination] Patti Matheny a&r [legacy a&r] Steve Berkowitz art direction [reissue art direction] Howard Fritzson bass John Ore design [reissue design] Randall Martin drums Frankie Dunlop engineer [assistant engineer] Seth Foster layout [packaging manager] Linda Chang liner notes [may 2001] Peter Keepnews liner notes [original lp liner notes] Martin Williams liner notes [original lp liner notes] Nat Hentoff liner notes [original lp liner notes] Ralph J. Gleason liner notes [original lp liner notes] Willis Conover mastered by Mark Wilder piano Thelonious Monk producer [original recordings produced by], liner notes [original lp liner notes] Teo Macero product manager [project director] Seth Rothstein reissue producer [produced for reissue by] Orrin Keepnews tenor saxophone Charlie Rouse Phonographic Copyright (p) Sony Music Entertainment Inc. Copyright (c) Sony Music Entertainment Inc. Manufactured By Columbia Records Mastered At Sony Music Studios, New York City Issued in a standard jewel case with a clear tray. Includes a 12 page booklet with a facsimile of the original liner notes, contemporary press reviews, archive photographs and new liner notes for the reissue and credits.
Tracks 10-12 are previously unreleased.
Recorded from October 31 to November 6, 1962. Originally released in 1963.