alto saxophone, clarinet Marshall Royal
tracks 1 to 11 alto saxophone, flute Bobby Plater
tracks 12 to 22 alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute Frank Wess
tracks 1 to 11 arranged by Bob Florence
tracks 12 to 22 arranged by, composed by Neal Hefti
baritone saxophone Charlie Fowlkes
tracks 12 to 22 bass Eddie Jones
tracks 1 to 11 bass trombone Bill Hughes
tracks 1 to 11 bass, electric bass Norman Keenan
tracks 3 composed by George Harrison
tracks 1, 2, 4 to 11 composed by Lennon-McCartney
tracks 1 to 11 drums Harold Jones
tracks 12 to 22 drums Sonny Payne
guitar Freddie Green
liner notes [original] Ringo Starr
liner notes [reissue] Tom Sanders
tracks 1 to 11 organ Count Basie
piano Count Basie
tenor saxophone Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
tracks 12 to 22 tenor saxophone, arranged by Frank Foster
tracks 1 to 11 tenor saxophone, flute Eric Dixon
tracks 12 to 22 trombone Al Grey
tracks 12 to 22 trombone Benny Powell
tracks 1 to 11 trombone Grover Mitchell
tracks 12 to 22 trombone Henry Coker
tracks 1 to 11 trumpet Gene Goe
tracks 12 to 22 trumpet Joe Newman
tracks 1 to 11 trumpet Luis Gasca
tracks 12 to 22 trumpet Snooky Young
tracks 1 to 11 trumpet Sonny Cohn
tracks 12 to 22 trumpet Thad Jones
tracks 12 to 22 trumpet Wendell Culley
tracks 1 to 11 trumpet, flugelhorn Waymon Reed
tracks 12 to 22 vocals Joe Williams
Phonographic Copyright (p) Phoenix Records (15)
Copyright (c) Phoenix Records (15)
1 to 11: New York, December 15, 1969.
12 to 22: New York, October 21 & 22 (14, 20 & 21), 1957.