tracks f3 to f5, g3, g4, g5, h1, h2, h4, h6 alto saxophone Benny Carter
tracks o6 to p2 alto saxophone Gene Quill
tracks d4 to d7, d9, d10, q1, q4 to q8 alto saxophone Willie Smith
tracks o1 to o4 alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet Romeo Penque
tracks o1 to p6 arranged by Ray Ellis
tracks i1 to i8 arranged by Tony Scott
tracks i1 to i8 bass Aaron Bell
tracks r5 to s8 bass Carson Smith
tracks p3 to p6 bass Danny Bank
tracks o1 to o4, t1 to t6 bass Joe Benjamin
tracks j1 to k2, m2 to m5 bass Joe Mondragon
tracks f3 to h6 bass John Simmons
tracks e1 to f2 bass Leonard Gaskin
tracks o5 to p6, t7, t8 bass Milt Hinton
tracks a1 to a8, b1, b3 to b8, c1 to c6, d1 to d3 bass Ray Brown
tracks d4 to d7, d9, d10, q1, q4 to q8 bass Red Callender
tracks k3 to m1, n1 to n4 bass Red Mitchell
tracks o1, o3, o4 celesta Hank Jones
tracks h1, h3, j1 to n4 celesta Jimmy Rowles
tracks e1 to f2, i1 to i4, i6 to i8, r6 to s8 clarinet Tony Scott
tracks t7, t8 concertmaster Leonard Feather
design [album cover] Teruo Hosoda
design [booklet] Ruri Fujita
tracks a1 to a8, j1 to m1 drums Alvin Stoller
tracks r5 to s8 drums Chico Hamilton
tracks e1 to f2 drums Cozy Cole
tracks q1, q4 to q8 drums Dave Coleman
tracks t7, t8 drums Don Lamond
tracks d1 to d3, d4 to d7, d9, d10 drums Ed Shaughnessy
tracks b1, b3 to b8, c1 to c6 drums J.C. Heard
tracks t1 to t6 drums Jo Jones
tracks f3 to h6, m2 to n4 drums Larry Bunker
tracks i1 to i8 drums Lenny McBrowne
tracks o1 to p6 drums Osie Johnson
tracks a1 to a8, b1, b3 to b8, d4 to d7, d9, d10, f3 to h6, j1 to n4 guitar Barney Kessel
tracks o5 to p6 guitar Barry Galbraith
tracks e1 to f2 guitar Billy Bauer
tracks c1 to c6 guitar Freddie Green
tracks d1 to d3 guitar Herb Ellis
tracks q1, q4 to q8 guitar Irving Ashby
tracks i1 to i8, o1 to o4, r5 to s8 guitar Kenny Burrell
tracks o1 to o4 harp Janet Putnam
liner notes Akira Yamato
liner notes Richard Seidel
liner notes [discography © 1985] Akira Yamato
tracks c4 organ Oscar Peterson
photography by Chuck Stewart
tracks d4 to d10, r1 to r4 piano Bobby Tucker
tracks e1 to f2, r6 to s8 piano Carl Drinkard
tracks o2, o5 to p6 piano Hank Jones
tracks f3 to g4 to g6, h2, h4 to h6 piano Jimmy Rowles
tracks t1 to t8 piano Mal Waldron
tracks q1, q4 to q8 piano Milt Raskin
tracks a1 to a8, b1 to b8,c1 to c3, c5,c6, d1 to d3 piano Oscar Peterson
tracks i1 to i8 piano Wynton Kelly
producer [album re-issue] Tohru Okamura
producer [in conjunction with] Richard Seidel
tracks e1 to f1 supervised by Leroy Lovett
tracks a1 to d10, f2 to n4, q1 to q8 supervised by Norman Granz
tracks p3 to p6, s1 to s8 tenor saxophone Al Cohn
tracks j1 to n4 tenor saxophone Ben Webster
tracks e1 to f2 tenor saxophone Budd Johnson
tracks q1, q4 to q8, r5 to r8 tenor saxophone Coleman Hawkins
tracks a1, a2, a7 tenor saxophone Flip Phillips
tracks q1, q4 to q8 tenor saxophone Lester Young
tracks c1, c2, c4 to c6i, 1 to i4, i6 to i8 tenor saxophone Paul Quinichette
tracks p3 to p6 trombone Billy Byers
tracks o3, o4, o5, p1 trombone Jimmy Cleveland
tracks q1, q3 to q8 trombone Tommy Turk
tracks q1, q4 to q8, s1 to s8, t7, t8 trumpet Buck Clayton
tracks a1, a2, a5, a7, a8, b3, b4 to b6, d1 to d3, e1 to f2, i1 to i8 trumpet Charlie Shavers
tracks d4 to d7, d9, d10, f3 to f6, g2 to g4 to g6, h2, h4 to h6, j1 to n4, o5, p1, p2 to p6 trumpet Harry Edison
tracks q1, q4 to q8 trumpet Joe Guy
tracks c1 to c3, c5, c6 trumpet Joe Newman
tracks p3 to p6 trumpet Joe Wilder
tracks r5 to r8 trumpet Roy Eldridge
vocals Billie Holiday
Recorded At Fine Sound
Recorded At Capitol Studios
Recorded At Radio Recorders
Recorded At Embassy Theatre
Recorded At Carnegie Hall
Recorded At Newport Jazz Festival
Recorded At Oakdale Theatre
Manufactured By Polydor K.K.
Tracks R1 to R4 previously unreleased.
Track D6 spelled Too Maevelous For Words; 9-1 spelled Trav'lin' Light; N-2 spelled Embraceable You; Q3 spelled Trav'lin Light on release.

Includes
- a 38 page booklet with liner notes, tracklisting, lyrics and a complete discography. The booklet has 00MJ 3480 / 89 printed on it.
- a 4 page Main Released 12 inch LP booklet.
- a 4 page Japanese booklet.
- a reproduction of 4 original covers of Main Released 10 inch LP's.

Compilation ℗1985 Polydor K.K.
Manufactured by Polydor K.K. Japan.


Recorded At:
#A1 to A8: Los Angeles, California, March , 1952.
#B1 to B8: Los Angeles, California, April 1952.
#C1 to C6: New York, July 27, 1952.
#D1 to D3: Fine Sound, New York City, April 14, 1954.
#D4 to D10: Capitol Studios, Los Angeles, California, September 3, 1954.
#E1 to F2: Fine Sound, New York City, February 14, 1955.
#F3 to G4: Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, California, August 23, 1955.
#G5 to H6: Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, California, August 25, 1955.
#I1 to I8: Fine Sounds, New York City, June 7, 1956.
#J1 to J4: Capitol Studios, Los Angeles, August 14, 1956.
#J5 to K2: Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, California, August 18, 1956.
#K3 to K5: Capitol Studios, Los Angeles, January 3, 1957.
#K6 to L2: Capitol Studios, Los Angeles, January 4, 1957.
#L3 to M1: Capitol Studios, Los Angeles, January 7, 1957.
#M2 to M5: Capitol Studios, Los Angeles, January 8, 1957.
#N1 to N4: Capitol Studios, Los Angeles, January 9, 1957.
#O1 to O4; New York City, March 3, 1959.
#O5 to P2; New York City, March 1959.
#P3 to P6: New York City, March11, 1959.
#Q1 to Q8: Embassy Thatre, Los Angeles, California, April 22, 1946.
#R1 to R4: Carnegie Hall, New York City, May 24, 1948.
#R5 to R9: Carnegie Hall, New York City, First session 8 p.m., November 10, 1956.
#S1 to S8: Carnegie Hall, New York City, First session Midnight, November 10, 1956.
#T1 to T6: Newport, Rhode Island, New York, July 6, 1957.
#T7 to T8: Oakdale Musical Theatre, Wallingford, Connecticut, September 26, 1958.
Other: 00MJ 3480 (Record 1, Catalog#)
Other: 00MJ 3481 (Record 2, Catalog#)
Other: 00MJ 3482 (Record 3, Catalog#)
Other: 00MJ 3483 (Record 4, Catalog#)
Other: 00MJ 3484 (Record 5, Catalog#)
Other: 00MJ 3485 (Record 6, Catalog#)
Other: 00MJ 3486 (Record 7, Catalog#)
Other: 00MJ 3487 (Record 8, Catalog#)
Other: 00MJ 3488 (Record 9, Catalog#)
Other: 00MJ 3489 (Record 10, Catalog#)
Other: I • 7 • 25 (Release date code)
Rights Society: JASRAC