tracks 3-1 to 3-4 alto saxophone Davey Schildkraut
tracks 1-11 to 1-17, 5-5 to 5-8 alto saxophone Jackie Mclean
tracks 1-7 to 1-10 alto saxophone Lee Konitz
art direction, design Phil Carroll
tracks 1-7 to 1-10 bass Arnold Fishkin
tracks 2-9 to 2-12 bass Charles Mingus
tracks 2-5 to 2-8 bass Leonard Gaskin
tracks 4-7, 4-8, 5-1 to 5-4 bass Oscar Pettiford
tracks 5-9 to 5-11, 6-1 to 6-10, 7-1 to 7-12, 8-1 to 8-10 bass Paul Chambers
tracks 1-1 to 1-6, 2-1 to 2-4, 2-9 to 2-15, 3-1 to 4-6, 5-5 to 5-8 bass Percy Heath
tracks 1-11 to 1-17 bass Tommy Potter
compilation producer Ralph Kaffel
tracks 2-1 to 2-4, 4-7 to 5-4, 6-1 to 8-10 drums "Philly" Joe Jones
tracks 1-11 to 1-17, 2-13 to 2-15 drums Art Blakey
tracks 5-5 to 5-11 drums Art Taylor
tracks 2-5 to 2-8, 3-1 to 4-6 drums Kenny Clarke
tracks 1-7 to 1-10, 2-9 to 2-12 drums Max Roach
tracks 1-1 to 1-6 drums Roy Haynes
tracks 1-7 to 1-10 guitar Billy Bauer
liner notes Dan Morgenstern
photography by Bob Parent
photography by Burt Goldblatt
photography by Jim Marshall
photography by [front cover art based on a photograph by] Ray Avery
tracks 2-13 to 3-11 piano Horace Silver
tracks 1-1 to 1-5, 2-5 to 2-12 piano John Lewis
tracks 5-5 to 5-8 piano Ray Bryant
tracks 4-7 to 5-4, 6-1 to 8-10 piano Red Garland
tracks 1-7 to 1-10 piano Sal Mosca
tracks 4-1 to 4-6 piano Thelonious Monk
tracks 5-9 to 5-11 piano Tommy Flanagan
tracks 1-11 to 2-4 piano Walter Bishop, Jr.
reissue producer Orrin Keepnews
tracks 2-5 to 2-8 tenor saxophone Al Cohn
tracks 2-1 to 2-4 tenor saxophone Charlie Parker
tracks 6-1 to 8-10 tenor saxophone John Coltrane
tracks 3-4, 3-5 tenor saxophone Lucky Thompson
tracks 1-1 to 1-6, 1-11 to 2-4, 3-7 to 3-11, 5-9 to 5-11 tenor saxophone Sonny Rollins
tracks 2-5 to 2-8 tenor saxophone Zoot Sims
tracks 1-1 to 1-5 trombone Bennie Green
tracks 3-4, 3-5 trombone J.J. Johnson
tracks 2-5 to 2-8 trombone Sonny Truitt
trumpet Miles Davis
tracks 4-1 to 4-6, 5-5 to 5-8 vibraphone Milt Jackson
Phonographic Copyright (p) Fantasy, Inc.
Copyright (c) Fantasy, Inc.
This CD-set presents 17 recording sessions made between 1951 and late 1956

The package also contains a 12-page illustrated booklet including full discographical details and a session-by-session analysis

℗ 1987 Fantasy, Inc.
© Fantasy, Inc., 1987

Made in Germany

Barcode: 090204042135
Label Code: LC 0313
Rights Society: GEMA
SPARS Code: AAD