tracks 1 to 6 alto saxophone, flute Hosea Taylor tracks 1 to 6 bass Ahmed Abdul-Malik tracks 7 to 9 bass Bob Cranshaw tracks 1 to 6 congas Chief Bey tracks 1 to 6 congas Montego Joe tracks 7 to 9 congas, drums [hand drums], percussion Chief Bey tracks 7 to 9 congas, drums [hand drums], percussion Ladji Camara tracks 7 to 9 congas, drums [hand drums], percussion Roger Sanders tracks 7 to 9 congas, drums [hand drums], percussion Sonny Morgan tracks 1 to 6 congas, shekere, cowbell Robert Crowder tracks 1 to 6 congas, xylophone, cowbell Garvin Masseaux cover [photo & design] Reid Miles tracks 1 to 6 drum [sakara drum], cowbell Josiah Ilori tracks 7 to 9 drums Elvin Jones engineer [recording] Rudy Van Gelder tracks 1 to 6 guitar Jay Berliner tracks 5 guitar Solomon G. Ilori mastered by [in 24-bit] Ron McMaster music director [musical director] Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson tracks 7 to 9 piano Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson producer Alfred Lion reissue producer Michael Cuscuna tracks 7 to 9 tenor saxophone, flute Hubert Laws tracks 7 to 9 trumpet Donald Byrd vocals, talking drum, composed by Solomon G. Ilori tracks 1 to 6 whistle [penny whistle] Solomon G. Ilori Phonographic Copyright (p) Blue Note Records Copyright (c) Blue Note Records Recorded At Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey Glass Mastered At Mediamotion Pressed By Mediamotion Recorded on April 25, 1963 (#1-6) and October 30, 1964 (#7-9) at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
Tracks 1-6 originally issued as African High Life (Blue Note BST 84136). Tracks 7-9 previously unissued bonus tracks.