bass John Ore design [cover] Ken Deardoff drums Billy Higgins engineer [recording] Ray Fowler engineer [recording] Reice Hamel mastered by Jack Matthews piano Thelonious Monk producer, liner notes Orrin Keepnews tenor saxophone Charlie Rouse tenor saxophone Harold Land trumpet Joe Gordon Record Company Bill Grauer Productions Record Company Bill Grauer Productions Inc. Recorded At The Blackhawk, San Francisco Mastered At Components Corp. Recorded 'live' at The Blackhawk, San Francisco; April 29, 1960. Joe Gordon appears through the courtesy of VEE-JAY Records. Mastered on a HYDROFEED lathe. (The present album is also available in Stereophonic form on RLP 1171.)
Blue 'mic and reel' labels with 'BILL GRAUER PRODUCTIONS' along the bottom (no 'INC.'). Bill Grauer Productions Inc. appears on the back sleeve. Matrix / Runout: RLP 12 323 A (Side A runout etched, variant 1) Matrix / Runout: RLP 12 323 B (Side B runout etched, variant 1) Matrix / Runout: RLP-12-323 A 1-1 16 (Side A runout etched, variant 2) Matrix / Runout: RLP-12-323 B 1-1 16 (Side B runout etched, variant 2)