tracks 6, 7 alto saxophone, bassoon Hosea Taylor tracks 1 to 5 alto saxophone, flute James Spaulding art direction, design Michael Boland tracks 2, 3, 5 bass Bob Cranshaw tracks 1, 4 bass Larry Ridley tracks 6, 7 bass Reggie Workman composed by Freddie Hubbard tracks 1, 4 congas Big Black design [cover] Reid Miles tracks 1, 4 drums Clifford Jarvis tracks 6, 7 drums Elvin Jones tracks 2, 3, 5 drums Pete La Roca tracks 1 to 5 euphonium Kiane Zawadi liner notes [original] Nat Hentoff liner notes [reissue] Bob Blumenthal photography by [cover photograph, liner photographs] Francis Wolff tracks 1, 4 piano Harold Mabern tracks 2, 3, 5 piano McCoy Tyner tracks 6, 7 piano, celesta Herbie Hancock producer Alfred Lion recorded by, remastered by [2003] Rudy Van Gelder reissue producer Michael Cuscuna tracks 2, 3, 5 tenor saxophone Hank Mobley tracks 1, 4, 6, 7 tenor saxophone Joe Henderson trumpet Freddie Hubbard Phonographic Copyright (p) Blue Note Records Copyright (c) Blue Note Records Manufactured By Blue Note Records Recorded At Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey Glass Mastered At EMI MFG. Designed At The Boland Design Company Copyright (c) Mosaic Images Recorded on February 19, (#1 & 4) and February 26, (#2, 3 & 5), 1965 and March 5, 1966 (#6 & 7) at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
Tracks 1 to 5 originally issued as BST 84196. Tracks 6 and 7 not part of original LP.
All transfers from the analog tapes to digital were made at 24-bit resolution. Barcode: 724359431727 Matrix / Runout: 724359431727 MASTERED BY EMI MFG. 1-1-1 (Variant 1) Matrix / Runout: 724359431727 MASTERED BY EMI MFG. (Variant 2, First Pressing) Mastering SID Code: IFPI L043 Mould SID Code: IFPI 6100