tracks 1, 3 to 5, 7, 8, 10 to 14 alto saxophone Sonny Stitt tracks 3, 8 arranged by, conductor Ralph Burns tracks 5, 11 bass Buddy Clark tracks 10 bass Edgar Willis tracks 9 bass George Morrow tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 12 to 14 bass Ray Brown tracks 2, 6 drums Ed Thigpen tracks 1, 4, 7, 13, 14 drums Jo Jones tracks 10 drums Kenny Dennis tracks 5, 11 drums Lawrence Marable tracks 9 drums Lenny McBrowne tracks 12 drums Stan Levey tracks 12 guitar Herb Ellis tracks 9 piano Amos Trice tracks 10 piano Bobby Timmons tracks 1, 4, 7, 13, 14 piano Jimmy Jones tracks 5, 11 piano Jimmy Rowles tracks 2, 6, 12 piano Oscar Peterson tracks 2, 6, 7, 9 tenor saxophone Sonny Stitt tracks 5, 11 trombone Frank Rosolino tracks 5, 11 trumpet Jack Sheldon tracks 5, 11 trumpet Lee Katzman tracks 12 trumpet Roy Eldridge tracks 5, 11 tuba Al Pollen tracks 1 written-by Anne Caldwell tracks 2 written-by Bennie Moten tracks 6 written-by Charlie Parker tracks 13 written-by Edward Heyman tracks 4 written-by Euday L. Bowman tracks 13 written-by Frank Eyton tracks 3 written-by Harry Woods tracks 14 written-by Henry Creamer tracks 5, 11 written-by Jimmy Giuffre tracks 14 written-by John Layton tracks 13 written-by Johnny Green tracks 9 written-by Miles Davis tracks 13 written-by Robert Sour tracks 7, 8, 12 written-by Sonny Stitt tracks 10 written-by Vernon Duke tracks 1 written-by Vincent Youmans Manufactured By Verve Records Marketed By Verve Records Phonographic Copyright (p) Polygram Records Copyright (c) PolyGram International Music Tracks 1, 4, 7, 13 and 14 recorded September 14, 1956 in N.Y. Tracks 2 and 6 recorded May 18, 1959 in N.Y. Tracks 3 and 8 recorded March 6-7, 1961, probably in N.Y. Tracks 5 and 11 recorded February 16, 1959 in N.Y. Track 9 recorded February 9, 1959 in N.Y. Track 10 recorded May 12, 1959 in N.Y. Track 12 recorded October 11, 1957 in Los Angeles Barcode: 731451363221