art direction David Lau
tracks 1-7 to 1-10, 1-12, 1-13 bass Curly Russell
tracks 2-1 to 2-4; disc 4; 5-1 to 5-9 bass George Duvivier
tracks 3-1 to 3-13 bass Lloyd Trotman
tracks 2-5 to 2-9, 2-11 to 2-16; 3-14 to 3-19 bass Percy Heath
tracks 1-1 to 1-6; 1-14 to 1-17; 5-10 to 5-21 bass Ray Brown
booklet editor [book concieved and edited by] Peter Pullman
coordinator [design] Kristy Eisele
coordinator [design] Nausica Loukakos
design David Lau
design Lisa Po-Ying Huang
tracks 3-1 to 3-13 drums Art Blakey
tracks 2-1 to 2-8; disc 4; 5-1 to 5-9 drums Art Taylor
tracks 1-14 to 1-17 drums Buddy Rich
tracks 3-14 to 3-19 drums Kenny Clarke
tracks 1-1 to 1-10, 1-12, 1-13; 2-9, 2-11 to 2-16 drums Max Roach
tracks 5-10 to 5-21 drums Osie Johnson
executive-producer Michael Lang
executive-producer Richard Seidel
illustration [front cover], illustration [inside title page], illustration [back cover 3-d] Chung-Deh Tien
interviewee [bud powell: track by track] Barry Harris
interviewee [bud powell: track by track] Michael Weiss
interviewee [notes] Barry Harris
interviewee [notes] Bertha Hope
interviewee [notes] Ira Gitler
interviewee [notes] Jackie McLean
interviewee [notes] Johnny Griffin
interviewee [notes] Marian McPartland
interviewee [notes] Max Roach
interviewee [notes] Toshiko Akiyoshi
interviewee [notes] Walter Bishop, Jr.
liner notes [essay] Celia Powell
liner notes [essay] Christopher Finch
liner notes [essay] Francis Paudras
liner notes [essay] Horace Silver
liner notes [essay] Sonny Rollins
liner notes, interviewer [notes] Peter Pullman
mastered by Suha Gur
music consultant Bertha Hope
photography by [front and back cover] Mark Higashino
piano Bud Powell
tracks 2-9 to 2-16; discs 3 & 4; 5-1 to 5-9 producer [original recordings produced by] Leroy Lovett
tracks unless otherwise noted producer [original recordings produced by] Norman Granz
product manager [package production coordinated by] Aric Lach Morrison
programmed by [music and discography coordinated by] Ben Young
research [discography] Ben Young
research, restoration, transferred by [disc dubbed by] Phil Schaap
supervised by Michael Lang
supervised by Peter Pullman
Phonographic Copyright (p) PolyGram Records, Inc.
Copyright (c) PolyGram Records, Inc.
Recorded At Fine Sound
Mastered At PolyGram Studios
Manufactured By Verve Records
Marketed By Verve Records
1-1 to 1-3 recorded in January or February 1949 in New York City.
1-4 to 1-6 recorded in February or spring 1949 in New York City.
1-7 to 1-13 recorded February 1950 in New York City.
1-14 to 1-17 recorded June or July 1, 1950 in New York City.
1-18 to 1-25 recorded February 1951 in New York City.
2-1 to 2-4 recorded June 2, 1954 at Fine Sound Studio, New York City.
2-5 to 2-8 recorded June 8, 1954 at Fine Sound Studio, New York City.
2-9 to 2-16 recorded December 16, 1954 at Fine Sound Studio, New York City.
3-1 to 3-6 recorded January 11, 1955 at Fine Sound Studio, New York City.
3-7 to 3-13 recorded January 12, 1955 at Fine Sound Studio, New York City.
3-14 to 3-19 recorded January 13, 1955 at Fine Sound Studio, New York City.
4-1 to 4-11 recorded April 25, 1955 at Fine Sound Studio, New York City.
4-12 to 5-9 recorded April 27, 1955 at Fine Sound Studio, New York City.
5-10 to 5-21 recorded September 13, 1956 at Fine Sound Studio, New York City.

5 CDs
73 Master Takes
Plus 16 Previously Unissued Alternative Tracks
50 Tracks On CD For The First Time
Newly Remastered Audio
150 Page Book
Musician Interviews And Essays
Many Rare Photographys
Barcode: 731452166920 (Scanned)
Barcode: 7 314-521669-2 0 (Text)