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Essential Jazz Classics
tracks 6 to 8 and 11 alto saxophone Bud Shank
tracks 20 to 23 alto saxophone Glauco Masetti
tracks 20 to 23 arranged by Len Mercer
tracks 1 to 17 art direction [reissue] Howard Fritzson
tracks 20 to 23 baritone saxophone Fausto Papetti
tracks 18, 19 bass Carson Smith
tracks 20 to 23 bass Franco Cerri
tracks 1 to 17 bass Joe Mondragon
tracks 18, 19 drum Bob Neel
tracks 20 to 23 drum Gene Victory
tracks 1 to 17 drums Shelly Manne
tracks 20 to 23 piano Giulio Libani
tracks 1 to 5, 9, 10 and 11 to 19 piano Russ Freeman
tracks 1 to 17 producer Richard Bock
tracks 20 to 23 tenor saxophone Gianni Basso
tracks 1 to 5, 9, 10 and 11 to 17 tenor saxophone Jack Montrose
tracks 3 to 5, 9, 10, 12 and 14 to 17 tenor saxophone Zoot Sims
tracks 20 to 23 trombone Mario Pezzotta
tracks 1 to 15, 18 to 23 trumpet Chet Baker
tracks 16 to 18 vocals Chet Baker
Manufactured By MPO Iberica
Tracks 13 to 17 from the same sessions but not included on the original LP
Tracks 1 to 17 recorded at Los Angeles
Tracks 3-5, 10 and 14-17: 30 December 1953
Tracks 1-2, 9, 12 and 13: 31 December 1953
Tracks 6-8 and 11: 20 February 1954

Tracks 18-23 bonus tracks
Track 18 recorded 7 March 1955 Los Angeles
Track 19 recorded live at Tiffany Club, Los Angeles 10 August 1954
Tracks 20-23 recorded 29 September 1959 Milan, Italy
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