alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone Sonny Stitt
tracks 4-22 to 4-26 arranged by, conductor Johnny Richards
tracks 1-12 to 1-19 baritone saxophone Eddie de Verteuil
tracks 2-5 to 2-7 baritone saxophone Leo Parker
tracks 2-18, 2-19 baritone saxophone Serge Chaloff
tracks 1-4 to 1-19 bass Al Hall
tracks 2-5 to 2-8 bass Al Lucas
tracks 4-22 to 4-26 bass Charles Mingus
tracks 2-14 to 2-24 bass Curly Russell
tracks 4-14 to 4-17 bass Earl May
tracks 4-18 to 4-21 bass Ernie Shepard
tracks 3-12 to 3-21, 4-1 to 4-13 bass Eugene Wright
tracks 1-20 to 1-23 bass Jimmy Glover
tracks 2-9 to 2-13 bass Nelson Boyd
tracks 1-1 to 1-3, 2-1 to 2-4 bass Ray Brown
tracks 3-1 to 3-11 bass Tommy Potter
compiled by, producer, liner notes Joop Visser
tracks 4-24 to 4-26 congas Santa Miranda
tracks 4-18 to 4-21 congas, timbales Humberto Morales
design Raven Design
tracks 3-1 to 3-5, 3-11, 4-1 to 4-7 drums Art Blakey
tracks 1-20 to 1-23, 2-1 to 2-4 drums Dave Heard
tracks 4-22, 4-23 drums Don Lamond
tracks 1-1 to 1-3, 1-8 to 1-19 drums Kenny Clarke
tracks 2-9 to 2-24 drums Max Roach
tracks 2-5 to 2-8, 4-18 to 4-21 drums Shadow Wilson
tracks 4-8 to 4-17 drums Teddy Stewart
tracks 1-4 to 1-7 drums Wallace Bishop
tracks 3-12 to 3-21 drums Wes Landers
tracks 3-6 to 3-10, 4-24 to 4-26 drums, bongos Jo Jones
tracks 4-24 to 4-26 flute Gerald Sanfino
tracks 4-22, 4-23 flute, tenor saxophone, piccolo flute Sid Cooper
tracks 1-12 to 1-15 guitar John Collins
tracks 4-22 to 4-26 mellophone Don Elliott
photography by [photographs courtesy of] Frank Driggs
photography by [photographs courtesy of] Symil & Joop Visser Collection
tracks 1-1 to 1-3 piano Al Haig
tracks 4-24 to 4-26 piano Al Williams
tracks 1-4 to 1-19, 2-14 to 2-24 piano Bud Powell
tracks 3-16, 4-5 to 4-11 piano Charles Bateman
tracks 4-14 to 4-17 piano Clarence Anderson
tracks 3-6 to 3-15 piano Duke Jordan
tracks 4-22, 4-23 piano Horace Silver
tracks 4-18 to 4-21 piano John Houston
tracks 2-9 to 2-13 piano John Lewis
tracks 3-17 to 3-21, 4-1 to 4-4, 4-12, 4-13 piano Junior Mance
tracks 3-1 to 3-5 piano Kenny Drew
tracks 2-1 to 2-8 piano Sir Charles Thompson
tracks 1-20 to 1-23 piano Will Davis
remastered by Peter Rynston
tracks 4-22 to 4-26 tenor saxophone George Berg
tracks 1-16 to 1-19 tenor saxophone Morris Lane
tracks 1-12 to 1-15 tenor saxophone Ray Abrams
tracks 3-6 to 3-11, 3-16 to 3-21, 4-1, 4-2 tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone Gene Ammons
tracks 4-7 to 4-9 trombone Alfred "Chippy" Outcalt
tracks 2-18, 2-19, 3-11 trombone Bennie Green
tracks 3-6, 3-7 trombone Charles Greenlee
tracks 2-5 to 2-13 trombone J.J. Johnson
tracks 4-22 to 4-26 trombone Kai Winding
tracks 3-16 to 3-20 trombone Matthew Gee
tracks 3-6, 3-7, 3-11, 3-16 to 3-20, 4-7 to 4-9, 4-18, 4-20 trumpet Bill Massey
tracks 1-12 to 1-19 trumpet Fats Navarro
tracks 4-18, 4-20 trumpet Joe Newman
tracks 4-18, 4-20 trumpet John Hunt
tracks 1-4 to 1-19 trumpet Kenny Dorham
tracks 2-18, 2-19 trumpet Miles Davis
tracks 2-1 to 2-8 trumpet Russell Jacquet
tracks 1-20 to 1-23 trumpet Willie Wells
tracks 1-1 to 1-3 trumpet, vocals Dizzy Gillespie
tracks 1-1 to 1-3, 1-20 to 1-23, 2-1 to 2-4 vibraphone Milt Jackson
tracks 3-17, 4-8, 4-9 vocals Larry Townsend
tracks 3-6 vocals Teddy Williams
tracks 1-3, 1-8 to 1-12 to 1-15 vocals, arranged by Gil Fuller
Phonographic Copyright (p) Proper Records Ltd.
Copyright (c) Proper Records Ltd.
Remastered At Tall Order Mastering
1-1 to 1-3: New York, May 15, 1946.
1-4 to 1-11: New York, August 23, 1946.
1-12 to 1-15: New York, September 5, 1946.
1-16 to 1-19: New York, September 6, 1946.
1-20 to 1-23: Detroit, circa June 1948.
2-1 to 2-4: Detroit, circa June 1948.
2-5 to 2-8: Detroit, circa June 1948.
2-9 to 2-13: New York, October 17, 1949.
2-14 to 2-17: New York, December 11, 1949.
2-18, 2-19: Carnegie Hall, New York, December 24, 1949.
2-20 to 2-24: New York, January 26, 1950.
3-1 to 3-5: New York, February 17, 1950.
3-6 to 3-10: New York, March 5, 1950.
3-11: New York, April 26, 1950.
3-12 to 3-15: New York, June 28, 1950.
3-16: New York, July 27, 1950.
3-17 to 3-20: New York, October 8, 1950.
3-21: New York, October 28, 1950.
4-1 to 4-4: New York, December 15, 1950.
4-5 to 4-9: New York, January 31, 1951.
4-10, 4-11: New York, February 1, 1951.
4-12, 4-13: Chicago, May 3, 1951.
4-14 to 4-17: New York, August 14, 1951.
4-18 to 4-21: New York, February 25, 1952.
4-22, 4-23: New York, circa May-June 1952.
4-24 to 4-26: New York, circa June 1952.
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