tracks 6 to 12 bass Curly Russell tracks 1 to 5 bass Gene Ramey tracks 13 to 21 bass Red Callender compiled by Joop Visser tracks 21 drums Chuck Thompson tracks 1 to 5 drums Eddie Nicholson tracks 13 to 20 drums Harold "Doc" West tracks 6 to 12 drums Max Roach liner notes Alun Morgan tracks 6 to 12 piano Bud Powell tracks 13 to 21 piano Dodo Marmarosa tracks 1 to 5 piano Sadik Hakim tracks 1 to 12 tenor saxophone Dexter Gordon tracks 13 to 21 tenor saxophone Wardell Gray tracks 6 to 12 trumpet Leonard Hawkins Phonographic Copyright (p) Indigo Recordings Copyright (c) Indigo Recordings Marketed By Trojan Sales Ltd. Tracks 1 to 5 recorded New York City, October 30, 1945. Tracks 6 to 12 recorded New York City, January 29, 1946. Tracks 13 to 21 recorded Los Angeles, November 23, 1946.