tracks 1 to 5 alto saxophone, baritone saxophone Sahib Shihab
tracks 1 to 5 alto saxophone, flute Gigi Gryce
arranged by Melba Liston
tracks 1 to 5 baritone saxophone Cecil Payne
tracks 1 to 5 bass George Duvivier
tracks 6 to 12 bass Peck Morrison
tracks 1 to 5 bass Ron Carter
tracks 1 to 5 bongos Armando Peraza
tracks 6 to 12 congas Archie Lee
tracks 1 to 5 congas Candido
drums Charlie Persip
tracks 1 to 5 drums Granville T. Hogan
tracks 1 to 5 drums Max Roach
tracks 1 to 5 engineer [remix] Tristan Powell
tracks 1 to 5 flute, guitar Les Spann
french horn Julius Watkins
tracks 1 to 5 guitar Kenny Burrell
tracks 3 lyrics by Langston Hughes
tracks 1 to 5, 6, 8 to 11 music by Randy Weston
tracks 2 narrator Tuntemeke Sanga
tracks 1 to 5 percussion [african] Babatunde Olatunji
tracks 6 to 12 percussion [special] Frankie Dunlop
tracks 6 to 12 percussion [special] George Young
piano Randy Weston
tracks 6 to 12 producer Jack Lewis
tracks 1 to 5 producer Teddy Reig
producer [for release] Michael Cuscuna
tracks 6 to 12 soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone Budd Johnson
tracks 6 to 12 tenor saxophone Booker Ervin
tracks 1 to 5 tenor saxophone, clarinet Budd Johnson
tracks 1 to 5 tenor saxophone, flute, oboe Yusef Lateef
tracks 6 to 12 transferred by [digital transfers] Tristan Powell
tracks 1 to 5 trombone Jimmy Cleveland
trombone Quentin Jackson
tracks 1 to 5 trombone Slide Hampton
tracks 1 to 5 trumpet Benny Bailey
tracks 1 to 5 trumpet Clark Terry
tracks 1 to 5 trumpet Freddie Hubbard
tracks 1 to 5 trumpet Richard Williams
tracks 6 to 12 trumpet, flugelhorn Ray Copeland
tracks 6 to 12 tuba Aaron Bell
tracks 3 vocals Brock Peters
tracks 3 vocals Martha Flowers
tracks 7 written-by Bobby Benson
tracks 12 written-by Guy Warren
Copyright (c) EMI Records Ltd.
Licensed To Capitol Records, Inc.
Recorded At Bell Sound Studios
Remixed At Abbey Road Studios
Recorded At Webster Hall
Tracks 1-5 recorded at Bell Sound, New York City in November, 1960.
Remixed to digital from the original three-track masters at Abbey Road Studios, London in October, 1989.
[m=635047] originally on LP (1961) Roulette SR 65001.

Tracks 6-12 recorded in New York City in April, 1963.
[m=473899] originally on LP (1963) Colpix SCP 456.
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