tracks 1 to 5 alto saxophone Ernie Henry bass Curly Russell tracks 6, 7 bongos Chano Pozo design [cover] Reid Miles drums Kenny Clarke tracks 6 to 12 engineer [recording] Doug Hawkins tracks 1 to 5 engineer [recording] Harry Smith liner notes Leonard Feather photography by [cover photo] Francis Wolff tracks 2 piano Howard McGhee tracks 1, 3 to 5 piano Milt Jackson tracks 6 to 12 piano Tadd Dameron producer Alfred Lion producer [produced for release by] Michael Cuscuna tracks 6 to 12 tenor saxophone Allen Eager tracks 6 to 12 tenor saxophone Wardell Gray transferred by [digital transfers] Ron McMaster trumpet Fats Navarro tracks 1, 3 to 5 trumpet Howard McGhee tracks 2 vibraphone Milt Jackson tracks 12 vocals Kenny Hagood Record Company Capitol Industries-EMI, Inc. Copyright (c) Capitol Records, Inc. Phonographic Copyright (p) Capitol Records, Inc. Manufactured By Capitol Records, Inc. Recorded At Harry Smith Recording Studios Recorded At WOR Studios Glass Mastered At Sanyo, U.S.A. Pressed By Capitol Jax Tracks 1-5: Recorded in New York City on October 11, 1948 at the Harry Smith Studio. Tracks 6-12: Recorded in New York City on September 13, 1948 at WOR Studios.