tracks 1-1 to 1-6 alto saxophone Jackie McLean tracks 2-4 to 2-10 alto saxophone Sonny Red baritone saxophone Pepper Adams tracks 4-4 to 4-9 bass Butch Warren tracks 3-1 to 3-6 bass Doug Watkins tracks 3-7 to 3-9, 4-1 to 4-3 bass Laymon Jackson tracks 2-4 to 2-10 bass Miroslav Vitous tracks 1-1 to 1-6, 1-7 to 2-3 bass Sam Jones design [director] Richard Mantel tracks 3-7 to 3-9, 4-1 to 4-3 drums "Philly" Joe Jones tracks 1-1 to 1-6, 1-7 to 2-3 drums Art Taylor tracks 4-4 to 4-9 drums Billy Higgins tracks 3-1 to 3-6 drums Ted Robinson engineer [recording] Rudy Van Gelder executive-producer Charlie Lourie liner notes Bob Blumenthal photography by Francis Wolff tracks 2-4 to 2-10 piano Chick Corea tracks 3-7 to 3-9, 4-1 to 4-3 piano Duke Pearson tracks 3-1 to 3-6, 4-4 to 4-9 piano Herbie Hancock tracks 1-7 to 2-3 piano Walter Davis Jr. tracks 1-1 to 1-6 piano Wynton Kelly producer Michael Cuscuna tracks 1-1 to 2-3, 3-1 to 4-9 producer [original] Alfred Lion tracks 2-4 to 2-10 producer [original] Duke Pearson tracks 1-7 to 2-3 tenor saxophone Charlie Rouse trumpet Donald Byrd Recorded At Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey Recorded At Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey Phonographic Copyright (p) EMI-Capitol Music Special Markets Copyright (c) Mosaic Records, L.L.C. Designed At Inkwell, Inc. Limited to 5,000 albums, hand numbered. Masters appear courtesy of Blue Note Records, a division of Capitol Records Inc,
Original release: #1-1 to 1-6: [m38988] , Blue Note BST 84007. #1-7 to 2-3: [m38858], Blue Note BST 84019. #2-4 to 2-10: [m646849] Blue Note LT-1096. #3-1 to 3-6; [m357089], Blue Note LT-991 #3-7 to 3-9, 4-1 to 4-3: [m39052] Blue Note BST 84075. #4-4 to 4-9: [m38849] Blue Note BST 84101
Recording date and location (if present): #1-1 to 1-6: Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, December 21, 1958. #1-7 to 2-3: Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, May 31, 1959. #2-4 to 2-10: Van Gelder, Englewood Cliff, October 5, 1967 #3-1 to 3-6; Van Gelder, Englewood Cliff, April 17, 1961. #3-7 to 3-9, 4-1 to 4-3: May 2, 1961. #4-4 to 4-9: September 21, 1961.