tracks 21 to 24 bass Earl May
tracks 7 to 20 bass Eugene Wright
tracks 1 to 6 bass Tommy Potter
tracks 1 to 5, 15 to 18 drums Art Blakey
tracks 6 drums Jo Jones
tracks 21 to 24 drums Teddy Stewart
tracks 7 to 14 drums Wes Landers
mastered by Joe Tarantino
tracks 19, 20 piano Charles Bateman
tracks 21 to 24 piano Clarence Anderson
tracks 6 to 10 piano Duke Jordan
tracks 11 to 18 piano Junior Mance
tracks 1 to 5 piano Kenny Drew
supervised by Bob Weinstock
tracks 6, 11 to 14, 19, 20 tenor saxophone Gene Ammons
tenor saxophone Sonny Stitt
tracks 19, 20 trombone Alfred "Chippy" Outcalt
tracks 6 trombone Eph Greenlea
tracks 11 to 14 trombone Matthew Gee
tracks 6, 11 to 14, 19, 20 trumpet Bill Massey
tracks 11, 19, 20 vocals Larry Townsend
All selections recorded in New York City
tracks 1 to 5 February 17, 1950; 6 March 5 1950; 7 to 10 June 28, 1950; 11 to 14 October 8, 1950; 15 to 18 December 15, 1950; 19, 20 January 31, 1951; 21 to 24 August 14, 1951
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