tracks 1, 4, 5 alto saxophone Harry Klee tracks 2, 3, 6 to 16 alto saxophone Joe Maini tracks 8 to 16 alto saxophone, flute Bud Shank tracks 1 to 15, 17 arranged by Gerald Wilson tracks 2, 3, 6 to 12 baritone saxophone Don Raffell tracks 1, 4, 5, 13 to 16 baritone saxophone Jack Nimitz tracks 1 to 16 bass Jimmy Bond tracks 8 to 12 bass trombone Bobby Knight tracks 1 to 7, 13 to 16 bass trombone Kenny Schroyer tracks 1 to 7 clarinet, flute, alto saxophone Buddy Collette conductor, interviewee [2004] Gerald Wilson tracks 8, 14 congas [conga] Modesto Duran design caTHedral tracks 1 to 16 drums Mel Lewis tracks 2, 3, 6, 7 guitar Gene Edwards tracks 8 to 16 guitar Joe Pass liner notes Don DeMicheal liner notes John William Hardy liner notes Joseph Jesk liner notes Pete Welding tracks 1 to 7 organ Richard "Groove" Holmes tracks 8 to 16 piano Jack Wilson producer [original sessions] Richard Bock tracks 1, 4, 5, 8 to 16 tenor saxophone Harold Land tracks 1 to 16 tenor saxophone Teddy Edwards tracks 2, 3, 6, 7 tenor saxophone Walter Benton tracks 1 to 16 trombone Bob Edmondson tracks 2, 3, 6 to 12 trombone Frank Strong tracks 1 to 7 trombone John Ewing tracks 1, 4, 5, 13 to 16 trombone Lester Robertson tracks 8 to 16 trombone Lou Blackburn tracks 2, 3, 6, 7, 13 to 16 trumpet Al Porcino tracks 1 to 16 trumpet Carmell Jones tracks 8 to 16 trumpet Freddie Hill tracks 2, 3, 6, 7 trumpet Jack Trainor tracks 1, 4, 5 trumpet James Zito tracks 1 to 16 trumpet John Audino tracks 8 to 16 trumpet Jules Chaikin tracks 1, 4, 5 trumpet Ray Triscari tracks 1 to 5, 8 to 12, 14, 15, 17 written-by Gerald Wilson Phonographic Copyright (p) American Jazz Classics Copyright (c) American Jazz Classics Pressed By www.mpo.es Tracks 1 to 7: You Better Believe It! - Recorded Los Angeles, September 9 & 30, 1961 Tracks 8 to 16: Moment Of Truth - Recorded Los Angeles, August 27 and early September 1962 Track 17: Bonus track, recorded live in Los Angeles, February 8, 1954
16-page booklet includes 2004 Gerald Wilson interview, 2013 Joseph Jesk liner notes, original John Williams Hardy liner notes as well as the complete original Down Beat reviews by Don DeMicheal and Pete Welding.