alto saxophone Marshall Royal
alto saxophone, flute Frank Wess
art direction Gordon H Jee
baritone saxophone Charlie Fowlkes
tracks 1 to 3, 5 to 13 bass Eddie Jones
tracks 1 to 6, 10 bass clarinet Charlie Fowlkes
tracks 1 to 3, 5, 10 clarinet Billy Mitchell
tracks 1 to 6, 10 clarinet Marshall Royal
compilation producer Scott Wenzel
design Watts Design?
tracks 1 to 3, 5 to 13 drums Sonny Payne
engineer [recording] Bob Arnold
tracks 1 to 3, 5, 10 flute Charlie Fowlkes
guitar Freddie Green
mastered by Odea Murphy
mixed by [remixed] Malcolm Addey
piano Count Basie
producer Tom Vasatka
producer [original sessions] Teddy Reig
tracks 1 to 3, 5 to 8, 10, 12 tenor saxophone Billy Mitchell
tracks 9, 11, 13 tenor saxophone Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
tenor saxophone Frank Foster
tracks 1 to 6, 10 tenor saxophone Frank Wess
tracks 1 to 3, 5 to 13 trombone Al Grey
trombone Benny Powell
trombone Henry Coker
tracks 1 to 3, 5 to 13 trumpet Joe Newman
tracks 1 to 3, 5 to 13 trumpet Snooky Young
tracks 1 to 3, 5, 6, 10 trumpet Sonny Cohn
trumpet Thad Jones
tracks 7 to 9, 11 to 13 trumpet Wendell Culley
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Copyright (c) Capitol Records, Inc.
Manufactured By Capitol Records, Inc.
Recorded At Capitol Studios, New York City
Soloists (As ordered on the release):
Track 1: Thad Jones (Trumpet), Frank Foster (Tenor Saxophone).
Track 2: Count Basie (Piano), Frank Wess (Alto Saxophone), Frank Foster (Tenor Saxophone), Joe Newman (Muted & Open Trumpet).
Track 3: Benny Powell (Trombone), Billy Mitchell (Tenor Saxophone).
Track 4: Eric Dixon (Tenor Saxophone).
Track 5: Marshall Royal (Alto Sax), Count Basie (Piano), Henry Coker (Trombone), Frank Foster (Tenor Saxophone), Thad Jones (Trumpet), Billy Mitchell (Tenor Saxophone).
Track 6: Frank Wess (Alto Saxophone), Billy Mitchell (Tenor Saxophone), Joe Newman (Trumpet), Frank Foster (Tenor Saxophone), Henry Coker (Trombone).
Track 7: Frank Wess (Tenor Saxophone), Joe Newman (Trumpet),
Track 8: Marshall Royal (Alto Saxophone).
Track 10: Frank Wess (Alto Saxophone), Frank Foster (Tenor Saxophone), Thad Jones (Trumpet).
Track 11: Count Basie (Piano), Eddie Lockjaw Davis (Tenor Saxophone).
Track 12: Frank Foster (Tenor Saxophone), Joe Newman (Trumpet).
Track 13: Wendell Culley (Trumpet).

Recorded at Capitol Studios, New York City from 1957-62.
Tracks 1 & 5 recorded on June 7, 1960
Track 2 recorded on June 16, 1960
Track 3 recorded on April 29, 1958
Track 4 recorded on July 3, 1962
Track 6 recorded on June 22, 1960
Track 7 recorded on April 28, 1958
Track 8 recorded on December 19, 1958
Tracks 9 & 13 recorded on October 21, 1957
Track 10 recorded on July 12, 1960
Track 11 recorded on October 22, 1957
Track 12 recorded on December 16, 1959

Remixed from the original three-track masters in 1993. Mastered using 20-bit Super Bit Mapping.

℗ & © 1999 Capitol Records, Inc. Manufactured by Capitol Records, Inc. Made/Printed in USA.

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