tracks a1 to a4 alto saxophone Andrew "Goon" Gardner
tracks c1 to d2 alto saxophone Christopher Johnson
tracks b2, b3 alto saxophone Curby Alexander
tracks c5 to d6 alto saxophone Edmund Gregory
tracks a1 to b3, d3 to d6 alto saxophone Joe Eldridge
tracks b4, b5 alto saxophone Mike Doty
tracks c1 to c4 alto saxophone Porter Kilbert
tracks b4, b5 alto saxophone Ray Ekstrand
tracks a5, a6, b1 alto saxophone Sam Lee
tracks c1 to d2 baritone saxophone Albert B. Townsend
tracks d3 to d6 baritone saxophone Cecil Payne
tracks a5 to b3 baritone saxophone Dave McRae
tracks b4, b5 baritone saxophone Ernie Caceres
tracks b2, b3 bass Billy Taylor Sr.
tracks d3 to d6 bass Carl Pruitt
tracks a5, a6, b1 bass Carl Wilson
tracks c5 to d2 bass Louis Carrington
tracks c1 to c4 bass Rodney Richardson
tracks a1 to a4, b4, b5 bass Ted Sturgis
compiled by [collator] Robert Hertwig
tracks b2 to b5 drums Cozy Cole
tracks c5 to d2 drums Earl Phillips
tracks a1 to a4 drums Harold "Doc" West
tracks d3 to d6 drums Lee Abrams
tracks a5, a6, b1 drums Les Erskine
tracks c1 to c4 drums Melvin Saunders
tracks c1 to c4 guitar Lucius Fowler
tracks b4, b5 guitar Mike Bryan
tracks b2, b3, c5 to d2 guitar Snags Allen
liner notes [english translation] Chris J. Evans
liner notes [german] Milton Zweig
tracks c1 to d2 piano Buster Harding
tracks b4, b5 piano Dave Bowman
tracks d3 to d6 piano Duke Jordan
tracks a1 to a4 piano Rozelle Gayle
tracks a5, a6, b1 piano Sam Allen
tracks b2, b3 piano Teddy Brannon
tracks a5, a6, b1 piano Tony D'Amore
tracks c5 to d2 tenor saxophone Albert Green
tracks c1 to c4 tenor saxophone Charles Bowen
tracks b4, b5 tenor saxophone Don Purvance
tracks a5 to b3 tenor saxophone Franz Jackson
tracks c1 to c4 tenor saxophone George Lawson
tracks a5 to b3 tenor saxophone Hal Singer
tracks b4, b5 tenor saxophone Hank Ross
tracks d3 ro d6 tenor saxophone Harold Webster
tracks a1 to a4 tenor saxophone Ike Quebec
tracks a1 to a4, c5 to d2 tenor saxophone Tom Archia
tracks d3 ro d6 tenor saxophone Walt Lockhart
tracks c1 to d2 trombone Al Riding
tracks d3 to d6 trombone Charles Greenlee
tracks b4, b5 trombone Fred Ohms
tracks d3 to d6 trombone Fred Robinson
tracks c1 to d6 trombone George Robinson
tracks b2, b3 trombone George Stevenson
tracks a5, a6, b1 trombone George Wilson
tracks b4, b5 trombone Hal Matthews
tracks c1 to c4 trombone John McConnell
tracks c5 to d2 trombone Nat Atkins
tracks d3 to d6 trombone Richard Dunlap
tracks c1 to d2 trombone Sandy Watson
tracks a5 to b3 trombone Sandy Williams
tracks a5, a6, b1 trombone Ted Kelly
tracks b2, b3 trombone Vic Dickenson
tracks b4, b5 trombone Ward Silloway
tracks b2, b3 trombone Wilbur De Paris
tracks b4, b5 trombone Will Bradley
tracks b4, b5 trumpet Andy Ferretti
tracks b4, b5 trumpet Bill Graham
tracks a5, a6, b1 trumpet Clarence Wheeler
tracks d3 to d6 trumpet Dave Page
tracks c1 to d2 trumpet Elmon Wright
tracks c4 to c4 trumpet Elton Hill
tracks a5, a6, b1 trumpet Gus Aiken
tracks c1 to d2 trumpet Henry Clay
tracks c5 to d2 trumpet James Thomas
tracks b4, b5 trumpet Jimmy Maxwell
tracks a5, a6, b1 trumpet John Hamilton
tracks d3 to d6 trumpet Marion "Boonie" Hazel
tracks b2, b3 trumpet Paul Cohen
tracks b2, b3 trumpet Pinky Savitt
tracks a5 to b3 trumpet Robert "Cookie" Mason
trumpet Roy Eldridge
tracks b2, b3 trumpet Sidney De Paris
tracks d3 to d6 trumpet Sylvester Lewis
tracks c1 to d6 trumpet Thomas Grider
tracks b4, b5 trumpet Yank Lawson
Licensed From MCA Records, Inc.
Manufactured By TELDEC »Telefunken-Decca« Schallplatten GmbH
A1 - A4 recorded November 16, 1943, Chicago
A5 - B1 recorded June 26, 1944, New York
B2 - B3 recorded October 13, 1944, New York
B4 - B5 recorded March 5, 1945, New York
C1 - C4 recorded January 31, 1946, New York
C5 - D2 recorded May 7, 1946, New York
D3 - D6 recorded September 24, 1946, New York

Laminated fold-out sleeve.
Rights Society: GEMA
Matrix / Runout: 6855-A (Side A)
Matrix / Runout: 6855-B (Side B)
Matrix / Runout: 6855-C (Side C)
Matrix / Runout: 6855-D (Side D)