alto saxophone Charlie Parker
tracks 4-7 to 4-9, 4-12, 4-13 alto saxophone Fred Skerritt
tracks 4-7 to 4-9, 4-12, 4-13 alto saxophone Gene Johnson
tracks 1-7 alto saxophone Murray Williams
tracks 1-8 to 1-11 alto saxophone Sonny Criss
tracks 1-7 alto saxophone Sonny Salad
tracks 1-7 arranged by, conductor Neal Hefti
artwork Canó
tracks 4-7 to 4-9, 4-12, 4-13 baritone saxophone Leslie Johnakins
tracks 1-7 baritone saxophone Manny Albam
tracks 1-1 to 1-5 bass Al McKibbon
tracks 4-12, 4-13 bass Bobby Rodriguez
tracks 4-7 to 4-9 bass Bobby Rodriguez
tracks 1-7 bass Curly Russell
tracks 4-10, 4-11 bass Eddie Safranski
tracks 4-4 to 4-6 bass Percy Heath
tracks 1-6, 1-8 to 2-8, 4-14 bass Ray Brown
tracks 3-1 to 3-10 bass Tommy Potter
tracks 3-11 to 4-3 bass Walter Yost
tracks 1-7 bass trombone Bart Varsalona
tracks 4-7 to 4-9, 4-12, 4-13 bongos Jose Mangual
tracks 3-1 to 3-5 cello Bill Bundy
tracks 1-7 cello Joe Benaventi
tracks 1-7 clarinet John LaPorta
tracks 3-11 to 3-16 congas Candido
tracks 4-7 to 4-9, 4-12, 4-13 congas Luis Miranda
tracks 2-1 to 2-8, 4-10, 4-11, 4-14 drums Buddy Rich
tracks 1-1 to 1-5 drums Joe Harris
tracks 4-4 to 4-6 drums Kenny Clarke
tracks 3-1 to 4-3 drums Roy Haynes
tracks 1-6 to 1-11 drums Shelly Manne
tracks 1-7 french horn Vincent Jacobs
tracks 3-1 to 3-5 harp Wallace McManus
liner notes Charles Boldt
tracks 3-11 to 4-6 mc Bob Garrity
tracks 1-8 to 1-11 mc Norman Granz
tracks 3-1 to 3-5 mc Symphony Sid
tracks 4-7 to 4-9, 4-12, 4-13 maracas Frank "Machito" Grillo
tracks 3-1 to 3-5 oboe Tom Mace
tracks 3-11 to 3-16 oboe Unknown Artist
tracks 1-7 percussion Diego Iborra
photography by Anonymous
tracks 3-1 to 3-10 piano Al Haig
tracks 4-14 piano Bernie Leighton
tracks 1-6, 2-1 to 2-8, 4-10, 4-11 piano Hank Jones
tracks 1-1 to 1-5, 4-4 to 4-6 piano John Lewis
tracks 4-7 to 4-9, 4-12, 4-13 piano Rene Hernandez
tracks 1-7 piano Tony Aless
tracks 3-11 to 4-3 piano Walter Bishop, Jr.
tracks 3-11 to 3-16 strings Unknown Artist
tracks 4-10, 4-11 tenor saxophone Coleman Hawkins
tracks 1-7 to 2-8 tenor saxophone Flip Phillips
tracks 4-12, 4-13 tenor saxophone Frank Socolow
tracks 4-12, 4-13 tenor saxophone José “Pin” Madera
tracks 4-7 to 4-9 tenor saxophone José “Pin” Madera
tracks 2-1 to 2-8 tenor saxophone Lester Young
tracks 1-7 tenor saxophone Pete Mondello
tracks 4-7 to 4-9, 4-12, 4-13 timbales Ubaldo Nieto
tracks 1-7 trombone Bill Harris
tracks 1-8 to 2-8 trombone Tommy Turk
tracks 1-7 trumpet Al Porcino
tracks 4-12, 4-13 trumpet Bobby Woodlen
tracks 4-7 to 4-9 trumpet Bobby Woodlen
tracks 1-1 to 1-5, 4-1 to 4-3 trumpet Dizzy Gillespie
tracks 1-7 trumpet Doug Mettome
tracks 1-8 to 1-11 trumpet Fats Navarro
tracks 4-7 to 4-9, 4-12, 4-13 trumpet Frank Davilla
tracks 4-12, 4-13 trumpet Howard McGhee
tracks 4-12, 4-13 trumpet Mario Bauzá
tracks 4-7 to 4-9 trumpet Mario Bauzá
tracks 1-7 trumpet Ray Wetzel
tracks 3-1 to 3-5 trumpet Red Rodney
tracks 2-1 to 2-8, 4-10, 4-11 trumpet Roy Eldridge
tracks 3-1 to 3-5 viola Dave Uchitel
tracks 1-7 viola Fred Ruzilla
tracks 1-7 viola Nat Nathanson
tracks 1-7 violin Harry Katzman
tracks 1-7 violin Manny Fidler
tracks 1-7 violin Sam Caplan
tracks 3-1 to 3-5 violin Sam Caplan
tracks 1-7 violin Sid Harris
tracks 3-1 to 3-5 violin Stan Karpenia
tracks 3-1 to 3-16 violin Ted Blume
tracks 1-7 violin Zelly Smirnoff
tracks 1-7 violin, concertmaster Gene Orloff
tracks 2-6 to 2-8 vocals Ella Fitzgerald
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Recorded At Carnegie Hall
Recorded At Renaissance Ballroom
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Tracks 4-7, 4-8 and 4-9: previously unissued.
Tracks 4-12 to 4-14: Bonus tracks.

All tracks recorded at Carnegie Hall, New York.
Disc 1, 1 to 5: September 29, 1947
Disc 1, 6: December 1947. Recorded in studio conditions with no audience present.
Disc 1, 7: December 1947. Recorded in studio conditions with no audience present.
Disc 1, 8 to 11: February 11, 1949.
Disc 2: September 17 & 18, 1949 (The concert began in the night of Saturday 17 and ended in the early hours of Sunday 18).
Disc 3, 1 to 5: December 24, 1949.
Disc 3, 6 to 10: September 16 & 17, 1950 (The concert began in the night of Saturday 16 and ended in the early hours of Sunday 17).
Disc 3, 11 to 13: WNBC Radio Broadcast, 8:30 p.m. (First concert) Broadcast, November 14, 1952.
Disc 3, 14 to 16: Midnight (Second concert). November 15, 1952.
Disc 4, 1 to 3: Midnight (Second concert). November 15, 1952.
Disc 4, 4 to 6: September 25, 1954.
Disc 4, 7 to 9: February 11, 1949 (same concert as Disc 1, tracks 8 to 11)
Disc 4, 10 to 11: Summer (probably June 19), 1949 (acetate taken from a radio broadcast).

Bonus tracks:
Disc 4, 12 to 13: The Renaissance Ballroom, New York, May 19, 1950.
Disc 4, 14: Unknown club, New York, July, 1950.
Barcode: 8 436006 493751 (Text)
Barcode: 8436006493751
Other: 310-2007 (D.L. AND.)
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