alto saxophone [as] Johnny Hodges
art direction [facsimile of original-lp back cover] Sheldon Marks
art direction [reissue: series art directed by] Hat Nguyen
art direction [reissue: series art directed by] Patricia Lie
tracks 1, 2, 4 bass [b] Al Hall
tracks 3, 5 to 9 bass [b] Wendell Marshall
coordinator [reissue: production coordinated by] Bryan Koniarz
design [reissue: designed by] Chika Azuma
drums [d] Jo Jones
edited by [reissue: notes edited by] Peter Keepnews
executive-producer [reissue] Richard Seidel
tracks 4 flute [fl] Les Spann
tracks 1, 2 guitar [g] Les Spann
liner notes [booklet: reissuing side by side] Alun Morgan
liner notes [original liner notes] Nat Hentoff
mastered by [reissue] Kevin Reeves
photography by [booklet; front cover, pg 7] Paul Hoeffler
photography by [digipak interior panel] Jan Persson
photography by [original-lp cover photographs by], photography by [booklet pp 2-3, 6, 9] Burt Goldblatt
tracks 3, 5 to 9 piano [p] Billy Strayhorn
tracks 1, 2, 4 piano [p] Duke Ellington
producer [original recordings produced by] Norman Granz
producer [reissue: production assistance by] Carlos Kase
producer [reissue: production assistance by] Tom Greenwood
production manager [reissue: print production managed by] Suzanne White
research [reissue: photograph research by] Cynthia Sesso
supervised by [reissue], research [reissue: researched by], restoration [reissue: restored by] Ben Young
tracks 3, 5 to 9 tenor saxophone [ts] Ben Webster
tracks 3, 5, 7 to 9 trombone [trmb] Lawrence Brown
tracks 1, 2, 4 trumpet [tpt] Harry Edison
tracks 3, 5 to 9 trumpet [tpt] Roy Eldridge
Phonographic Copyright (p) PolyGram Records, Inc.
Copyright (c) PolyGram Records, Inc.
Copyright (c) Burt Goldblatt & Katherine Holzman Goldblatt
Copyright (c) Paul Hoeffler
Copyright (c) Jan Persson (4)
Recorded At Columbia Studios
Recorded At Nola Recording Studios
Mastered At PolyGram Studios
Comes in a tri-fold digipak with a pocket for the 14-page booklet of credits, liner notes, original cover art and images. There are facsimiles of the original-LP back cover on an internal panel of the digipak and in the booklet.

[Back cover and CD face]
℗ 1959 PolyGram Records, Inc.
© 1999 PolyGram Records, Inc.

[Back cover]
Total playing time 45:31
High-resolution, 96kHz, 24-bit digital transfer

[Booklet pg 3]
Mstr. No, & Take
1 <> 22737-2
2 <> 22735-9
3 <> 25002-1
4 <> 22738-11
5 <> 25000-9
6 <> 25001-7
7 <> 25003-3
8 <> 25004-5
9 <> 25005-6
1, 2, and 4 <> Recorded February 20, 1959 at Columbia Studios, New York City
3 and 5-9 <> Recorded August 14, 1958 Nola Studios, New York City
Original-LP issue: Side by Side Verve MGVS-6109
Tracks are in their original-LP sequence. Within each session master numbers show the order in which they were recorded.

[Booklet pg 9]
All photographs in this booklet are © 1999 Burt and Katherine Holzman Goldblatt, Paul J. Hoeffler, or Jan Persson

[Booklet, back page]
© 1999 PolyGram Records, Inc.

[Facsimile of the original-LP back cover]
Printed in U.S.A.
Barcode: 7 31452 14052 4 (Text)
Barcode: 731452140524 (Scanned, UPC-A)
Label Code: LC 0383
Price Code: PY 900 (Boxed separately)
Rights Society: BIEM MCPS (Boxed separately)
Other: MG VS - 6109 (Facsimiles of front cover, original catalog number)
Other: MGVS-6109 (Original catalog number, CD face)
Other: 30,228 (Original side A matrix, CD face, in parentheses)
Matrix / Runout: 521 405-2 01 # (Variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: MADE IN GERMANY A (Variant 1 inner hub)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L008 (Variant 1)
Mould SID Code: none (Variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: 521 405-2 01 # (Variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: D (Variant 2 inner hub)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L008 (Variant 2)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 0115 (Variant 2)