alto saxophone Johnny Hodges
tracks h3 to i2, k1 to l2 baritone saxophone Harry Carney
tracks a1 to a4 bass Al McKibbon
tracks c5 to d2, e5 to e8 bass Barney Richmond
tracks k1 to l2 bass Jimmy Woode
tracks g3 to j3 bass Johnny Williams
tracks a5 to c4, f4 to g2 bass Lloyd Trotman
tracks f1 to f3 bass Ray Brown
tracks d3 to e4 bass Red Callender
design Richard Mantel
tracks e5 to e8 drums Al Walker
tracks d3 to e4, f1 to f3 drums J.C. Heard
tracks b5 to d2 drums Joe Marshall
tracks g3 to j3 drums Louis Bellson
tracks f4 to g2 drums Osie Johnson
tracks a1 to b4, k1 to l2 drums Sonny Greer
executive-producer Charlie Lourie
liner notes Stanley Dance
mastered by Rudy Van Gelder
tracks a4, b2, b3, k1 to l2 piano Billy Strayhorn
tracks g3 to h2, i2 piano Call Cobbs
tracks a1 to b1, b4 to e4, f1 to g2, i3 to j3 piano Leroy Lovett
tracks h3 piano Richie Powell
tracks e5 to e8 piano Teddy Brannon
producer [for release] Michael Cuscuna
producer [original] Norman Granz
tracks a1 to d2 tenor saxophone Al Sears
tracks f1 to f3, i3 to j3 tenor saxophone Arthur Clarke
tracks e1 to e8, f4 to g2 tenor saxophone Ben Webster
tracks d3 to d6 tenor saxophone Flip Phillips
tracks g5, h3, i1 tenor saxophone John Coltrane
tracks e5 to e8 tenor saxophone Rudy Williams
tracks h1 to i1, k1 to l2 tenor saxophone, clarinet Jimmy Hamilton
tracks a1 to l2 trombone Lawrence Brown
tracks k1 to l2 trumpet Clark Terry
tracks a5 to g2 trumpet Emmett Berry
tracks g3 to j3 trumpet Harold Baker
tracks a1 to a4 trumpet Nelson Williams
tracks d3, e2 vocals Al Hibbler
Recorded At Fulton Studios, NYC
Recorded At Fine Sound
Recorded At Radio Recorders
Licensed From PolyGram Inc.
Copyright (c) Mosaic Records, Inc.
© 1989 Mosaic Records, Inc.

LP-Size black & white 16 pages booklet with track list, recording details, English text and many photos.
Limited edition of 7'500 albums, hand numbered.

# H3: Ballad Medley / All Of Me:
- Autumn In New York (soloist R. Powell).
- Sweet Lorraine (J. Hodges).
- Time On My Hands (H. Baker).
- Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (H. Carney).
- If You Were Mine (J. Hamilton).
- Poor Butterfly (L. Brown).
- All Of Me (J. Hodges).
# L1: Ballad Medley;
- Whispering (H. Carney).
- Tenderly (C. Terry).
- Don't Take Your Love From Me (J. Hamilton).
- Prelude To A Kiss (B. Strayhorn).
- But Not For Me (L. Brown).
- Polka Dots And Moonbeam (J. Woode).
- Passion Floer (J. Hodges).
(this details are not in the tracklist but is shown in the session informations).


SESSIONS DATE AND LOCATION:
# A1 to A4: NYC, January 15, 1951.
# A5 to A9: NYC, February 28, 1951.
# B1 to B4: NYC, March 3, 1951.
# B5 to B8: NYC, January 13, 1952.
# C1 to C4: NYC, January 17, 1952.
# C5 to D2: San Francisco, March 25, 1952.
# D3 to D6: San Francisco, July 17, 1952.
# E1 to E4: LA, July 22, 1952.
# E5 to E8: NYC, December 11, 1952.
# F1 to F3: Fulton Studios, NYC, September 17, 1953.
# F4 to G2: Fine Sound, NYC, April 9, 1954.
# G3 to G5: Radio Recorders, LA, July 2, 1954.
# H1 to I2: Radio Recorders, LA, August 5, 1954.
# I3 to J3: Fine Sound, NYC, January 7, 1955.
# K1 to L2: Fine Sound, NYC, September 8, 1955.
Matrix / Runout: MR6.126.I-1 26851(3)... MCR GE (Side A runout)
Matrix / Runout: MR6.126-II-1 26852(3)... MCR GE (Side B runout)
Matrix / Runout: MR6.126.III-1 MCR GE 26853(3)... (Side C runout)
Matrix / Runout: MR6.126-IV-1 MCR GE 26854(3)... (Side D runout)
Matrix / Runout: MR6-126-V MCR GE 26808(3)... (Side E runout)
Matrix / Runout: MR6-126-VI MCR GE 26809(3)... (Side F runout)
Matrix / Runout: MR6-126-VII 26810(3)... MCR.RICK (Side G runout)
Matrix / Runout: MR6-126-VIII 26811(3)... MCR.RICK (Side H runout)
Matrix / Runout: MR6-126-IX M̶R̶6̶-̶1̶2̶6̶-̶I̶X̶ 26812(3)... MCR.RICK (Side I runout)
Matrix / Runout: MR6-126-X 26813(3)... MCR.RICK (Side J runout)
Matrix / Runout: MR6-126-XI 26814(3)... MCR.RICK (Side K runout)
Matrix / Runout: MR6-126-XII 26815(3)... MCR.RICK (Side L runout)