tracks d1 to d3 alto saxophone John LaPorta
tracks a1 to a3 alto saxophone Sonny Stitt
art direction Lisa Wolf
tracks a1 to a3 bass Al Hall
tracks c1 to c8 bass Curly Russell
tracks a4 to a8 bass John Levy
tracks b5 to b8 bass Thomas Mandrus
tracks d1 to d3 bass Wendell Marshall
tracks b1 to b4 bass, vocals Chocolate Williams
tracks b5 to b8 drums Joe Wallace
tracks a1 to a3, d1 to d3 drums Kenny Clarke
tracks c1 to c8 drums Max Roach
tracks b1 to b4 drums Shadow Wilson
tracks a1 drums Wallace Bishop
engineer [dubbing and assembly] Malcolm Addey
executive-producer Steve Backer
tracks a4 to a8 guitar Billy Bauer
tracks b1 to b4 guitar Danny Parker
illustration Ivan Chermayeff
tracks a1 to a3 piano Bud Powell
tracks b5 to b8 piano Dodo Marmarosa
tracks c1 to c8 piano George Wallington
tracks b1 to b4 piano Herbie Nichols
tracks d1 to d3 piano Horace Silver
tracks a4 to a8 piano Lennie Tristano
producer [original sessions] Gil Fuller
producer [original sessions] Gus P. Statiras
producer [original sessions] Ozzie Cadena
producer [original sessions] Ralph Bass
producer [original sessions] Sam Meltzer
reissue producer Bob Porter
transferred by, mastered by Rudy Van Gelder
tracks d1 to d3 trumpet Donald Byrd
tracks a1 to a3 trumpet Kenny Dorham
Phonographic Copyright (p) Arista Records, Inc.
Copyright (c) Arista Records, Inc.
Recorded in New York, August 23, 1946 (A1 to A3), October 23, 1947 (A4 to A8), November 21, 1951 (C1 to C8), March 6, 1952 (B1 to B4)
Recorded in Pittsburgh, July 21, 1950 (B5 to B8)
Recorded in Hackensack, January 30, 1956 (D1 to D3)