tracks 12 alto saxophone Benny Carter
alto saxophone Charlie Parker
tracks 3, 4 alto saxophone Harry Terrill
tracks 12 alto saxophone Johnny Hodges
tracks 3, 4 alto saxophone Murray Williams
tracks 3, 4 baritone saxophone Danny Bank
tracks 5 bass Charles Mingus
tracks 1, 3, 4, 12 bass Ray Brown
tracks 2, 6 to 11 bass Teddy Kotick
tracks 3, 4 bass trombone Bart Varsalona
tracks 5 bassoon Manny Thaler
tracks 2 bongos Jose Mangual
tracks 1 cello Maurice Brown
tracks 5 clarinet Hal McKusick
composed by Cole Porter
tracks 5 conductor, arranged by Gil Evans
tracks 1, 3, 4 conductor, arranged by Joe Lipman
design Hughesgroup
design Jeff Faville
design Tom Hughes
tracks 10, 11 drums Art Taylor
tracks 1 drums Buddy Rich
tracks 3, 4 drums Don Lamond
tracks 12 drums J.C. Heard
tracks 2, 5 drums Max Roach
tracks 6 to 9 drums Roy Haynes
tracks 5 flute Al Block
tracks 5 french horn Addison Collins
tracks 1 french horn Joseph Singer
tracks 12 guitar Barney Kessel
tracks 10, 11 guitar Billy Bauer
tracks 3, 4 guitar Freddie Green
tracks 6 to 9 guitar Jerome Darr
tracks 1 harp Verlye Mills
liner notes [original lp] Gary Giddins
tracks 1 oboe Edwin C. Brown
tracks 5 oboe Tom Mace
photography by [cover photo] Bob Parent
tracks 1 piano Bernie Leighton
tracks 3, 4, 12 piano Oscar Peterson
tracks 5 piano Tony Aless
tracks 2, 6 to 11 piano Walter Bishop, Jr.
producer [original sessions] Norman Granz
reissue producer [prepared for compact disc] Paul Ramey
reissue producer [prepared for compact disc] Richard Seidel
remastered by [digitally] Andrew Nicholas
remastered by [digitally] Dennis Drake
tracks 12 tenor saxophone Ben Webster
tracks 3, 4, 12 tenor saxophone Flip Phillips
tracks 3, 4 tenor saxophone Hank Ross
tracks 3, 4 trombone Bill Harris
tracks 3, 4 trombone Lou McGarity
tracks 3, 4 trumpet Al Porcino
tracks 3, 4 trumpet Bernie Privin
tracks 3, 4 trumpet Carl Pool
tracks 12 trumpet Charlie Shavers
tracks 3, 4 trumpet Jimmy Maxwell
tracks 1 viola Howard Kay
tracks 1 viola Isadore Zir
tracks 1 violin Harry Melnikoff
tracks 1 violin Sam Caplan
tracks 1 violin Sam Rand
tracks 1 violin Zelly Smirnoff
tracks 5 vocals Dave Lambert Singers
Phonographic Copyright (p) PolyGram Records, Inc.
Copyright (c) PolyGram Records, Inc.
Published By Warner Bros.
Published By Chappell & Co.
Remastered At PolyGram Tape Facility
Made By Universal M & L, UK
Track 1: Recorded at Reeves Sound Studio, New York, July 5, 1950.
Track 2: Recorded at New York, January 23, 1952.
Track 3-4: Recorded at 1rst Avenue & East 44th Street, New York, March 25, 1952.
Track 5: Recorded at Fulton Recording Studios, New York, May 25, 1953.
Track 6-9: Recorded at Fine Sound Studios, New York, March 31, 1954.
Track 10-11: Recorded at Fine Sound Studios, New York, December 10, 1954.
Track 12: Recorded at Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA, July 1952.

Track 12: CD Bonus Track.

Digitally remastered, Polygram Tape Facility USA.
Barcode: 0 42282 32502 0 (Text)
Rights Society: BIEM MCPS (Boxed)
Label Code: LC 0383
Price Code: POL 899
SPARS Code: ADD
Pressing Plant ID: MADE IN THE UK BY UNIVERSAL M & L (Inner ring)
Matrix / Runout: 8232502 01 6 (Variant 1, 2, 3)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L136 (Variant 1, 2, 3)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 04H6 (Variant 1)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 04C9 (Variant 2)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 04H2 (Variant 3)