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tracks 1-5 to 1-8, 3-9 to 3-10 & 3-11 to 3-14 alto saxophone Gigi Gryce
tracks 3-9 to 3-10 baritone saxophone Cecil Payne
tracks 3-5 to 3-8 & 3-11 to 3-14 baritone saxophone Danny Bank
tracks 1-9 to 1-13 & 2-1 to 2-3 bass Doug Watkins
tracks 3-9 to 3-14 bass Oscar Pettiford
tracks 1-1 to 1-8 & 3-5 to 3-8 bass Percy Heath
tracks 2-4 to 2-11 & 3-1 to 3-4 bass Teddy Kotick
tracks 1-9 to 1-13, 2-1 to 2-3 & 3-9 o 3-10 drums Art Blakey
tracks 1-1 to 1-8, 3-5 to 3-8 & 3-11 to 3-14 drums Kenny Clarke
tracks 2-4 to 2-11 & 3-1 to 3-4 drums Louis Hayes
tracks 3-11 to 3-14 french horn Gunther Schuller
tracks 3-9 to 3-10 french horn Julius Watkins
tracks 3-9 to 3-10 lead vocals Ernestine Anderson
tracks 1-1 to 3-14 piano Horace Silver
tracks 3-5 to 3-8 tenor saxophone Charlie Rouse
tracks 2-10 to 2-11 & 3-1 to 3-4 tenor saxophone Clifford Jordan
tracks 1-9 to 1-13 & 2-1 to 2-9 tenor saxophone Hank Mobley
tracks 1-1 to 1-4 tenor saxophone Sonny Rollins
tracks 3-9 to 3-10 trombone Eddie Bert
tracks 3-5 to 3-8 & 3-11 to 3-14 trombone Jimmy Cleveland
tracks 1-1 to 3-14 trumpet Art Farmer
tracks 3-9 to 3-10 & 3-11 to 3-14 tuba Bill Barber
Recording details by tracks:
1-1 to 1-4: Hackensack, New Jersey, January 20, 1954.
1-5 to 1-8: Hackensack, New Jersey, May 19, 1954.
1-9 to 1-13 & 2-1 to 2-3: Hackensack, New Jersey, March 8, 1957 (Originally issued as Hank Mobley Quintet -Blue Note BN1550-).
2-4 to 2-9: Hackensack, New Jersey, May 8, 1957 (Originally issued as The Stylings of Silver -Blue Note BLP1562-).
2-10 to 2-11 & 3-1 to 3-4: Hackensack, New Jersey, January 13, 1958 (Originally issued as Further Explorations by the Horace Silver Quintet -Blue Note BLP1589-).
3-5 to 3-8 (*): Hackensack, New Jersey, June 7, 1954.
3-9 to 3-14 (*): New York October 22, 1954.
(*) Bonus tracks
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Matrix / Runout: 132472 4569899/1-4/12/11 (CD1)
Matrix / Runout: 132473 4569899/2-4/19/11 (CD2)
Matrix / Runout: 132474 4569899/3-4/13/11 (CD3)