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tracks b4 bass Charles Mingus
tracks a1 to a3, b1 to b3 bass Paul Chambers
tracks a4, a5, b5 bass Percy Heath
tracks b4 congas [conga drum] Sabu Martinez
design [cover] John Hermansader
drums Kenny Clarke
lacquer cut by Rudy Van Gelder
liner notes Leonard Feather
photography by [photo] Francis Wolff
tracks a1 to a3, b1 to b3 piano Horace Silver
tracks a4, a5, b5 piano John Lewis
tracks b4 piano Wynton Kelly
producer Alfred Lion
tracks a1 to a3, b1 to b4 recorded by Rudy Van Gelder
remastered by Rudy Van Gelder
tracks a1 to a3, b1 to b3 tenor saxophone Hank Mobley
tracks a4, a5, b5 tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone Jimmy Heath
trombone J.J. Johnson
tracks a4, a5, b5 trumpet Clifford Brown
Recorded At WOR Studios
Recorded At Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
Record Company Blue Note Records
Pressed By Plastylite
Recorded at the WOR Studios, NYC, on June 22, 1953 (tracks A4, A5, B5), at the Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, on September 24, 1954 (tracks A1 to A3, B1 to B3) and on June 6, 1955 (track B4).

1st original mono issue has:
- deep grooved blue/white Blue Note Records labels with 767 Lexington Ave N.Y.C. addess
- flat edge vinyl with RVG etched and P (otherwise wrongly called ear) for Plastylite etched in the trail off, both sides
- 767 Lexington Ave., New York 21 address on back cover. Front cover is framed “Gakubushi”.
- blank spine on cover