art direction, design Lance Martin tracks 6 to 16 bass Chubby Jackson tracks 4, 5 bass Connie Henry tracks 1 to 3 bass Gene Ramey tracks 15, 16 bass clarinet Mickey Folus tracks 15, 16 clarinet John Laporta tracks 15, 16 clarinet Salvatore Delegge tracks 11 to 14 drums Alvin Burroughs tracks 15, 16 drums Barrett Deems tracks 1 to 10 drums Ed Shaughnessy engineer [master preparation], engineer [dubbing] Doug Pomeroy tracks 15, 16 flute Ted Wheeler tracks 11 to 14 guitar Billy Bauer tracks 15, 16 guitar George Burns tracks 1 to 5 piano Don Abney tracks 6 to 10 piano Horace Silver tracks 11 to 16 piano Ralph Burns producer, liner notes [august 2000] Ted Takashi Ono restoration [audio restoration], mastered by [cd mastering] Peter Beacock tracks 1 to 3 tenor saxophone Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis tracks 11 to 14 tenor saxophone Flip Phillips tracks 4 to 10 tenor saxophone Ray Abrams tracks 1 to 14 trombone Bill Harris tracks 11 to 14 trumpet Pete Candoli tracks 15, 16 valve trombone Bill Harris Copyright (c) Baldwin Street Music Phonographic Copyright (p) Baldwin Street Music Manufactured By David Baldwin Productions Distributed By David Baldwin Productions Recorded At Birdland Glass Mastered At Disque Americ Pressed By Disque Americ In chronological order: Recorded in Chicago on April 5, 1945 (tracks 11 to 14). Recorded in Chicago on May 16, 1946 (tracks 15, 16). Recorded at Birdland in NYC on May 17, 1952 (tracks 1 to 3). Recorded at Birdland in NYC on June 21, 1952 (tracks 4, 5). Recorded at Birdland in NYC on August 23, 1952 (tracks 6 to 10).
Available for the first time from Boris Rose's laquer master discs.
Tracks 11 to 16 are a bonus program, the Bill Harris Keynote Sessions.
The track list and durations are not accurately listed on the CD. Track 1 runs 12:17, not 12:38 as listed. Track 2 runs 5:13, not 4:42. Track 4 is Mean to Me, not Announcement as listed. Track 5 is Broadway, not Mean to Me. Track 6 is Announcement, not Broadway. Track 7 is Ow, not Announcement. Track 8 is Announcement, not Ow, and runs 1:16, not 0:53. Track 9 runs 6:43, not 7:17. Track 10 runs 6:00, not 5:45.
The heading August 23, 1952 goes above track 6, not above track 7 as listed on CD.
Track titles are mentioned by MC. Track durations occasionally taken from Windows Media Player when sufficiently different than what's listed on CD (see notes above).
Total playing time: 77 minutes
CD comes in all-clear jewel case with 8-page foldout.