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alto saxophone Harry Carney
alto saxophone Otto Hardwick
baritone saxophone Harry Carney
bass Billy Taylor Sr.
tracks a1 to b2 bass Hayes Alvis
clarinet Harry Carney
compiled by [selected by], sleeve notes [annotated by] Gunther Schuller
cornet Rex Stewart
design [album design] Janet Stratton
drums Sonny Greer
engineer [master tapes prepared by] Jerry Valburn
tracks a1 to a3, a7 to d8 guitar Fred Guy
performer Duke Ellington And His Orchestra
photography by [front cover photograph] Gjon Mili
piano Duke Ellington
research [discographical research] Dan Morgenstern
sleeve notes Martin Williams
tracks b6 tom tom Duke Ellington
trombone Joe Nanton
trombone Lawrence Brown
trumpet Cootie Williams
trumpet Harold Baker
trumpet Wallace Jones
tracks a4 to d8 valve trombone Juan Tizol
tracks a7, b3 to b7 vocals Ivie Anderson
tracks c2 to c4 vocals Scat Powell
Record Company Brunswick Records (2)
Phonographic Copyright (p) Smithsonian Institution
Copyright (c) Smithsonian Institution
Phonographic Copyright (p) CBS Inc.
Copyright (c) CBS Inc.
Manufactured By CBS Records
Manufactured By CBS Inc.
Pressed By Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
Tip-on gatefold cover.

All selections recorded by Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra in New York City for Brunswick Records.

A5, A7, B1, C1, to C5, C7, D1, D3: Selections not previously on LP in the U.S.
B5, B6, D6: Takes not previously on LP in the U.S.

The programming of this set was later replicated on CBS's Braggin' In Brass: The Immortal 1938 Year
Matrix / Runout: AM 13368-1A (Side A - stamped)
Matrix / Runout: BM 13368-1A (Side B - stamped)
Matrix / Runout: AM 13369-1A Λ> (Side C - stamped)
Matrix / Runout: BM 13369-1A B (Side D - stamped)
Matrix / Runout: T1 (Sides A/B/C/D - etched)