orchestra conducted by Ernie Wilkins. Personnel includes:
Nat Adderley, Clark Terry, Ernie Royal, Nick Travis, Bob Brookmeyer, Melba Liston, Jimmy Cleveland, Paul Faulise, Cannonball Adderley, George Dorsey, Jerome Richardson, Oliver Nelson, Arthur Clarke, Don Butterfield, Wynton Kelly, Sam Jones, Charlie Persip, Louis Hayes, Ray Barretto, George Matthews, Arnet Sparrow, Joe Newman, Michael Olatunji.
Arrangements: Ernie Wilkins, Bob Brookmeyer.
Producer, liner notes: Orrin Keepnews.
Album design: Ken Deardoff.
Cover photo: Hugh Bell. Back-liner photos: Steve Schapiro.
Recording engineer: Ray Fowler. Recorded at Plaza Sound Studios, NYC, Feb. 28, May 9 and 15, 1961.
A Fantasy release.
Fantasy's official catalogues listed releases with OJC catalogue numbers as being on the Original Jazz Classics label, with references to the original labels and catalogue numbers. The initial releases came with Japanese-style obi's (some of which would have been discarded), later replaced by stickers on the shrinkwrap (even more likely to be discarded), but all would have had a Fantasy, Inc. company credit on the covers and spines (Fantasy also put copyright years on the spines for all their releases, indicating year of issue or reissue; this one would be from sometime in the 80's). I would make the primary label Original Jazz Classics (which seems to have been Fantasy's intent, though they muddied the waters by using replica original labels) and second label Riverside.