Personnel includes: Count Basie (conductor, piano); Ernie Wilkins (alto & tenor saxophones); Marshall Royal (alto saxophone, clarinet); Frank Foster, Frank Wess (tenor saxophone); Charlie Fowlkes (baritone saxophone); Wendell Culley, Reunald Jones, Joe Newman, Joe Wilder, Paul Campbell, Thad Jones, Johnney Mandel (trumpet); Henderson Chambers, Henry Coker, Benny Powell, Bill Hughes (trombone); Freddie Green (guitar); Eddie Jones (bass); Gus Johnson (drums).
Producer: Norman Granz.
Reissue producer: Bryan Koniarz.
Recorded between December 12, 1953 and August 16, 1954. Originally released on Clef Records.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
