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1.Midriff (Valentine) 3:17
2.Ain't life grand (Cohn) 3:21
3.Tippin' (Byrd) 6:23
4.Pristine (John Coltrane) 5:35
5.El toro valiente (Salaam-Gambel) 2:43
6.The kiss of no return (Salaam-Gambel) 5:37
7.Late date (Liston) 3:33
8.The outer world (Cohn) 4:06


Walter Bishop (p), Wendell Marshall (b)
Donald Byrd (t), Idrees Suliesman (t), Bill Hardman (t)
Ray Copeland (t), Melba Liston (trombones),
Frank Rehak (trombones), Jimmy Cleveland (trombones)
Sahib Shibab (altos), Bill Graham (altos)
John Coltrane (ts), Al Cohn (ts), Bill Slapin (baritone)

Coltrane is on track 1, 2, 3, 4, 8

Recorded December, 1957