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1.1	Manteca Theme Written-By – Gillespie*, Fuller*
1.2	Contraste Written-By – O'Farrill*, Gillespie*
1.3	Jungla Written-By – O'Farrill*, Gillespie*
1.4	Rhumba-Finale Written-By – O'Farrill*, Gillespie*
2	A Night In Tunisia Written-By – Gillespie*, Paparelli*
3	Con Alma Written-By – Gillespie*
4	Caravan Written-By – Ellington*, Mills*, Tizol*

Companies, etc.

• Record Company – Polydor K.K.
• Distributed By – Universal Music K.K.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Polygram Records, Inc.

Credits

• Arranged By, Conductor – Chico O'Farrill (tracks: 1)
• Bass – Robert Rodriguez*, Lewis Hackney* (tracks: 1)
• Bongos – Joe Mangual*
• Congas – Candido Camero*, Ramon Santanaria* (tracks: 1), Rafael Miranda (tracks: 2 to 4)
• Drums – Charlie Persip (tracks: 1)
• Flute – Gilberto Valdes* (tracks: 2, 3)
• Piano – Alejandro Hernandez (tracks: 2 to 4), Ray Concepcion (tracks: 1), Wade Legge (tracks: 1)
• Saxophone – Danny Bank (tracks: 1), George Dorsey (tracks: 1), Earl Mobley* (tracks: 1), Hilton Jefferson (tracks: 1)
• Soloist, Saxophone – Lucky Thompson (tracks: 1)
• Supervised By, Liner Notes – Norman Granz
• Timbales – Ubaldo Nieto
• Trombone – George Matthews (tracks: 1), J.J. Johnson (tracks: 1), Leon Comegys (tracks: 1)
• Trumpet – Dizzy Gillespie, Ernie Royal (tracks: 1), James Nottingham* (tracks: 1), Quincy Jones (tracks: 1)

Notes

Recorded at NYC, May 24, 1954 (Track 1)
Recorded at NYC, June 3, 1954 (Tracks 2 to 4)

Liner notes state that "Manteca" was originally composed by Chano Pozo and Dizzy Gillespie. Yet the credits on the LP's label mention Fuller-Gillespie as writers.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
MG N-1003	Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra	Afro ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Norgran Records	MG N-1003	US	1954
POJJ-1517	Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra	Manteca ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Verve Records	POJJ-1517	Japan	1992
517 052-2, MG N-1003	Dizzy Gillespie	Afro ‎(CD, Album, Ltd, RE, RM)	Verve Records, Norgran Records	517 052-2, MG N-1003	UK & Europe	2002
GLP 3543	Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra	Afro ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Blue Star	GLP 3543	France	Unknown
MG N-1003	Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra	Afro ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Norgran Records	MG N-1003	US	1954