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Tracklist

1	The Sword Of Orion	4:34
2	Jubelo	6:38
3	Blue Mist	6:53
4	Fantasia	7:35
5	Horn Of Plenty	5:09
6	Ballade	3:30

Companies, etc.

• Record Company – PolyGram Records, Inc.
• Copyright (c) – PolyGram Records, Inc.
• Recorded At – Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
• Mastered At – PolyGram Studios

Credits

• Art Direction – Patricia Lie, Sung Lee
• Bass – George Duvivier
• Bass Trombone – Paul Faulise, Dick Hixson*
• Composed By, Arranged By – J.J. Johnson
• Conductor – Gunther Schuller
• Design [Design Coordinated By] – Nichell Delvaille
• Design [Designed By] – Lili Picou
• Drums – Charlie Persip
• Engineer [Original Recording] – Rudy Van Gelder
• Executive-Producer – Richard Seidel
• French Horn – Jim Buffington, John Barrows, Paul Ingraham, Robert Northern
• Harp – Gloria Agostini, Laura Newell
• Liner Notes [June 1961] – Dom Cerulli, Gunther Schuller
• Liner Notes [March 1997] – Bill Kirchner
• Liner Notes [Notes Edited By] – Peter Pullman
• Mastered By – Chris Herles
• Percussion – Michael Colgrass
• Photography By – Carole Reiff*, Jan Persson
• Photography By [Cover Photograph] – Pete Turner
• Producer [Original Recordings] – Creed Taylor
• Producer [Production Assistance] – Robert Silverberg
• Production Manager [Production Coordinator] – Aric Lach Morrison
• Research, Engineer [Restored By] – Ben Young
• Supervised By – Michael Lang
• Trombone – Jimmy Knepper, Urbie Green
• Trumpet – Bernie Glow, Doc Severinsen, Ernie Royal, Joe Wilder, Nick Travis, Robert Nagel
• Trumpet, Soloist – Dizzy Gillespie
• Tuba – Bill Stanley, Harvey Phillips

Notes

* Verve Elite Edition
* A limited edition CD - only 6500 copies made
* meticulous restoration
* High-resolution 20-bit digital transfer
* Original cover art and liner notes
* New liner notes and photographs

Recorded May 18 and 22, 1961 at Van Gelder Recording Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Original LP issue: Perceptions Verve V6-8411
Tracks are in their original LP sequence

© 1997 PolyGram Records, Inc.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout: 314 537 748-2 01@

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
V6-8411	Dizzy Gillespie	Perceptions ‎(LP, Album)	Verve Records	V6-8411	US	1961
V-8411	Dizzy Gillespie	Perceptions ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Verve Records	V-8411	US	1961
V-8411	Dizzy Gillespie	Perceptions ‎(LP, Album, Mono, dee)	Verve Records	V-8411	US	1961
GZ K32027 RR-98-456-2	Dizzy Gillespie	Perceptions ‎(CD, Album, RE, Unofficial)	VAPP association	GZ K32027 RR-98-456-2	Russia	1998
3680	Dizzy Gillespie	Perceptions ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Verve Records	3680	France	1961