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1	Nica's Tempo Composed By – Gigi Gryce	3:45
2	Deep Paswsion Composed By – Lucky Thompson	3:40
3	Smoke Signal Composed By – Gigi Gryce	4:11
4	Sunrise-Sunset Composed By – Oscar Pettiford	3:58
5	Not So Sleepy Composed By – Mat Mathews	4:50
6	Perdido Composed By – Juan Tizol	4:00
7	Speculation Composed By – Horace Silver	4:03
8	Two French Fries Composed By – Al Sears
9	The Pendulum At Falcon's Lair Composed By – Oscar Pettiford	2:58
10	The Gentle Art Of Love Composed By – Oscar Pettiford	3:33
11	Now See How You Are Composed By – Oscar Pettiford	5:10
12	I Remember Clifford Composed By – Benny Golson	4:42
13	Aw! Come On Composed By – Oscar Pettiford	3:55
14	Somewhere Composed By – Ray Copeland	4:00
15	Laura Composed By – David Raksin, Johnny Mercer	3:40
16	Little Niles Composed By – Randy Weston	4:40
17	Sealbreeze Composed By – Lew Douglas	2:54
18	The Gentle Art Of Love (theme) Composed By – Oscar Pettiford	1:00
19	Aw! Come On Composed By – Oscar Pettiford	4:09
20	I Remember Clifford Composed By – Benny Golson	4:00

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Lone Hill Jazz
• Copyright (c) – Lone Hill Jazz
• Licensed From – Long Horn Inc.

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Gigi Gryce (tracks: 1-17)
• Baritone Saxophone – Danny Bank (tracks: 1-3), Dave Kurtzer (tracks: 4-10), Sahib Shihab (tracks: 11-17)
• Bass – Oscar Pettiford (tracks: 1-2, 4-20), Whitey Mitchell (tracks: 3)
• Cello – Oscar Pettiford (tracks: 3,9,10,11-20)
• Drums – Gus Johnson (tracks: 11-17), Osie Johnson (tracks: 1-10)
• French Horn – David Amram (tracks: 1-20), Julius Watkins (tracks: 1-17)
• Harp – Betty Glamann (tracks: 15-20), Janet Putnam (tracks: 3,4,5,9,10)
• Piano – Dick Katz (tracks: 11-20), Tommy Flanagan (tracks: 1-10)
• Tenor Saxophone – Benny Golson (tracks: 11-17), Lucky Thompson (tracks: 1-10)
• Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Jerome Richardson (tracks: 1-20)
• Trombone – Al Grey (tracks: 11-17), Jimmy Cleveland (tracks: 1-10)
• Trumpet – Art Farmer (tracks: 1-15), Ernie Royal (tracks: 1-10), Kenny Dorham (tracks: 16,17), Ray Copeland (tracks: 11-17)

Notes

Recorded in New York City:
1-2: June 11, 1956
3-6: June 12, 1956
4-10: June 19, 1956
11-13: August 23, 1956
14-15: August 30, 1956
16-17: September 6, 1957
18-20: live at Birdland, summer/autumn 1957
The exact line-up in tracks 18-20 is not known: Art Farmer, poss. Ray Copeland or Kenny Dorham (tp), prob. Al Grey (tb), prob. Ed London, Dave Amram (frh), Gene Quill (as), Jerome Richardson (ts/fl), prob. Benny Golson (ts), prob Sahib Shihab (brs), Dick Katz (p), Betty Gamann (herp), Orcar Pettiford (b,cello), Gus Johnson or Shadow Wislon (d)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 8 436019 581681

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
GRD-143	The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra*	Deep Passion ‎(CD, Comp)	GRP, Impulse!	GRD-143	US	1994
GRP 11432	The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra*	Deep Passion ‎(CD, Comp)	GRP, Impulse!	GRP 11432	UK	1994
MVCR-20046, GRD-143	The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra*	Deep Passion ‎(CD, Comp, Mono, RE, RM)	MCA Victor, Inc., GRP	MVCR-20046, GRD-143	Japan	1997