Sonny Rollins Ballads

1, 7 recorded live at the Village Vanguard on November 3, 1957
2-6 recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
2, 3 recorded April 14, 1957
4 recorded September 22, 1957
5, 6 recorded December 16, 1956

Bass – Doug Watkins (tracks: 4), Gene Ramey (tracks: 5, 6), Paul Chambers (3) (tracks: 2, 3), Wilbur Ware (tracks: 1, 7)
Compilation Producer – Michael Cuscuna
Drums – "Philly" Joe Jones (tracks: 4), Art Blakey (tracks: 2, 3), Elvin Jones (tracks: 1, 7), Max Roach (tracks: 5, 6)
Engineer – Rudy Van Gelder
Piano – Horace Silver (tracks: 2), Thelonious Monk (tracks: 3), Wynton Kelly (tracks: 4 to 6)
Producer – Alfred Lion
Trombone – J.J. Johnson (tracks: 2)
Trumpet – Donald Byrd (tracks: 5, 6)

1 I Can't Get Started 4:54
2 Poor Butterfly 6:05
3 Reflections 7:01
4 Namely You 3:17
5 How Are Things In Glocca Morra? 6:17
6 Decision 8:00
7 Softly As In A Morning Sunrise (Alternate) 6:43