| Cal Tjader | Primary Artist, Primary Artist, Percussion, Timbales, Vibes, Cencerro |
| Paul Horn | Flute |
| Eddie Duran | Guitar |
| Stan Getz | Tenor Saxophone |
| Vince Guaraldi | Piano |
| Billy Higgins | Drums |
| Shelly Manne | Drums |
| Red Mitchell | Bass |
| Brew Moore | Tenor Saxophone |
| Jerome Richardson | Flute |
| Dick Collins | Trumpet |
| Armando Peraza | Bongos, Conga |
| Eddie Cano | Piano |
| Manuel Duran | Piano, Claves |
| Luis Miranda | Conga |
| Al McKibbon | Bass |
| Al Porcino | Trumpet |
| Willie Bobo | Drums, Timbales |
| Carlos Duran | Bass |
| Clare Fischer | Celeste, Conductor |
| Lonnie Hewitt | Piano |
| John Howell | Trumpet |
| Luis Kant | Conga |
| Scott LaFaro | Bass |
| Jose Lozano | Flute |
| Mongo Santamaría | Percussion, Bongos, Conga |
| Bayardo Velarde | Bongos, Conga, Timbales, Cencerro |
| Victor Venegas | Bass |
| Charlie Walp | Trumpet |
| Armando Sanchez | Timbales |
| Richard Rodgers | Composer |
| Eddie Cano | Composer |
| Clare Fischer | Arranger, String Arrangements, Orchestral Arrangements, String Conductor |
| Phil Carroll | Art Direction |
| Joe Tarantino | Remastering |
| Saul Soss | Liner Notes |
| Phill Carrol | Art Direction |
| Jose Lozano | Composer |
Editorial Reviews
All Music Guide - Richie Unterberger
This CD collection is a great improvement over the original, as it doubles the length of the original ten-track selection with ten more tracks from Cal Tjader's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2. The absence of session dates in the liner notes is an uncharacteristic annoyance, but what you basically need to know is that it's a 20-track distillation of the 26 records Tjader made for Fantasy over a nine-year period in the 1950s and 1960s. It's prime Latin jazz with a cool slant, leading off of course with his greatest moment, "Soul Sauce," and including such favorites as "Mamblues" and Mongo Santamaria's "Afro Blue," as well as covers of tunes from West Side Story. Santamaria, ...