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A1	Dear John C. Composed By – Bob Hammer, Bob Thiele	3:54
A2	Smoke Rings Composed By – H. Eugene Gifford, Ned Washington	3:39
A3	Love Bird Composed By – Charles Mingus	3:46
A4	Feeling Good Composed By – Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse	4:04
A5	Anthropology Composed By – Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie	4:10
B1	This Love Of Mine Composed By – Frank Sinatra, Hank Sanicola*, Sol Parker	4:20
B2	Fantazm Composed By – Duke Ellington	3:55
B3	Ballade Composed By – Bob Hammer	5:17
B4	Everything Happens To Me Composed By – Matt Dennis, Tom Adair	5:48

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
• Manufactured By – Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd.

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Charlie Mariano
• Bass – Richard Davis
• Design – Joe Lebow
• Drums – Elvin Jones
• Engineer – Rudy Van Gelder
• Photography By – Robert Flynn
• Piano – Hank Jones (tracks: A4, A5, B2), Roland Hanna (tracks: A1, A3, B3)
• Producer – Bob Thiele

Notes

Tracks A1, A3, B3 & B4 recorded February 25, 1965
Tracks A2, A4, A5, B1 & B2 recorded February 23, 1965

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
A-88, AS-88	Elvin Jones	Dear John C. ‎(LP, Album)	Impulse!, Impulse!	A-88, AS-88	US	1965
A-88	Elvin Jones	Dear John C. ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Impulse!	A-88	US	Unknown
A-88	Elvin Jones	Dear John C. ‎(LP, Album, RE)	ABC Impulse!	A-88	US	Unknown
A-88	Elvin Jones	Dear John C. ‎(LP, Album)	Impulse!	A-88	US	1972
CLP 3508	Elvin Jones	Dear John C. ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	His Master's Voice	CLP 3508	UK	1965

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