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1	Mr. E Written-By – Jackie McLean	5:14
2	Optimism Written-By – Steve Davis	5:53
3	Cryptography Written-By – Raymond Williams*	5:58
4	The Griot Written-By – Raymond Williams*	7:13
5	Entrapment Written-By – René McLean*	7:20
6	Excursions Written-By – Steve Davis	7:29
7	Rites Of Passage Written-By – René McLean*	6:42

Companies, etc.

• Copyright (c) – Somethin' Else Records
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Somethin' Else Records
• Manufactured By – Toshiba EMI Ltd
• Recorded At – Avatar Studios
• Published By – Doll House Music
• Published By – Stevis Music Co.
• Published By – Mecca Music

Credits

• A&R [Director] – Yoshiko Tsuge, Yoshimitsu Harashima
• Alto Saxophone, Percussion – Jackie McLean (tracks: 7)
• Art Direction – Kaoru Taku
• Bass – Phil Bowler
• Drums – Eric McPherson
• Engineer [Assistant] – Barbara Lipke, Kristina Schwarz*
• Engineer [Mastering] – Yoshio Okazaki
• Engineer [Recording And Mixing] – James Anderson*
• Executive-Producer – Hitoshi Namekata
• Management [Doll House Producitons] – Dollie McLean
• Photography By – Jimmy Katz
• Piano – Alan Jay Palmer
• Producer – Jackie McLean
• Tenor Saxophone, Percussion [Percussions] – René McLean* (tracks: 7)
• Trombone, Percussion – Steve Davis (tracks: 7)
• Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Raymond Williams* (tracks: 5)

Notes

On the back cover:
©℗ 1997 Somethin' Else Records, a division of Toshiba-EMI Ltd.
[...] Made in Japan

On the disc face:
Mfd. by Toshiba-EMI Ltd. in Japan.

In the booklet:
Track 1, 3, 4 published by Doll House Music
Track 2, 6 published by Stevis Music Co.
Track 5, 7 published by Mecca Music

[...]

Recorded at Avatar Studios, Studio C on July 15 & 16, 1997

[...]

TOSHIBA-EMI Limited Made in Japan

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Rights Society: JASRAC
• Matrix / Runout: TOCJ-5590 1
• Mastering SID Code: IFPI L152

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
7 24349 32542 5	Jackie McLean & The MacBand	Fire & Love ‎(CD, Album)	Blue Note	7 24349 32542 5	Europe	1998

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