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1	A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening Written-By – Adamson*, McHugh*	6:49
2	Hugore Written-By – Curtis Fuller	6:40
3	Oscalypso Written-By – Oscar Pettiford	5:37
4	Here's To My Lady Written-By – Mercer*, Bloom*	6:40
5	Lizzy's Bounce Written-By – Curtis Fuller	5:22
6	Soon Written-By – Gershwin*	5:35

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – Toshiba EMI Ltd
• Recorded At – Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey

Credits

• Bass – Paul Chambers
• Drums – Art Taylor
• Liner Notes [Original] – Robert Levin
• Liner Notes [Reissue] – Takao Ogawa
• Photography By [Cover Photo] – Francis Wolff
• Piano – Bobby Timmons
• Producer – Alfred Lion
• Recorded By, Remastered By – Rudy Van Gelder
• Tenor Saxophone – Hank Mobley
• Trombone – Curtis Fuller

Notes

Recorded on June 16, 1957.

Liner notes in Japanese.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 4988006771925

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
BLP 1567	Curtis Fuller	The Opener ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Blue Note	BLP 1567	US	1957
TOCJ-1567	Curtis Fuller	The Opener ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Blue Note	TOCJ-1567	Japan	1996
BLP 1567	Curtis Fuller	The Opener ‎(LP, Album, RE, RM)	Blue Note	BLP 1567	US	2014
50999 2 15370 2 8	Curtis Fuller	The Opener ‎(CD, Album, Mono, RE, RM)	Blue Note	50999 2 15370 2 8	US	2008
BLP 1567	Curtis Fuller	The Opener ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Blue Note	BLP 1567	US	1970

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