John Lewis - Essence

Tracklist

A1	Hopeful Encounter	4:47
A2	Tillamook Two	7:11
A3	Night Float	4:14
B1	Notions	3:57
B2	Another Encounter	5:09
B3	Wish Me Well	7:45

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Eric Dolphy (tracks: A3)
• Baritone Saxophone – Gene Allen (tracks: A2, B2), Jimmy Giuffre (tracks: A3)
• Bass – George Duvivier (tracks: A3), Richard Davis (tracks: A1, A2, B1 to B3)
• Basset Horn – Don Stewart (tracks: A2, B2)
• Bassoon – Loren Glickman (tracks: A2, B2)
• Clarinet – Phil Woods (tracks: A2, B2)
• Composed By, Arranged By – Gary McFarland
• Cover – Stanislaw Zagorski
• Drums – Connie Kay
• Engineer [Recording] – Phil Iehle, Tom Dowd
• Flute – Harold Jones (tracks: A2, B2)
• Flute [Alto] – Eric Dolphy (tracks: A2, B2)
• French Horn – Gunther Schuller (tracks: A3), Bob Northern* (tracks: A1, B1, B3), Robert Swisshelm (tracks: A1, B1, B3)
• Guitar – Billy Bean (tracks: A1, B1, B3), Jim Hall (tracks: A2, A3, B2)
• Liner Notes – Arif Mardin
• Oboe – William Arrowsmith (tracks: A2, B2)
• Piano – John Lewis
• Supervised By – Nesuhi Ertegun, Tom Dowd
• Tenor Saxophone – Benny Golson (tracks: A3)
• Trombone – Mike Zwerin (tracks: A1, B1, B3)
• Trumpet – Freddie Hubbard (tracks: A1, B1, B3), Herb Pomeroy (tracks: A3), Louis Mucci* (tracks: A1, B1, B3), Nick Travis (tracks: A1, B1, B3)
• Tuba – Don Butterfield (tracks: A1, B1, B3)

Notes

"John Lewis plays the compositions & arrangements of Gary McFarland"

A3 recorded September 9, 1960.
A1,B1,B3 recorded May 25, 1962.
A2,B2 recorded October 5, 1962.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SD 1425	John Lewis	Essence ‎(LP, Album, Promo, Mono)	Atlantic	SD 1425	US	1962
1425	John Lewis	Essence ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Atlantic	1425	US	1962
850 006	John Lewis	Essence ‎(LP, Album)	Atlantic	850 006	France	1962
AMCY-1097	John Lewis	Essence ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Atlantic	AMCY-1097	Japan	1992
8122-79713-8, WPCR-27119	John Lewis	Essence ‎(CD, Album, Ltd, RE, RM)	Atlantic, Warner Bros. Records	8122-79713-8, WPCR-27119	Europe	2012