Personnel: 
Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn (arranger, piano)
Betty Roche, Al Hibbler (vocals)
Johnny Hodges (soprano & alto saxophones, clarinet)
Russell Procope (alto saxophone, clarinet)
Willie Smith, Hilton Jefferson (alto saxophone)
Jimmy Hamilton (tenor saxophone, clarinet)
Paul Gonsalves, Al Sears (tenor saxophone)
Harry Carney (baritone saxophone, bass clarinet)
Ray Nance (trumpet, violin)
Cat Anderson, Harold "Shorty" Baker, Francis Williams, Willie Cook, Clark Terry (trumpet)
Tyree Glenn (trombone, vibraphone)
Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman, Juan Tizol, Lawrence Brown, Claude Jones (trombone)
Fred Guy (guitar)
Oscar Pettiford, Junior Raglin, Wendell Marshall (bass)
Sonny Greer (drums, tympani) 
Louis Bellson (drums)

Recorded at Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York, New York between December 7, 1951 and December 8, 1952

1. Skin Deep 
2. Mooche 
3. Take the "A" Train 
4. Perdido 
5. Controversial Suite 
6. A Tone Parallel To Harlem (The Harlem Suite)