title: Winner's Circle
text: # Winner's Circle
  
  Winner's Circle is a 1958 album by jazz musicians who came first or second in Down Beat's critics' poll of 1957.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  * "Lazy Afternoon"
  * "Not So Sleepy"
  * "Seabreeze"
  * "Love and the Weather"
  * "She Didn't Say Yes"
  * "If I'm Lucky (I'll Be the One)"
  * "At Home with the Blues"
  * "Turtle Walk"
  
  ## Personnel
  
  Recorded September and October 1957 in New York City
  
  Personnel on tracks 1, 3, 5 & 7, recorded September 1957:
  
  * Art Farmer – trumpet
  * Rolf Kühn – clarinet
  * Eddie Costa – vibraphone [out on track 7]
  * Kenny Burrell – guitar
  * Oscar Pettiford – double bass
  * Ed Thigpen – drums
  * Harry Tubbs – arranger
  
  Personnel on tracks 2, 4, 6 & 8, recorded October 1957:
  
  * Donald Byrd – trumpet
  * Frank Rehak – trombone
  * Gene Quill – alto saxophone [track 2 only]
  * John Coltrane – tenor saxophone
  * Al Cohn – baritone saxophone
  * Eddie Costa – piano
  * Freddie Green – rhythm guitar [track 2 only]
  * Oscar Pettiford – double bass
  * Ed Thigpen – drums [out on track 2]
  * Philly Joe Jones – drums [track 2 only]
  * Harry Tubbs – arranger
  