Recorded in January and February 1987

Alto Saxophone – Ernie Watts;
Electric Piano [Steinway Piano, Rhodes Piano], Synthesizer [Oberheim OB-8, DX-Z, Mini Moog] – Masahiko Satoh;
Backing Vocals – Desiree McAlpin, Jim Gilstrap, Marlena Jeter, Valeria Mayo;
Bass – Abraham Laboriel, Jimmy Johnson;
Bass Trombone – Bill Reichenbach;
Cello – Armen Ksajikian, David Shamban, Raymond Kelley;
Concertmaster – Gerald Vinci;
Congas, Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa;
Drums – Ed Greene ;
French Horn – James A. Decker, Richard E. Perissi;
Guitar – Paul Jackson Jr.;
Harp – Ann M. Stockton;
Tenor Saxophone – Gerald Albright , Marc Russo;
Trombone – Bill Reichenbach, Charles Loper, Lew McCreary;
Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Gary Grant, Jerry Hey;
Viola – Harry Shirinian, Myer Bello, Roland Kato;
Violin – Assa Drori, Betty Moor, Robert Sanov, Irma Neumann, Mari Tsumura Botnick, Patricia Ann Johnson, Robert Sushel, Ronald Folsom, Sheldon Sanov.