- Jaco Pastorius (bass, electric bass)
- Paul Bley (electric piano)
- Michael Brecker (horn, tenor sax)
- Richard Davis (double bass)
- Herbie Hancock (piano, keyboards, electric piano, clavinet, Fender Rhodes)
- Hubert Laws (flute, piccolo, wind)
- Pat Metheny (guitar)
- David Sanborn (alto sax)
- Wayne Shorter (soprano sax)
- Howard Johnson (baritone sax)
- Lenny White (drums)
- Al Brown (viola)
- David Nadien (violin)
- Don Alias (percussion, bongos, conductor, conga, bells, okonkolo, afuche)
- Peter Graves (bass trombone)
- Julien Barber (viola)
- Randy Brecker (trumpet)
- Arnold Black (violin)
- Stewart Clarke (viola)
- Harry Cykman (violin)
- Alex Alex Darou (keyboards)
- Bruce Ditmas (drums)
- Bob Economou (drums)
- Paul Gershman (violin)
- Mike Gibbs (conductor)
- Harry Lookofsky (violin)
- Harold Kohon (violin)
- Beverly Lauridsen (cello)
- Joseph Malin (violin)
- Charles McCracken (cello)
- Homer Mensch (bass)
- Narada Michael Walden (drums)
- Othello Molineaux (percussion, drums)
- Kermit Moore (cello)
- Max Pollikoff (violin)
- Matthew Raimondi 9violin)
- Alan Shulman (cello)
- Ron Tooley (trumpet)
- The Manny Vardi Strings (viola)
- Leroy Williams (percussion, drums)
- Peter Gordon (horn)
- David Prater (vocals)
- Samuel Moore (vocals)
- Sam & Dave (vocals)