- Miles Davis (trumpet)
- Mtume (percussion)
- Ron Carter (bass)
- Jack DeJohnette (drums)
- Sonny Fortune (flute, sax)
- Carlos Garnett (sax)
- Herbie Hancock (keyboards)
- Bille Hart (drums)
- Dave Holland (bass)
- Bernie Maupin (clarinet, flute, bass clarinet)
- John McLaughlin (guitar)
- Wayne Shorter (sax)
- Lonnie Liston Smith (sax)
- Larry Young (organ, celeste)
- Steve Grossman (sax)
- Airto Moreira (percussion, berimbau, cuica, Indian instruments)
- Joe Zawinul (keyboards)
- Badal Roy (tabla)
- Khalil Balakrishna (percussion, sitar, electric sitar, tambura)
- Harvey Brooks (bass)
- Billy Cobham (drums)
- Chick Corea (keyboards)
- Al Foster (drums)
- William Hart (drums)
- Michael Henderson (bass)
- Bihari Sharma (percussion)
- Harold Williams (piano, sitar)