- Alphonso Johnson (bass, stick, voice)
- Flora Purim (vocals)
- Dianne Reeves (vocals)
- Lee Ritenour (guitars)
- Ian Underwood (synthesizers, keyboards, arranger)
- Ruth Underwood (percussion, vibraphone, bell tree, bells, conga, harp, timbales, bongos)
- Grover Washington, Jr. (tenor sax)
- Ernie Watts (tenor sax)
- Mark Jordan (organ)
- George Bohanon (trombone)
- Mike Clarke (guitar, drums)
- Chester Thompson (drums)
- David Foster (organ)
- Ray Gomez (guitar)
- Garnett Brown (trombone)
- Sheila Escovedo (percussion, timbales, bongos, conga, bell tree)
- Ernie Fields (flute, baritone sax)
- Chuck Findley (trumpet)
- Gary Grant (trumpet, flugelhorn, horn)
- McKinley Jackson (conductor)
- Philip Bailey (vocals)
- Patrice Rushen (harpsichord, keyboards, piano, clavinet)
- Jon Lucien (vocals)