• Patti Austin – lead vocals, backing vocals •
Dave Grusin – electric piano,
slide whistle (4), synthesizers (6, 8), acoustic piano (8), arrangements and conductor •
Richard Tee – acoustic piano (2, 6, 7) •
Eric Gale – electric guitars (1–7) •
Hugh McCracken – electric guitars (1, 4, 5) •
Steve Khan – electric guitars (1, 5) •
Will Lee – electric bass (1, 4, 5) • Francisco Centeno – electric bass (2) •
Anthony Jackson – electric bass (3) • Frank Gravis – electric bass (7) •
Steve Jordan – drums (1–7) •
Ralph MacDonald – percussion (1, 5, 7),
congas (4) •
Dave Valentin –
flute,
timbales (4) •
Gerry Niewood – alto saxophone •
Ronnie Cuber – baritone saxophone •
Lou Marini – tenor saxophone •
Michael Brecker – tenor sax solos (1–4) •
Wayne Andre – trombone •
Alan Rubin – trumpet •
Marvin Stamm – trumpet • Seymour Barab, Gene Bianco, David Davis, Peter Dimitriades, Regis Iandiorio, Theodore Israel, Jesse Levy, Charles Libove, Guy Lumia, Elliot Magaziner, Joe Malin, Richard Maximoff, Elliot Rosoff and Paul Winter – string section • Lani Groves,
Gwen Guthrie,
Ullanda McCullough and Ken Williams – backing vocals
Production •
Tony Martell – executive producer • Dave Grusin – producer • Larry Rosen – producer, recording, mixing • Michael Frondelli – assistant engineer •
Bob Ludwig – original mastering at
Masterdisk (New York, NY) • Tom Ruff – CD mastering at
Sony Music Studios (New York, NY) • Donna Putney – production coordinator • Sib Chalawick – album design • Alen MacWeeney – photography ==References==