•
Al Jarreau – lead vocals,
vocal percussion (1, 6, 9, 11, 12), backing vocals (5, 7), vocal arrangements •
Joe Sample – acoustic piano (1, 3–6, 10–12),
Fender Rhodes (2, 7–9) •
Philippe Saisse – synthesizers •
Neil Larsen –
Hammond organ (2, 5), Fender Rhodes (5) •
Jason Miles – additional synthesizers (4), synthesizer programming (11) •
Eric Gale – acoustic guitar (1, 7, 10), electric guitar (2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12) •
Paul Jackson, Jr. – additional guitars (1) •
Marcus Miller – bass guitar, arrangements •
Steve Gadd – drums •
Paulinho da Costa – percussion (1–3, 5–12) •
Bashiri Johnson – percussion (4) •
Don Alias – percussion (11) •
Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone (4) •
David Sanborn – alto saxophone (6, 7) •
Kenny Garrett – alto saxophone (8) • Michael "Patches" Stewart – trumpet (1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9) • Jeffrey Ramsey – backing vocals (1, 3, 5, 7, 9), BGV arrangements (9) • Sharon Young – backing vocals (1, 3, 5, 7, 9), lead vocals (5) •
Kathleen Battle – lead vocals (4) • Stacy Campbell – backing vocals (5)
Production • Producer – Marcus Miller • Production Coordinator – Robby Scharf • Production Supervisor – Bibi Green • Engineers – Guy Charbonneau (Tracks 1–3, 5–10 & 12); Bruce Miller (Track 4); James Farber (Track 11). • Additional Engineers – Jeff DeMoris, Charles Essers, Joe Ferla, Tim Jaquette, Tom Mahn, Marcus Miller, Brian Scheuble and Christian Wicht. • Assistant Engineers – Charlie Bouis, Bino Espinoza, John Hendrickson, Aaron Kropf, Tanya McGinnis, Luis Quine, Andy Smith, Brian Vibberts, Michael White, Dann Wojnar and Bruno Young. • Mixed by
Bill Schnee at
Schnee Studios, Andora Studios and
Ocean Way Recording (Hollywood, California). • Mastered by
Doug Sax at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California). • Art Direction and Design – Greg Ross • Photography – Henry Diltz, Gene Kirkland and Michael Wilson. • Management – Patrick Rains & Associates == References ==