• Lee Ritenour – guitars,
electronic percussion (1), arrangements (1, 3, 4, 6–11), rhythm arrangements (5) •
Bob James – keyboards (1, 4, 7, 9, 10), acoustic piano (1, 4, 7, 9, 10) • David Witham –
Hammond B3 organ (2),
organ (5) •
Ronnie Foster – Hammond B3 organ (3) •
John Beasley – keyboards (6, 8, 11) •
Alan Broadbent – acoustic piano (6, 11), acoustic piano solo (8) •
Melvin Lee Davis – bass (1, 2, 4, 7, 9, 10) •
John Patitucci – bass (6, 11),
acoustic bass (8) •
Harvey Mason – drums (1, 3, 4, 6–10), electronic percussion (1), percussion (2, 8, 10) •
Gary Novak – drums (2) •
Aaron Smith – drum programming (5), rhythm arrangements (5) •
Steve Gadd – drums (11) • Cassio Duarte – percussion (4–9) • Mitch Holder – arrangements (2) •
Maxi Priest – lead vocals (5) •
Kate Markowitz – backing vocals (5) •
Phil Perry – backing vocals (5) •
Carmen Twillie – backing vocals (5)
Horns and Flutes •
Jerry Hey – horn arrangements (1–5, 7, 9, 10), flute arrangements (1, 4, 7, 9, 10) • Alan Broadbent – flute arrangements (6) • Gary Herbig,
Dan Higgins, Kim Hutchcroft and Steve Kujala –
alto flute,
flute • Dan Higgins – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone,
bass clarinet •
Bill Reichenbach Jr. –
bass trombone, trombone •
Gary Grant and Jerry Hey – trumpet,
flugelhorn Strings • Jerry Hey – arrangements (1, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10) • Alan Broadbent – arrangements (6) • Murray Adler – concertmaster • Jodi Burnett, Paula Hochhalter, Raphael Kramer and Fred Seykora – cello • Steve Gordon, Carol Mukogawa, Simon Oswall and Harry Shirinian – viola • Murray Adler,
Israel Baker, Robert Brosseau, Bonnie Douglas, Juliann French, James Getzoff, Clayton Haslop, Eun Sun Lee, Gordon Marron, Paul Shure, Dorothy Wade and John Wittenberg – violin
Production •
Dave Grusin – executive producer •
Larry Rosen – executive producer • Lee Ritenour – producer, additional engineer • Don Murray – recording, mixing • Geoff Gillette – additional engineer • Mike Kloster – second engineer, technical assistant • Pamela Meadows – executive technical assistant • Kevin Dixon – additional technical assistant • Paul May – additional technical assistant • Robert Vosgien – digital editing at CMS Digital (Pasadena, CA) • Wally Traugott – mastering at Capitol Studios • Joseph Doughney, Michael Landy and Adam Zelinka – post-production at The Review Room (New York, NY) • Michael Pollard – production coordinator • Doreen Kalcich – production coordination assistant • Andy Baltimore – creative direction • Margo Chase – album design •
John Casado – photography ==Charts==