art direction, design Patrick Roques
tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10 bass Andy Gonzalez
tracks 1, 3, 5, 8, 10 bass drum [gome] Kimati Dinizulu
tracks 4, 7 bass trombone Doug Purviance
tracks 4 bells Ignacio Berroa
tracks 1, 6 bells Steve Turre
tracks 7 castanets Carmen Turre
tracks 8 caxixi [caxéxé] Kimati Dinizulu
tracks 4 claves Andy Gonzalez
tracks 1 claves Milton Cardona
tracks 1, 2, 6, 9, 10 conch [shells] Reynaldo Jorge
tracks 1, 2, 6, 9, 10 conch [shells] Robin Eubanks
conch [shells] Steve Turre
tracks 1, 2, 4, 7 congas Milton Cardona
tracks 2 cowbell Herlin Riley
tracks 1, 5, 8, 10 djembe Kimati Dinizulu
tracks 1, 2, 9 drums Herlin Riley
tracks 4, 7 drums Ignacio Berroa
tracks 3, 5, 8, 10 drums [krin] Kimati Dinizulu
tracks 4, 7 engineer Jim Anderson
tracks 1 to 3, 5, 6, 8 to 10 engineer Nicholas Prout
tracks 1 to 3, 5, 6, 8 to 10 engineer [assistant] Angela R. Dryden
executive-producer Brian Bacchus
tracks 4 guiro Milton Cardona
tracks 8 horn [kudo horn, african antelope horn] Steve Turre
liner notes James Browne
tracks 1 maracas Reynaldo Jorge
mastered by Allan Tucker
mixed by Nicholas Prout
mixed by [assistant] Angela R. Dryden
percussion Kimati Dinizulu
percussion Milton Cardona
tracks 10 percussion [jun-jun] Claude Thomas
tracks 1 percussion [llama hooves] Steve Turre
tracks 1, 3, 5, 8, 10 percussion [sankofa akyene] Kimati Dinizulu
photography by Jules Allen
producer Billy Banks
tracks 1 shaker Steve Turre
tracks 1, 2 shekere [shakere] Milton Cardona
tracks 6 tabla Badal Roy
tracks 9 tambourine Herlin Riley
tracks 4 timbales Ignacio Berroa
tracks 4, 7 trombone Clifton Anderson
tracks 4, 7 trombone Reynaldo Jorge
tracks 2, 4, 7 trombone Robin Eubanks
tracks 4, 7, 9 trombone Steve Turre
tracks 4, 7 trumpet Charlie Sepulveda
tracks 7 trumpet [special guest] Dizzy Gillespie
typography Aldo Sampieri
tracks 3, 5, 8 written-by Kimati Dinizulu
written-by Steve Turre
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Copyright (c) PolyGram Records, Inc.
Manufactured By Verve Records
Marketed By Verve Records
Recorded At Clinton Recording Studio
Recorded At East Side Sound
Mixed At East Side Sound
Mastered At Foothill Digital
Manufactured and marketed by Verve Records, a division of PolyGram Classics and Jazz, a division of PolyGram Records, Inc.

Tracks 4 and 7 recorded January 31, 1992 at Clinton Recording Studios, New York City.
Tracks 1, 2 and 9 recorded March 11, 1992 at East Side Sound, New York City.
Tracks 3, 5, 6, 8 ad 10 recorded May 11, 1992 at East Side Sound, New York City.
All selections mixed June 1-3, 1992 at East Side Sound, New York City.
Mastered at Foothill Digital Productions, Inc., New York City.

Barcode: 7 314-514186-2 4 (Text)
Barcode: 731451418624 (Scanned)
Matrix / Runout: 314 514 186-2 01@ A (Outer Ring, variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: 314 514 186-2 01@ C (Outer Ring, variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: Made IN USA (Inner Ring, variant 1 and 2)