tracks a1.b arranged by Archie Shepp
tracks a1.a, a1.c, b.a, b.c arranged by Charles Greenlee
tracks a2 arranged by Roy Burrowes
tracks a1.a arranged by Semenya McCord
art direction Robert L. Heimall
artwork [cover art] Nelson Stevens
bass Jimmy Garrison
bass Vishnu Wood
coordinator [u.s. production coordination] Michael Cuscuna
coordinator [u.s. production coordination] Steve Backer
design Nancy Greenberg
drums Beaver Harris
electric piano Walter Davis Jr.
engineer George Klabin
executive-producer Alan Bates
guitar Brandon Ross
percussion Nene DeFense
photography by Raymond Ross
piano Dave Burrell
producer Michael Cuscuna
tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone Archie Shepp
trombone Charles Greenlee
trumpet, flugelhorn Alden Griggs
trumpet, flugelhorn Roy Burrowes
tuba Ray Draper
tracks a2 vocals Bill Willingham
tracks a1.a vocals Semenya McCord
tracks b.b voice [poem recitation] Bill Hasson
Phonographic Copyright (p) Arista Records, Inc.
Copyright (c) Arista Records, Inc.
Distributed By Arista Records, Inc.
Licensed From Black Lion Records Ltd.
Recorded At Sound Ideas Studios
Recorded at Sound Ideas Studio, New York City, April 12, 1975.