a&r [executive vice president] Al Pryor alto saxophone, flute Steve Wilson alto saxophone, flute Todd Bashore art direction, design Raj Naik baritone saxophone, bass clarinet Carl Maraghi bass trombone Doug Purviance creative director Randall Kennedy drums Ulysses Owens engineer Joe Ferla engineer [assistant] Fernando Lodeiro engineer [assistant] Rick Kwan engineer [mastering] Mark Wilder illustration Keith Henry Brown piano Xavier Davis producer [associate] André Kimo Stone Guess producer, bass, arranged by, conductor Christian McBride production manager Will Wakefield tracks 2, 8 tenor saxophone Loren Schoenberg tenor saxophone, flute Todd Williams tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute Ron Blake trombone James Burton trombone Michael Dease trombone Steve Davis trumpet Frank Greene trumpet Freddie Hendrix trumpet Nabate Isles trumpet Nicholas Payton tracks 4, 7, 9 vocals Melissa Walker Phonographic Copyright (p) Mack Avenue Records Copyright (c) Mack Avenue Records Recorded At Avatar Studios Mixed At Avatar Studios Mastered At Sony Mastering Tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 11 published by ToniChris Music (BMI) Track 2 published by Rightsong Music, Inc. (BMI) Track 4 published by Chappell & Co; Intersong-USA, Inc. (ASCAP) Track 7 published by WB Music Corp (ASCAP) Track 8 published by Hanover Music Corporation; Songwriters Guild of America/Stordahl Music Pub Co; WB Music Corp/Cahn Music Company (ASCAP) Track 9 published by Songfest Music Corp (ASCAP)