bass Paul Jackson
congas, percussion Bill Summers
drums Howard King
electric piano [fender rhodes], clavinet, synthesizer [arp 2600, oberhiem 8 voice polyphonic, the prophet-5, arp strings ensemble, mini moog, yamaha cs-80 polyphonic] Herbie Hancock
engineer Jim Gaines
engineer [assistant] Alan Suddeth
executive-producer Larkin Arnold
flute Hubert Laws
guitar Ray Obiedo
mastered by Wally Traugott
mixed by [additional] Jim Gaines
mixed by [additional] Skip Drinkwater
piano [acoustic] James Mtume
producer Skip Drinkwater
producer [assistant] Brooke Drinkwater
programmed by [prophet-5 programming] John Bowen
tenor saxophone, saxello Bennie Maupin
trombone Julian Priester
trumpet, flugelhorn Eddie Henderson
Recorded At Wally Heider Studios
Mixed At Wally Heider Studios
Mixed At Producers Workshop
Mastered At Capitol Studios
Manufactured By Capitol Records, Inc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) Capitol Records, Inc.
Including printed inner sleeve with credits and photos

Recorded and mixed at Wally Heider Recording, San Francisco, CA.
Additional mixing at Producer's Workshop, Hollywood
Mastered at Capitol Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA.

Herbie Hancock and Hubert Laws appear courtesy of Columbia Records.
Mtume and John Bowen appear courtesy of Epic Records.
Paul Jackson appears courtesy of Arista Records.
Bennie Maupin appears courtesy of Mercury Records.
Bill Summers appears courtesy of Prestige Records.

Eddie Henderson plays Yamaha instruments exclusively.