Chris Parker

Dan Hartman, Patti LaBelle, Jackie Moore, Melba Moore, Stanley Clarke (bass guitar), Marilyn McCoo, Gladys Knight (background vocal, vocal), Sly & The Family Stone, The Mighty Clouds Of Joy, Santana, Johnny Mathis, Marlena Shaw, Barbra Streisand, Cheap Trick, Sly Stone, Angela Clemmons, KC & The Sunshine Band, Sarah Dash, Michael Bolton, Nigel Olsson, Edgar Winter, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Merald "Bubba" Knight (background vocal, vocal), Rickey Smith (keyboards), Joey Gallo (keyboards), William Guest (background vocal, vocal), Edward Potten (background vocal, vocal), Sam Dees (background vocal), Ernest Reed (guitar), Wardell Potts Jr. (drums), Vincent Brantley (drums), Isaias Gamboa (keyboards), Leon Sylvers III (bass), Valerie Simpson (piano), Eric Gale (guitar), Jimmy Simpson (percussion), Chris Parker (drums), Philip Woo (synthesizer), Francisco Centeno (bass), George Young (tenor saxophone), Dexter Wansel (keyboards, synthesizer), Instant Funk (all instruments), Carla Benson (background vocal), Evette Benton (background vocal), Barbara Ingram (background vocal), MFSB (horn, strings), Stephen Stills

Paul Taylor (soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, synthesizer, saxophones), Rex Rideout (keyboards), Dwight Sills (guitar, electric guitar, acoustic guitar), Michael White (drums), Nick Lane (trumpet), Lee Thornburg (trombone), Luis Conte (percussion), Barry J. Eastmond (keyboards, drum programming), Jonathan Butler (guitar), Sharon Youngblood (vocals), Phil Hamilton (guitar), Bashiri Johnson (percussion), Chris Parker (drums), Ronnie Garrett (bass guitar), Dwayne "Smitty" Smith (bass guitar), Abdul Zuhri (guitar), David Charles (percussion), Ron Smith (guitar)

Eric Marienthal (altosaxophone, sopranosaxophone), Jason Miles (synthesizer, keyboard, hammondb3, bassprogrammer, drumprogrammer), Jeff Lorber (keyboard, synthesizer, drumprogrammer, clavichord), Jeff Mironov (guitar), Julio Fernandez (guitar), Dave Kochanski (keyboard), Tom Barney (bassguitar), Gene Lake (drumkit), Chuck Loeb (guitar, keyboard, drumprogrammer, programmer), Cassandra Reed (vocalist), Melvin Davis (drumprogrammer, bassguitar, vocalist), Gannin Arnold (electricguitar, acousticguitar), Scott Breadman (percussion), Bill Heller (synthesizer), Mike Ricchiuti (piano, keyboard), Dean Brown (electricguitar, guitar), Will Lee (bassguitar), Chris Parker (drumkit), Marc Quiñones (congas, percussion), Ivan Lins (vocalist), Romero Lubambo (acousticguitar)

Deodato, Eumir Deodato (recordingarranger, keyboard, synthesizer, percussion, synthbass, vocalist), The Ellington Sisters (vocalist), Danny Mourose (tenorsaxophone, flute), Jerry Friedman (guitar), Ray Gomez (guitar), David Spinozza (guitar), John Tropea (guitar), Will Lee (bass), Chris Parker (drumkit), Rubens Bassini (percussion), William Hammond (flute), Hubert Laws (flute), Romeo Penque (flute), William Slapin (flute), Wayne Andre (trombone), Sam Burtis (trombone), Tom Malone (trombone), Jon Faddis (trumpet), John Gatchell (trumpet), Alan Rubin (trumpet), Marvin Stamm (trumpet), Tony Price (tuba), Jesse Levy (cello), Charles McCracken (cello), Kermit Moore (cello), Al Brown (viola), Emanuel Vardi (viola), Sanford Allen (violin), Selwart Clarke (violin), Max Ellen (violin), Emanuel Green (violin), Charles Libove (violin), Harry Lookofsky (violin), Joe Malin (violin), David Nadien (violin), Gene Orloff (violin), Max Pollikoff (violin), Anthony Jackson (bass), Paul Marchetti (drumkit), Sammy Figueroa (percussion), Larry Fast (synthesizer), Tony Levin (bass), Steve Gadd (drumkit), Nick Remo (drumkit)