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Ella Fitzgerald

Bill Plummer And The Cosmic Brotherhood, Ray Anthony (guitar), Ray Neapolitan (tambura, sitar), Hersh Hammel (tambura, sitar), Jan Steward (sarod), Mike Lang (piano), Maurice Miller (drums), Bill Goodwin (drums), Carol Kaye (bass), Tom Scott (flute, alto saxophone), Bill Plummer (sitar, acoustic bass guitar), Lynn Blessing (vibraphone)

Yusef Lateef (tenorsaxophone, oboe, flute), Richard Williams (trumpet), Mike Nock (piano), Ernie Farrow (bass), James Black (drumkit)

Roswell Rudd (trombone), Robin Kenyatta (alto saxophone), Lewis Worrell (bass), Beaver Harris (drums), Giuseppi Logan (flute, bass clarinet)

Antônio Carlos Jobim (vocalist, piano & guitar, guitar, piano), Elis Regina (vocalist)

Natalie Cole, Chaka Khan, Queen Latifah, Diana Krall, Dianne Reeves, Lizz Wright, Ledisi, Linda Ronstadt, Gladys Knight, Etta James, k.d. lang, Michael Bublé, Stevie Wonder, Ella Fitzgerald, Nikki Yanofsky, Jeff Hamilton (drums), Anthony Wilson (guitar), John Clayton (bass guitar), Gerald Clayton (piano), Bobby Zimmitti (vibraphone) Rob Mounsey

Tal Farlow (electricguitar), Red Mitchell (bass), Claude Williamson (piano), Stan Levey (drumkit)

Buddy DeFranco (clarinet), Eugene Wright (bass), Robert White (drumkit), Sonny Clark (piano)

Charlie Parker (saxophone, altosaxophone), Lester Young (saxophone), Roy Eldridge (trumpet), Tommy Turk (trombone), Flip Phillips (saxophone), Hank Jones (piano), Ray Brown (doublebass), Buddy Rich (drumkit), Al Killian (trumpet), Howard McGhee (trumpet), Willie Smith (saxophone), Arnold Ross (piano), Billy Hadnott (doublebass), Lee Young (drumkit), Buck Clayton (trumpet), Coleman Hawkins (saxophone), Kenny Kersey (piano), Irving Ashby (guitar)

Melanie Charles (vocalist, flute, recordingarranger, keyboard, rhodes, synthesizer, drumprogrammer, bass), Shedrick Mitchell (organ), Keith Brown (piano), Dezron Douglas (uprightbass), Daniel Winshall (synthesizer), Anwar Marshall (drumkit), Tayzaro (cello), Benjamin Julia (guitar), Rogerst Charles (altosaxophone), Dinah Washington (vocalist), Jonathan Michel (uprightbass), Ignabu (drumkit), Gengis Don (drumkit), Sarah Vaughan (vocalist), Tony Garnier (uprightbass), Marcus Gilmore (drumkit), Jake Sherman (piano), Frank Malloy (drum), Salenta Baisden (speaker), keiyaA (speaker), Rena Anakwe (speaker), Marlena Shaw (vocalist), Brandee Younger (harp), Markus Schwartz (percussion), Betty Carter (vocalist), Julius Rodriguez (rhodes), Parker McCalister (electricbassguitar), Ella Fitzgerald (vocalist)

La Clave, Benny Velarde (percussion, leader), Lalo Schifrin (keyboards), Al Zulaica (piano), Pat O'Hara (trombone), Luis Miranda (conga), Joe Ellin (trumpet), Jerry Gilmor (baritone saxophone), Martin Fierro (tenor saxophone), Willie Colón (bass guitar), Gabriel Rondon (guitar), Johnny Nelson (vocals), Tito Garcia (vocals)

Dinah Washington (vocalist, vocals), Sahib Shihab (baritonesaxophone), Paul West (doublebass), Max Roach (drumkit), Wynton Kelly (piano), Blue Mitchell (trumpet), Melba Liston (trombone), Harold Ousley (tenorsaxophone), Belford Hendricks' Orchestra, Jerome Richardson (saxophone, flute), Charles Davis (baritonesaxophone), Joe Zawinul (piano), Milt Hinton (uprightbass), Panama Francis (drumkit), Clifford Brown (trumpet), Clark Terry (trumpet), Maynard Ferguson (trumpet), Keter Betts (doublebass), George Morrow (doublebass), Richie Powell (piano), Junior Mance (piano), Harold Land (tenorsaxophone), Herb Geller (altosaxophone), Teddy Stewart Orchestra, Brook Benton, Georgie Auld (tenorsaxophone), Jimmy Cobb (drumkit), Eddie Chamblee & His Orchestra, Hal Mooney's Orchestra, Ernie Wilkins, Teddy Stewart, Belford Hendricks

Ramsey Lewis Trio, Ramsey Lewis (piano, keyboard), Redd Holt (drumkit), Eldee Young (bassguitar, bass, cello, doublebass), Red Holt (drumkit), Cleveland Eaton (doublebass, bass), Maurice White (drumkit), Christopher White (doublebass), Richard Evans

Bill Evans (piano), Eddie Gomez (doublebass), Marty Morell (drumkit), Sam Brown (guitar), Michael Leonard

Dinah Washington

Max Roach (drums), Curly Russell (bass), Ray Brown (bass), Buddy Rich (drums), Bud Powell (keyboards), Kenny Clarke (drums), Percy Heath (bass guitar)

Lester Young, Illinois Jacquet, Buck Clayton, Coleman Hawkins, Kenny Kersey, J.C. Heard, Al McKibbon, Joe Guy, Trummy Young, John Collins, Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown, Flip Phillips, Jo Jones

Oliver Nelson, Daniel Moore, Ben Webster

Willie Bobo

Claudia Acuna, Jason Lindner (piano), Luisito Quintero (percussion), Avi Leibovich (trombone), Jeff Watts (drums), Dave Holland (double bass), The Loma Mar Quartet (participant), Billy Childs (piano), Romero Lubambo (guitar), Sherman Irby (saxophone)

Shirley Scott Trio, Snooky Young (trumpet), Willie Dennis (trombone), Jerome Kail (trumpet), Jimmy Nottingham (trumpet), Joe Wilder (trumpet), Urbie Green (trombone), Quentin Jackson (trombone), George Duvivier (double bass), Shirley Scott (organ), Johnny Pacheco (percussion), Willie Rodriguez (percussion), Osie Johnson (percussion), Tony Struda (trombone), Otis Finch (drums), Bob Cranshaw (double bass), Bob Cranshaw (bass) Oliver Nelson

Sarah Vaughan

Antonio Carlos Jobim (piano), George Duvivier (double bass), Antonio Carlos Jobim (guitar), Leo Wright (flute), Astrud Gilberto, Milton Banana (drums), Tommy Williams (upright bass), Claus Ogerman (unknown), Jimmy Cleveland (trombone), Chico Buarque, João Gilberto (guitar), Stan Getz (saxophone), Tommy Williams (bass guitar), João Gilberto (vocalist), George Duvivier (upright bass), Nova Banda, João Gilberto Quintet, Pat Metheny

Nina Simone, Lisle Atkinson (upright bass), Rudy Stevenson (flute), Bobby Hamilton (drums), Rudy Stevenson (guitar), Lisle Atkinson (percussion), Lisle Atkinson (double bass), Al Shackman (guitar), Al Shackman (harmonica), Arthur Adams (guitar), Arthur Adams (electric bass), Cornell McFadden (drums) Horace Ott, Hal Mooney

Antonio Carlos Jobim (vocalist), Elis Regina (vocalist), Antonio Carlos Jobim (piano), Claus Ogerman (unknown), George Duvivier (double bass), Antonio Carlos Jobim (guitar), Jimmy Cleveland (trombone), Leo Wright (flute)

Nina Simone, Arthur Adams (guitar), Arthur Adams (electric bass), Cornell McFadden (drums)

Eddy Louiss (organ), Stan Getz (tenor saxophone)

J.J. Johnson (trombone), Kai Winding (trombone), Bill Evans (piano), Paul Chambers (bass), Roy Haynes (drumkit), Tommy Williams (bass), Art Taylor (drumkit)

Eddie Daniels (clarinet), London Philharmonia Orchestra (orchestra/member), Martin Drew (drums), Allen Walley (bass), Fred Hersch (piano), Ettore Stratta (conductor/piano), Joey Baron (drums), Marc Johnson (bass)

Chico O'Farrill, Arturo O'Farrill (piano), Todd Bashore (saxophone), David Bixler (saxophone), Peter Brainin (saxophone), Ivan Renta (saxophone), Maximilian Schweiger (saxophone), Matt Hilgenbug (trumpet), Michael Philip Mossman (trumpet), Valery Ponomarev (trumpet), Jim Seeley (trumpet), Sam Burtis (trombone), Jack Jeffers (trombone), Reynaldo Jorge (trombone), Gary Valente (trombone), Ximo Tebar (guitar), Andy González (bass), Luques Curtis (bass), Roland Guerrero (percussion), Joe González (percussion), Bobby Escoto

Joe Williams, Count Basie, Count Basie And His Orchestra, Ella Fitzgerald, Gerryck King (drums), Bob Badgley (double bass), Norman Simmons (piano), Henry Johnson (guitar)

Benny Moten, Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra, Count Basie And His Orchestra, Count Basie (piano), Count Basie (leader), Herschel Evans (tenor saxophone), Lester Young (tenor saxophone), Jack Washington (baritone saxophone), Buck Clayton (trumpet), Earl Warren (alto saxophone), Lester Young (clarinet), Herschel Evans (clarinet), Harry Edison (trumpet), Thad Jones (trumpet), Joe Williams

Quincy Jones And His Orchestra, Joe Williams, Count Basie, Mel Tormé, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington & His Orchestra, Oscar Peterson, João Gilberto Quintet, Stan Getz (saxophone), Antonio Carlos Jobim (piano), Milton Banana (drums), Tommy Williams (bass guitar), João Gilberto (guitar), Helen Merrill, Quincy Jones Orchestra, Bobby Donaldson (drums), Oscar Pettiford (cello), Clifford Brown (trumpet), Osie Johnson (drums), Milt Hinton (double bass), Oscar Pettiford (double bass), Danny Bank (bassoon), Danny Bank (flute), Danny Bank (baritone saxophone), Jimmy Jones (piano), Barry Galbraith (guitar), Jimmy Smith, Wes Montgomery, Billie Holiday, Red Mitchell (double bass), Alvin Stoller (drums), Barney Kessel (electric guitar), Ben Webster (saxophone), Harry "Sweets" Edison (trumpet), Jimmy Rowles (piano), Sarah Vaughan, Roy Haynes (drums), John Malachi (piano), Joe Benjamin (bass), Teddy Wilson, Jim Hall, Bill Evans, Shirley Horn, Arthur Prysock, The Diz Disley Trio, Stéphane Grappelli (piano), Isla Eckinger (double bass), Diz Disley (guitar), Ike Isaacs (guitar) Quincy Jones

Sarah Vaughan

Arvell Shaw (bass guitar), Danny Barcelona (drums), Unknown (strings), Tony Gattuso (banjo), Billy Kyle (piano), Louis Armstrong (trumpet), Trummy Young (trombone), Tony Gattuso (guitar), Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra, Bingie Madison (tenor saxophone), Luis Russell (piano), Lee Blair (guitar), Sidney Catlett (drums), George "Pops" Foster (bass guitar), Albert Nicholas (tenor saxophone), Rupert Cole (alto saxophone), Otis Johnson (trumpet), Shelton Hemphill (trumpet), Wilbur de Paris (trombone), George Washington (trombone), J.C. Higginbotham (trombone), Charlie Holmes (alto saxophone), Sy Oliver's Orchestra, Dave McRae (baritone saxophone), Lucky Thompson (tenor saxophone), Everett Barksdale (guitar), Barrett Deems (drums), Squire Gersh (bass guitar), Hilton Jefferson (alto saxophone), Edmond Hall (alto saxophone), Trummy Young (trumpet), Edmond Hall (clarinet), George Dorsey (alto saxophone), Gordon Jenkins Orchestra And Choir, Bernie Leighton (piano), Tom Parsley (tenor saxophone), Artie Drelinger (tenor saxophone), Carl Kress (guitar), Jack Lesberg (bass guitar), Johnny Bowers (drums), Hymie Schertzer (alto saxophone), Will Bradley (trombone), Billy Butterfield (trumpet), Yank Lawson (trumpet), Carl A. Poole (trumpet), Milt Yaner (alto saxophone), Louis Armstrong And The All-Stars, Bingie Madison (tenor, bari & bass sax), Charlie Holmes (tenor, Pete Clark (tenor, Albert Nicholas (tenor, Paul Barbarin (drums), George "Pops" Foster (bass), Louis Bacon (trumpet), Henry "Red" Allen (trumpet), Sheldon Hemphill (trumpet) Sy Oliver, Gordon Jenkins

Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie

Joe Williams, Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, Gerryck King (drums), Norman Simmons (piano), Bob Badgley (double bass), Andy Kirk And His Orchestra, Andy Kirk

Stan Getz, Astrud Gilberto, Willard Suyker (guitar), Bob Bushnell (double bass), Allen Hanlon (guitar), Hank Jones (piano), George Duvivier (double bass), Kenny Burrell (guitar), Candido Camero (percussion), James G. Johnson (unknown), Jack Jennings (percussion), George Devens (vibraphone), Charles McCracken (cello), Paul Gershman (violin), Harry Glickman (violin), Lewis Eley (violin), Sidney Edwards (violin), Louis Haber (violin), Julius Held (violin), Morris Stonzek (violin), Harry Lookofsky (violin), Raoul Poliakin (violin), Leo Kruczek (violin), Ralph Hollander (violin), Harvey Shapiro (cello), Osie Johnson (percussion), Mel Lewis (drums), Mel Lewis (percussion), Lalo Schifrin (unknown), George Devens (percussion), Mark Markowitz (trumpet), Ernie Royal (trumpet), Urbie Green (trombone), Don Butterfield (tuba), Jimmy Buffington (french horn) Claus Ogerman

Billie Holiday, Mundell Lowe (guitar), Horace Henderson (piano), George Duvivier (upright bass), Shadow Wilson (drums), Buster Harding (unknown), Sol Moore (baritone saxophone), Rudy Powell (alto saxophone), Jimmy Nottingham (trumpet), Buck Clayton (trumpet), Emmett Berry (trumpet), George Matthews (trombone), Dickie Wells (trombone), George Dorsey (alto saxophone), Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra, Charles Lavere (piano), Dent Eckels (saxophone), Bob Bain (guitar), Nick Fatool (drums), Lou Butterman (upright bass)

Bill Evans, Shelly Manne, Monty Budwig (double bass), Jim Hall, Stan Getz

Jimmy Smith (organ), Babe Clark (tenor saxophone), Bob Ashton (tenor saxophone), Jerry Dodgion (alto saxophone), George Barrow (baritone), Barry Galbraith (guitar), Ed Shaughnessy (drums), George Duvivier (bass guitar), Phil Woods (alto saxophone), Tom Mitchell (bass trombone), Ernie Royal (trumpet), Joe Newman (trumpet), Doc Severinsen (trumpet), Jimmy Cleveland (trombone), Britt Woodman (trombone), Urbie Green (trombone), Kenny Burrell (guitar), Grady Tate (drums), George Dorsey (alto saxophone), Al Cohn (tenor saxophone), Zoot Sims (tenor saxophone), Bill Rodriguez (drums), Quentin Jackson (trombone), Unknown (harmonica), Clark Terry (trumpet), Wes Montgomery Oliver Nelson

Ben Webster, Ray Brown (double bass), Ed Thigpen (drums), The Ben Webster Quintet, Stan Levey (drums), Oscar Peterson (piano), Herb Ellis (guitar), Coleman Hawkins, Ray Brown (bass guitar), Alvin Stoller (drums), Dave Bailey (drums), Milt Hinton (bass guitar), Jimmy Jones (piano), Mundell Lowe (guitar), Teddy Wilson

Chick Webb And His Orchestra, Ella Fitzgerald (vocalist), Ellis Larkins (piano), The Marty Paich Orchestra (orchestra/member), Stuff Smith (violin), Paul Smith (piano), Ben Webster (saxophone), Alvin Stoller (drums), Barney Kessel (guitar), Joe Mondragon (double bass), The Paul Smith Quartet, Wilfred Middlebrooks (double bass), Gus Johnson (drums), Jim Hall (guitar) Sy Oliver, Frank DeVol, Marty Paich

Ella Fitzgerald Buddy Bregman

Ella Fitzgerald And Her Savoy Eight, Ella Fitzgerald & Her Famous Orchestra, Ray Brown (interprète instrumental), Ella Fitzgerald (vocalist), The Ink Spots, The Skylarks, The Marty Paich Orchestra (orchestra/member) Sy Oliver

Ella Fitzgerald, The Paul Smith Quartet, Gus Johnson (drums), Wilfred Middlebrooks (double bass), Paul Smith (piano), Jim Hall (guitar)

Cal Tjader

Ella Fitzgerald, The Oscar Peterson Trio, Ray Brown (upright bass), Jo Jones (drums), Herb Ellis (guitar), Oscar Peterson (piano), J.C. Heard (drums), Raymond Tunia (piano), Barney Kessel (guitar), Duke Ellington, Willie Smith (alto saxophone), Frank Flynn (vibraphone), Paul Smith (piano), Buddy DeFranco (clarinet), Wilfred Middlebrooks (double bass), Gus Johnson (drums), Jim Hall (guitar), The Paul Smith Quartet, Stan Getz (tenor saxophone), Buddy Rich (drums), Ray Brown (double bass), Hank Jones (piano) Nelson Riddle, Russell Garcia, Frank DeVol

The Mills Brothers, Louis Armstrong, John Mills (vocal/guitar), Norman Brown (guitar)

Stan Getz (tenor saxophone), Bill Anthony (bass), John Williams (piano), Bob Brookmeyer (trombone)

Ella Fitzgerald (vocalist, vocals), Louis Armstrong (trumpet & vocals), Ernestine Anderson, Ernie Wilkins' Orchestra (orchestramember), Arthur Prysock, Count Basie (piano & bandleader), Shirley Horn (vocals), Jimmy Witherspoon, Jack McDuff, Oscar Peterson (piano), Herb Ellis (guitar), Ray Brown (doublebass), Louie Bellson (drumkit), Billy Eckstine (bandleader & vocals, vocalist), Sarah Vaughan (vocalist), Al Hibbler, Belford Hendricks' Orchestra, Dinah Washington (vocalist), Jerome Richardson (saxophone, flute), Charles Davis (baritonesaxophone), Joe Zawinul (piano), Milt Hinton (uprightbass), Panama Francis (drumkit), Joe Williams (vocals), Henry Johnson (guitar), Bob Badgley (bass), Gerryck King (drumkit), Billie Holiday (vocalist), Harry 'Sweets' Edison (trumpet), Benny Carter (saxophone), Jimmy Rowles (piano), Barney Kessel (electricguitar), John Simmons (doublebass), Larry Bunker (drumkit), Hugo Peretti Orchestra, Hal Mooney

Ella Fitzgerald (vocals, vocalist), Duke Ellington & His Orchestra, Paul Smith (piano), Barney Kessel (guitar), Joe Mondragon (bass, uprightbass), Alvin Stoller (drumkit), Jim Hall (guitar), Wilfred Middlebrooks (doublebass), Gus Johnson (drumkit), Louis Armstrong (trumpet & vocals), Oscar Peterson (piano), Herb Ellis (guitar), Ray Brown (doublebass, uprightbass), Louie Bellson (drumkit), Oscar Peterson Trio, Jo Jones (drumkit), The Paul Smith Quartet, Lou Levy (piano), Stan Levy (drumkit), The Marty Paich Orchestra, Paul Weston & His Orchestra, Marty Paich, Paul Weston, Frank De Vol

Louis Armstrong, Louie Bellson (drums), Ray Brown (upright bass), Herb Ellis (guitar), Anita O'Day, Ella Fitzgerald, Gus Johnson (drums), Bill Yancey (double bass), Tommy Flanagan (piano), Roy Eldridge (trumpet), Helen Merrill, Dinah Washington, Mel Tormé, The Marty Paich Orchestra, Bill Perkins (tenor saxophone), Bill Hood (baritone saxophone), Al Porcino (trumpet), Stu Williamson (trumpet), Red Callender (tuba), Art Pepper (alto saxophone), Mel Lewis (drums), Marty Paich (piano), Joe Mondragon (bass guitar), Vince Derosa (french horn), Sarah Vaughan, Shirley Horn, Billie Holiday, Alvin Stoller (drums), Oscar Peterson (piano), Ray Brown (double bass), Flip Phillips (saxophone), Charlie Shavers (trumpet), Barney Kessel (electric guitar), Fred Astaire, Barney Kessel (guitar), Blossom Dearie, Morgana King, Bill Evans (piano), George Russell (guitar), Bobby Jasper (flute), Oscar Pettiford (bass guitar), Jo Jones (drums), Russell Garcia's Orchestra (participant), Betty Carter Russell Garcia

Lester Young, The Oscar Peterson Trio, J.C. Heard (drums), Ray Brown (double bass), Barney Kessel (guitar), Nat King Cole, Jo Jones (drums), Gene Ramey (double bass), John Lewis (piano), Buck Clayton, Harry Edison, Oscar Peterson, Buddy Rich (drums), Harry "Sweets" Edison (trumpet), Herb Ellis (guitar), Freddie Green (guitar), Vic Dickenson (trombone), Roy Eldridge (trumpet), Teddy Wilson (piano), Hank Jones (piano), George Duvivier (double bass), Mickey Sheen (drums), John Ore (double bass), Connie Kay (drums), Jesse Drakes (trumpet), Gildo Mahones (piano), Louie Bellson (drums), Lou Stein (piano), Teddy Wilson Quartet

Eddie Condon, Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra, Sonny White (piano), Fats Waller, Don Byas, Slam Stewart, Sidney Bechet And His New Orleans Feetwarmers, Ralph Sutton (piano), Jack Lesberg (upright bass), George Wettling (drums), Wilbur de Paris (trombone), Sidney Bechet (clarinet), Sidney Bechet (soprano saxophone), Wild Bill Davison (trumpet), Lester Young, The Kansas City Six, The Chocolate Dandies, Coleman Hawkins, Lee Wiley, Billie Holiday, The Esquire All Stars, Art Tatum, Ben Webster, The Big Sid Catlett Quartet, Teddy Wilson, Edmond Hall Quartet, Chu Berry And His Little Jazz, Roy Eldridge, Benny Carter, Benny Goodman, Mel Powell & His Orchestra, Jelly Roll Morton, Bunk Johnson & His Jazz Band, Bob Wilber & His Wildcats, Eddie Edwards & His Original Dixieland Jazz Band, Bobby Hackett & His Orchestra, Mugsy Spanier & His Ragtimers, DeParis Brothers Orchestra, Sidney De Paris, Hot Lips Page & His Orchestra, Jack Teagarden, George Brunies, Miff Mole & His Nicksieland Band, Pee Wee Russell, Big Sid Catlett, Vic Dickenson, Emmett Berry, Eddie Heywood, Edmond Hall Sextet, Chu Berry & His Jazz Ensemble, Bud Freeman Trio, Art Hodes, Joe Sullivan, Jess Stacy, Eddie Heywood & His Orchestra, Albert Ammons, George Zack, Willie "The Lion" Smith

Nina Simone (vocalist), Marc Cary (organ, synthesizer), Yossi Fine (bassguitar), Joe Clausell (programmer), Marlena Shaw (vocalist), Felix Da Housecat, Lisle Atkinson (bassguitar), Bobby Hamilton (drumkit), Rudy Stevenson (flute, guitar), Alvin Schackman (guitar, harmonica), Roy Ayers Ubiquity, Roy Ayers (vocalist, recordingarranger), Selan Lerner (keyboard), Astrud Gilberto (vocalist), Desmond Williams (bassguitar), Roberto Berimbau (percussion), Ramon Gonzalez (guitar), Billie Holiday (vocalist), Sarah Vaughan (vocalist), Nini Flores (bandoneon), Eduardo Makaroff (guitar), Philippe Cohen-Solal (sampler), Christoph H. Mueller (sampler), Carmen McRae (vocalist), MJ Cole (keyboard), Dinah Washington (vocalist), Funky Lowlives, Dizzy Gillespie (vocalist), Brad Waissman (doublebass), Richard File (guitar), Joel Cadbury (electricbassguitar), Ella Fitzgerald (vocalist), Miguel Migs, Jaffa, David Kakon (additionalproducer, keyboard, bassguitar), Jason Ken (guitar), Chip Matte (percussion), Junior Boys (programmer), David Levy (saxophone), Henry Green (synthesizer, programmer)

Keith Anderson (saxophone), David "Fathead" Newman (saxophone), Todd Parsnow (electric guitar), Renee Neufville (keyboards), Roy Hargrove (trumpet), Willie Jones III (drums), Bobby Sparks (organ), Reggie Washington (electric bass), Lenny Stallworth (electric bass), Jason Thomas (drums), Charles McCampbell (keyboards), Charles McCampbell (piano), Bobby Sparks (keyboards), Bobby Sparks (moog bass), The RH Factor (clapping), David "Fathead" Newman (flute), Roy Hargrove (flugelhorn), D'Angelo (instrumental ensemble), D'Angelo (synthesizer), Roy Hargrove (additional vocals)

Hal McKusick (altosaxophone, clarinet, bassclarinet), Jay Cameron (baritonesaxophone), Paul Chambers (bass), Connie Kay (drumkit, percussion), Bill Evans (piano), Dick Hafer (tenorsaxophone), Frank Socolow (altosaxophone, tenorsaxophone), Milt Hinton (bass), Charlie Persip (drumkit), Barry Galbraith (guitar), Art Farmer (trumpet)

Dave Grusin (piano), Dave Valentin (flute), Diane Schuur (vocals), Lee Ritenour (guitar), Carlos Vega (drums), Abraham Laboriel, Sr. (bass), Larry Williams (saxophone)

Frank Morgan