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Track listing

Personnel

* Jeff Lorber – arrangements (1-11), acoustic piano (1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 10), synthesizers (1-4, 6, 8-11), Hammond B3 organ (1, 4, 10), Minimoog (1, 2, 5, 8), percussion (1, 8, 9), Steinway grand piano (3, 7), electric bass (3),

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(4, 5), melody guitar (4, 8), wah guitar (6) *

– rhythm guitar (1, 2), electric guitar (6, 7) * Michael Landau – guitar solo (1), rhythm guitar (2), electric guitar (3, 6, 7),

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(3) * Marlon McClain – rhythm guitar (4, 8, 11), electric guitar (5), steel guitar (5) *

– rhythm guitar (4), wah wah guitar (8), steel guitar (9) * Oliver Leiber – rhythm guitar (10),

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(10) * Nate Phillips – electric bass (1, 5, 8, 11) * Alec Milstein – bass pops, synth bass (3), percussion (3), arrangements (3), electric bass (4, 6, 10) * John Robinson – drums (1-7, 10),

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(6) * Sergio Gonzales – drums (8, 9, 11) * Paulinho da Costa – congas (2), shaker (2),

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(2), percussion (3, 4, 7, 9, 11) * Gary Meek – soprano saxophone (1, 2, 4, 6) * Art Porter, Jr. – soprano saxophone (8, 11) *

– flute (7) *

– lead vocals (5), backing vocals (10) *

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– backing vocals (5) * Shades of Soul – backing vocals (5) * Kongar-ol Ondar – throat singing (9) *

– lead vocals (10)

Production

* Guy Eckstine – executive producer * Jeff Lorber – producer, engineer * Marlon McClain – producer (5) * Eric Benét – assistant producer (10) * David Frank – assistant producer (10) * Jessica Lorber – associate producer, assistant engineer * Alan Meyerson – mixing, live drums engineer * Randi Bach, CPA – album coordination, business management * Nate Herr – product manager * Margery Greenspan – art direction * Lili Picou – design * Dennis Keeley – photography * JHL Sound (

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) – recording and mixing location

Charts

Weekly charts

References

;General * * ;Specific

External links

* * * {{Authority control 1994 albums Jeff Lorber albums