Antônio Maurício Horta de Melo – acoustic guitar (tracks: 2, 5), electric guitar (tracks: 3, 10)
Roland Bautista – guitar (track 1), electric guitar (tracks: 4, 6-9)
Byron Lee Miller – bass (tracks: 1-2, 6-9)
Jamil Joanes – bass (tracks: 3, 5, 10)
Ricky Lawson – drums (tracks: 1, 6, 7, 9)
Robertinho Silva – drums (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 8, 10), agogô (tracks: 3, 8), caxixi and talking drum (track 3), tambourine (track 8)
Airto Moreira – percussion (tracks: 1, 10), surdo & tambourine (track 8)
Chico Batera – percussion (tracks: 2, 5), congas and triangle (tracks: 3, 8), ganzá & reco-reco (track 3), bongos and tambourine (track 8), castanets (track 10)
Sheila Escovedo – timbales (tracks: 6, 9), bongos and chimes (tracks: 7, 9), cowbell (track 7), caxixi (track 9)
Larry Williams – tenor saxophone (track 2), alto saxophone (track 6)
Jerry Hey – flugelhorn (tracks: 2, 10), trumpet (track 6)
Bill Reichenbach, Jr. – trombone (tracks: 2, 6)
Raul de Souza – trombone (track 5)
Murray Adler – strings (track 10)