Al Jarreau – lead vocals, backing vocals (1, 3-6), rhythm arrangements (5, 6, 9)
Jay Graydon – rhythm arrangements (1, 3-7, 9), guitar (1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9), synthesizers (5, 6), guitar solo (6)
David Foster – rhythm arrangements (1, 4), Fender Rhodes (1, 4), synthesizers (1, 4), acoustic piano (4)
Michael Omartian – rhythm arrangements (2), synthesizers (2), Fender Rhodes (5)
Steve George – synthesizers (3)
Robbie Buchanan – Fender Rhodes (3), synthesizers (5)
Steve Porcaro – synthesizer programming (4)
Theophilus T. Blood – additional synthesizer (4)
Tom Canning – rhythm arrangements (5, 6, 9), synthesizers (5, 6, 9), acoustic piano (6), harmonica solo (6), Fender Rhodes (9)
Greg Mathieson – rhythm arrangements (7), acoustic piano (7), Fender Rhodes (7), synthesizers (7)
Abraham Laboriel – bass guitar (1, 3-7, 9)
Jeff Porcaro – drums (1, 5, 6), percussion (6)
Steve Gadd – drums (2, 3, 4, 9)
Grey Trevorson – drums (7)
Victor Feldman – percussion (2, 3, 5)
Jeremy Lubbock – string arrangements (1, 4), Fender Rhodes (8)
Jerry Vinci – concertmaster (4)
Ian Eales – string contractor (4)
Lew McCreary – trombone (2, 4)
Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone (2, 4-7, 9)
Charlie Loper – trombone (5, 6, 7, 9)
Chuck Findley – trumpet (2, 4-7, 9), flugelhorn (3)
Gary Grant – trumpet (2, 4-7, 9), flugelhorn (3)
Jerry Hey – horn arrangements (2-7, 9), trumpet (2, 4-7, 9), flugelhorn (3)
Bill Champlin – backing vocals (2)
Richard Page – backing vocals (2)
Venetta Gloud – backing vocals (2)