- Lee Ritenour – rhythm arrangements, acoustic guitar (1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9), acoustic guitar synthesizer (3, 5, 6, 8)
- Robbie Kondor – synthesizer programming
- Dave Grusin – keyboards (1, 2, 6, 7), arrangements (6)
- Bob James – keyboards (3, 4, 8, 9), keyboard solos (9)
- Joao Bosco – acoustic guitar (2, 6), lead vocals (2, 6)
- Marcus Miller – bass (1, 4, 6, 9), bass solo (4)
- Anthony Jackson – 6-string bass (2), bass (3, 7, 8)
- Omar Hakim – drums (1-4, 6-9)
- Paulinho da Costa – percussion (1, 3, 4, 6), bells (7), bongos (7, 8)
- Carlinhos Brown – pandeiro (1), djembe (2, 6), cabasa (7), percussion (8, 9)
- Ernie Watts – tenor saxophone (1, 4), alto saxophone (3)
- Randy Kerber – horns and strings (2, 7)
- Johnny Mandel – horn and string arrangements (2, 7)
- Larry Williams – saxophones (3, 4, 8), flute (3, 4, 8), strings (3, 4, 8)
- Jerry Hey – trumpet (3, 4, 8), flugelhorn (3, 4, 8), strings (3, 4, 8), horn and string arrangements (3, 4, 8)
- Gracinha Leporace – backing vocals (2, 6)
- Caetano Veloso – lead vocals (7)
- Dave Grusin – executive producer
- Larry Rosen – executive producer
- Lee Ritenour – producer, liner notes
- Don Murray – producer, engineer digital recording, digital mixing
- Kevin Dixon – second engineer
- Peter Doell – second engineer
- Arnold Madlener – second engineer
- Gary Solomon – assistant engineer
- Larry Walsh – digital editing
- Wally Traugott – mastering
- Zero Nylin – production assistant
- Suzanne Sherman – production coordinator
- Antonio Peticov – front cover artwork
- Andy Baltimore – creative direction, graphic design
- David Gibb – graphic design
- Dave Kunze – graphic design
- Ivan Salgano – graphic design
- Dan Serrano – graphic design
- Chris Cuffaro – black and white photography, back cover photography
- Judy Schiller – black and white photography
- Shankman/De Blasio – management