KIMIKO HAHN - POETRY/NARRATION (6,10)
FAYLITA HICKS - POETRY/NARRATION (2,5,9,12)
EDWARD HIRSCH - POETRY/NARRATION (4,7)
T. R. HUMMER - POETRY/NARRATION (1,8,13)
TYEHIMBA JESS - POETRY/NARRATION (11)
PATRICK SYLVAIN - POETRY/NARRATION (3)
BENJAMIN BOONE - SOPRANO/ALTO SAXOPHONES (all but 4, 6)
AMBROSE AKINMUSIRE - TRUMPET (3)
GREG OSBY - ALTO SAXOPHONE (4)
KENNY WERNER - PIANO (4,7,11)
CORCORAN HOLT - UPRIGHT BASS (3,4,7,11)
ARI HOENIG - DRUMS (3,4,7,11)
BEN MONDER - GUITAR (1,6,10,13)
EYAL MAOZ - GUITAR (1,6,10,13)
HASHEM ASSADULLAHI - SAXES (1,8,10)
PETER BRENDLER - UPRIGHT BASS (1,6,10)
JOHN BISHOP - DRUMS (1,6,8,10)
KEVIN PERSON, JR. - PIANO/KEYBOARD (2,5,9,12)
PHILIP SARKISIAN - ELECTRIC BASS (2,5,12)
RICHARD LLYOD GIDDENS, JR.- UPRIGHT BASS (9)
MCKENNA REEVE - DRUMS (2,5,9,12)
JONOVAN COOPER - TENOR SAXOPHONE (2,5,12)
MAX HEMBD - TRUMPET (2,5,12)
FRANCISCO TORRES - TROMBONE (2,5,12)
STEFAN POETZSCH - VIOLIN (11)
RODRIGO DALLA - CONGAS/TRIANGLE (3)