TAKANAKA, MASAYOSHI

Recorded in 1977 - 7 tracks

Masayoshi Takanaka – guitar, string arrangement (4), composer
Lee Ritenour – guitar
Abraham Laboriel – bass guitar (1, 4, 6)
Chuck Rainey – bass guitar (2, 3, 5, 7)
Patrice Rushen – keyboards (1–4, 6, 7)
Jun Fukamachi – keyboards (3, 5), string arrangement (2)
Harvey Mason – drums (1, 3–6)
Ed Greene – drums (2, 7)
Shuichi Murakami – drums (4)
Motoya Hamaguchi – percussion (1, 3–5)
Steve Forman – percussion (1, 3–6)
Paulinho da Costa – percussion (2, 3, 5, 7)
Elise Krentzel – lyrics (1)
Roy Alfred – lyrics (4)
Julia Tillman Waters – backup vocals (1, 4, 6)
Maxine Willard Waters – backup vocals (1, 4, 6)
Maxine Anderson – backup vocals (1, 4, 6)
Jim Gilstrap – backup vocals (4)
Katz Hoshi – string arrangement (7)



Tower of Power (1, 4, 5)

Emilio Castillo – tenor saxophone
Lenny Pickett – tenor saxophone
Steve Kupka – baritone saxophone
Greg Adams – trumpet, horn arrangement
Mic Gillette – trumpet

Additional personnel and production

Katsuya Yasumuro – executive producer
Tokio Shibata – production manager
Bob Stone – recording
Teruaki Kitagawa – recording, mixing
Isao Sakai – design
Masayoshi Sukita – photography
Hiroshi Tanaka – management
Naomi Niimura – coordinator
Olivia Page – coordinator