• Tony Moreno
• Drums

• Tim Galloway
• Trumpet

• Ade Olatunji
• Leader, Producer, Spoken Word

• Philip Wesdmoread
• Guitar

• Charles H. Washington Jr.
• Saxophone

• Sonny Ward
• Sax (Tenor)

• Ursula Walker
• Vocals

• Abdel Hamid "Toto" AbdelGhaffar
• Bamboo Flute

• Paul Akre
• Piano

• Don Sturner
• Saxophone

• Samuel Spraggins
• Flute, Sax (Alto)

• Edgar Spand
• Percussion

• Mitchell Atkins
• Conga

• Jesse Barrett
• Sax (Tenor)

• Dick Beeson
• Drums

• Reynard Birtha
• Trumpet

• Miller Brisker
• Sax (Tenor), Producer

• Buddy Brooks
• Trumpet

• Conwell Carrington
• Vocals

• Jerome Combs
• Percussion

• El Sayeed Dahroug
• Trombone

• Rayman Eldridge
• Bass

• Farouk El Sayed
• Sax (Alto)

• Ronald Fain
• Flute

• Jeribu Gonvi
• Bass

• Frances Gooding
• Liner Notes

• Judge Gray
• Trumpet

• Nasir Hafiz
• Vibraphone

• Sayed Sharkawy
• Drums

• Shabalala "Kent"
• Bass

• Seyoum
• Percussion

• Sanden Joren
• Trumpet

• Olaju Kali
• Percussion

• Press Keys
• Piano

• Kieta "Keith"
• Drums

• Vaughn Klugh
• Guitar

• Sherrell Rowland
• Conga

• Logan Rollins
• Arranger, Sax (Alto), Producer

• Matthew Rhodes
• Guitar (Acoustic), Piano (Electric)

• Leo Pochinskas Jr.
• Guitar

• Bill Petties
• Trombone

• Norman O'Gara
• Trombone

• Abdoulaye NGom
• Vocals

• The Natives
• Producer

• Sundiata O. Mausi
• Conga

• Baba Duru Oshun
• Percussion, Conga

• Bill Payne
• Saxophone

• Charles Peterson
• Bass

• Salah Ragab
• Piano, Drums, Leader, Producer, Conga

• Phil Ranelin
• Trombone

• Ernest Rodger
• Flute, Sax (Baritone)

• Jeff Simon
• Bass

• Walter Strickland
• Sax (Tenor)

• James Tatum
• Piano, Producer, Leader

• Jimmy Vass
• Flute, Sax (Soprano), Percussion, Sax (Alto)

• Monty Waters
• Percussion, Sax (Soprano), Sax (Alto)

• Jimmy Wilkins
• Trombone

• Edwin Williams
• Trombone

• George Avaloz
• Percussion, Conga

• Daoud Haroom
• Percussion, Trombone

• Mor Thiam
• Leader, Djembe

• Will Davis
• Piano

• Morris Wilson
• Sax (Tenor)

• Eddie Jones
• Trumpet

• Dave Bennett
• Drums

• Duke Billingslea
• Bass

• Zak Diouf
• Drums (Bass)

• Richard Stokes
• Guitar

• Ricky Lewis
• Conga

• Ndikho Xaba
• Percussion, Bullhorn, Piano, Leader

• Bobby Jones
• Keyboards

• Don West
• Bass

• Jay Jones
• Flute, Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor), Sax (Alto)

• El Sayyed el Aydy
• Sax (Alto)

• Sadeek Basyouni
• Trombone

• Khalifa el Samman
• Trumpet

• Abdel Hakim el Zamel
• Sax (Baritone)

• Abdel Atey Farag
• Trombone (Bass)

• Zaky Osman
• Flute, Trumpet

• Sayyed Ramadan
• Bongos, ?

• Ibrahim Wagdi
• Trumpet

• Moohy El Din Osman
• Bass

• John Wilson
• Trumpet

• Charlie Brown
• Sax (Tenor)

• John Evens
• Trombone

• Richard Wise
• Piano

• Ted Buckner
• Sax (Alto), Sax (Soprano)

• Lon Moshe
• Percussion, Vibraphone

• Ed G. Nelson
• Percussion, Producer, Drums

• Bert Myrick
• Percussion

• L. Aziza Miller
• Arranger

• Malcolm Catto
• Compilation, Research

• Gerald Short
• Liner Notes, Compilation, Research, Reissue Producer

• Andrew Symington
• Package Design

• Darryl Pierce
• Drums

• Sylvia Turner
• Piano

• Charles H. Gabriel
• Sax (Tenor)

• Leonard McDonald
• Piano

• Peter Dennett
• Restoration

• Hugo Mendez
• Liner Notes, Research, Compilation

• Bobby Jackson
• Bass, Producer

• Jim Sullivan Sound
• Trombone

• Joe Ferguson
• Flute, Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor), Percussion

• Marzette Watts
• Engineer

• George Williams
• Guitar

• Herbie Williams
• Trumpet, Flugelhorn

• Oliver Sain
• Producer

• Earl Thomas
• Guitar

• John Grady
• Organ

• Ronnie Boykins
• Bass, Percussion, Sousaphone, Leader

• Louis Barnett
• Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor)

• John Coltrane
• Author

• James Doss
• Trumpet

• Duke Ellington
• Author

• Edward Gooch
• Trombone

• Billy Ingram
• Conga

• Sundiata Keita
• Percussion

• Art Lewis
• Percussion

• Kim Weston
• Vocals

• Lester Bowie
• Trumpet

• Oliver Lake
• Flute, Sax (Alto)

• Horace Tapscott
• Arranger

• Joe Williams
• String Bass

• Charles Bobo Shaw
• Drums