Track Listing

• 1. Losalamitoslatinlovesong
• 2. Love So Far Away
• 3. Fun House
• 4. Cheshire Cat
• 5. Kumquat Kid
• 6. Koko and Lee Roe
• 7. You and Music
• 8. People Make the World Go Round
• 9. Motherland
• 10. Essence of Mystery
• 11. Inside You
• 12. Chicago Damn
• 13. Stepping into Tomorrow
• 14. Always There
• 15. Fly Away
• 16. You're Everything
• 17. In the Pursuit of the 27th Man
• 18. Sassy Soul Strut
• 19. The Trip
• 20. Route

Credits

• John Tropea: Guitar (Electric)
• Mtume: Percussion, Conga
• Dorothy Ashby: Harp
• Gary Bartz: Clarinet, Sax (Alto), Sax (Soprano)
• Pete Christlieb: Flute, Sax (Tenor)
• George Duke: Synthesizer, Piano (Electric), Clavinet
• Sonny Fortune: Sax (Alto)
• Ronnie Foster: Keyboards, Vocals
• Gene Harris: Keyboards
• Bobbi Humphrey: Flugelhorn, Vocals
• Thad Jones: Trumpet
• Bennie Maupin: Clarinet (Bass), Saxophone, Sax (Tenor)
• Don Menza: Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor)
• Blue Mitchell: Trumpet
• Alphonse Mouzon: Percussion, Drums, Piano (Electric), Tabla, Vocals, Clavinet, Tympani [Timpani], Mellotron
• Jerome Richardson: Sax (Alto), Sax (Soprano)
• Joe Sample: Piano, Piano (Electric)
• Bobby Shew: Trumpet
• King Errisson: Percussion, Conga
• Eddie Henderson: Clarinet, Trumpet, Flugelhorn
• Chuck Rainey: Bass (Electric)
• Roger Glenn: Flute, Flute (Alto), Marimba, Vibraphone
• Buddy Terry: Sax (Soprano)
• David T. Walker: Guitar
• Bob Cranshaw: Bass (Electric)
• Al Aarons: Trumpet
• Jess Acuna: Vocals (Background)
• William Allen: Bass
• Mike Altschul: Reeds
• Chuck Berghofer: Bass
• Oscar Brashear: Trumpet
• Ray Brown: Trumpet
• Garnett Brown: Trombone
• Larry Bunker: Percussion
• Donald Byrd: Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Vocals, Electric Trumpet
• Dr. George Butler: Producer
• Trisha Chamberlain: Vocals (Background)
• Omar Clay: Percussion
• Ann Esther Davis: Vocals (Background)
• Dennis Davis: Drums
• Lou Donaldson: Sax (Alto)
• Winterton Garvey: Strings
• Paul Griffin: Organ, Piano (Electric)
• Bobby Hutcherson: Marimba
• Jack Jennings: Percussion
• Keg Johnson: Producer
• John Lehman: Vocals (Background)
• Buddy Lucas: Harmonica
• Harvey Mason, Sr.: Harmonica, Drums, Bata Drums
• Hugh McCracken: Guitar (Electric)
• Carmen McRae: Vocals
• Fonce Mizell: Clarinet, Trumpet, Vocals, Vocals (Background), Producer
• Larry Mizell: Synthesizer, Arranger, Piano (Electric), Vocals, Vocals (Background), Producer, Solina
• Sidney Muldrow: French Horn
• Jack Nimitz: Bass
• Horace Ott: Piano (Electric)
• Freddie Perren: Vocals (Background)
• Jerry Peters: Organ, Synthesizer, Piano, Piano (Electric), Vocals (Background), Clavinet, Producer
• Melvin "Wah Wah" Ragin: Guitar
• Lee Ritenour: Guitar
• Mickey Roker: Drums
• John Rowin: Guitar
• Skip Scarborough: Piano, Piano (Electric), Clavinet
• David Spinozza: Guitar (Electric)
• Stephanie Spruill: Percussion, Conga, Tambourine, Vocals (Background)
• Luther Waters: Vocals (Background)
• Ernie Watts: Reeds
• Buster Williams: Bass (Electric)
• Snooky Young: Trumpet
• Mayuto Correa: Percussion, Conga
• Lynn Mack: Vocals (Background)
• Roger Sainte: Percussion
• Sheldon Powell: Flugelhorn, Sax (Tenor)
• Kay Haith: Vocals, Vocals (Background)
• Grover Mitchell & His Orchestra: Trombone
• Wilber Bascombe: Bass (Electric)
• Harold Clayton: Vocals (Background)
• Jim Shifflet: Sax (Tenor), Producer
• Gerald Steinholtz: Percussion
• Dave Friedman: Vocals (Background)
• George Bohanon: Trombone, Vocals (Background)
• Sonia Tavares: Vocals (Background)
• Fred Perrin: Synthesizer, Vocals
• Kenneth "Spider Webb" Rice: Drums
• Ernie Tack: Trombone