Sanford Allen – Concert Master, Contractor, Violin
Diane Barere – Cello
Tom Barney – Bass
Bruce Barth – Performer, Piano
Crusher Bennett – Percussion
Sandra Billingslea – Violin
Paula Bing – Flute
Linda Blacken – French Horn
Virgil Blackwell – Clarinet
Terence Blanchard – Conductor, Liner Notes, Performer, Piano, Trumpet
Larissa Blitz – Violin
Joseph Bongiorno – Bass
The Boys Choir of Harlem – Performer
Richard Brice – Viola
Alfred Brown – Viola
Carol Buck – Cello
David Calhoun – Cello
Anne Callahan – Cello
Monyea Crawford – Vocals (Background)
Jacqui Danilow – Bass
Michael Davis – Trombone
Troy Davis – Drums, Performer
Jim De Barros – Design
Katie Dennis – French Horn
Gayle Dixon – Violin
Sue Evans – Percussion
Barry Finclair – Violin
Eileen Folson – Cello
Eli Fountain – Percussion
Aretha Franklin – Arranger, Piano, Piano Arrangement, Vocals
Erik Friedlander – Cello
Cecelia Hobbs Gardner – Violin
Winterton Garvey – Violin
Gordon Gottlieb – Drums, Percussion, Performer
Brian Grice – Drums, Percussion, Performer
Juliet Haffner – Viola
Omar Hakim – Drums
Joyce Hammann – Violin
Roland Hanna – Performer, Piano
James Hynes – Performer, Trumpet
Michael Iacopelli -Assistant Engineer
Eugene Jackson = Drums, Percussion
Bali James – Vocals (Background)
Howard Johnson – Tuba
Rebekah Johnson – Violin
Ann Labin – Violin
Spike Lee – Executive Producer, Liner Notes, Vocals (Background)
Pete Levin – Copyist
Batia Lieberman – Cello
John Longo – Performer, Trumpet
Arif Mardin – Arranger, Conductor, Producer
Branford Marsalis – Performer, Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor)
Lois Martin – Viola
Tarus Mateen – Bass, Performer
Alvin McCall – Cello
Louann Montesi – Violin
Sam Newsome – Copyist
James Nichols – Engineer
Michael O’Reilly – Engineer, Mixing
Keith O’Quinn – Trombone
The Orchestra – Performer
Gene Orloff – Concert Master
Sandra Park – Violin
Leon Pendarvis – Keyboards, Synthesizer
Marion Pinheiro – Violin
John Pintavalle – Violin
Melanie Punter – Bass
Jerome Richardson – Performer, Sax (Alto)
Maxine Roach – Viola
Elliot Rosoff – Violin
Jim Saporito – Drums, Percussion, Performer
Laura Seaton – Violin
Myra Segal – Violin
Simon Shaheen – Oud, Performer
Steve Skinner – Keyboards
Warren Smith – Drums, Percussion
Speech – Mixing, Producer
Richard E. Spencer – Viola
Deb Spohnheimer – Bass
Rudolph Stanfield – Arranger, Director, Organ, Piano
Dale Stuckenbruck – Violin
Wynn Thomas – Vocals (Background)
Blair Tindall – Oboe, Performer
Yuri Vodovoz – Violin
Bruce Wang – Cello
Caron Wheeler -Vocals (Background)
Nedra Wheeler -Bass, Performer
Belinda Whitney-Barratt -Violin
Joe Wilder -Trumpet
Tim “T-Bone” Williams – Trombone
Britt Woodman – Performer, Trombone
Shelley Woodworth – Horn (English)
Rebecca Young – Viola
Harry Zaratzian – Viola
Executive Producer: Spike Lee
Assistant Producer: Robin Burgess
Released: November 20, 1992
Label: 40 Acres and A Mule