Myron Dove – electric bass (9) Gary Brown – electric bass (10) Gigi Gonaway – percussion (1), MIDI drums (11) Walfredo Reyes Jr. – percussion (3, 4, 7, 11), drums (7) Walfredo Reyes Sr. – percussion (7), timbales (7) Daniel Reyes – congas (7) Jerry Hey – string arrangements and conductor (2, 5, 9), trumpet (3, 4), horn arrangements (3, 4) Nathan Rubin – concertmaster (2, 5, 9) Marc Russo – saxophone (3, 4) Melecio Magdaluyo – saxophone (7) Wayne Wallace – trombone (3, 4) Jeff Cressman – trombone (7) Louis Fasman – trumpet (7) Bill Ortiz – trumpet (7) Nikita Germaine – backing vocals (1–4, 7, 9, 11) Tina Gibson – backing vocals (1–4, 7, 9, 11) Skyler Jett – backing vocals (1–3, 7, 9, 11) Tony Lindsey – backing vocals (1–3, 7, 9) Annie Stocking – backing vocals (1–4, 7, 9, 11) Sandy Griffith – backing vocals (4, 8) Claytoven Richardson – backing vocals (4, 8) Simone Sauphanor – backing vocals (6, 7) Ruby Turner – backing vocals (6, 7) Eugenia Winwood – spoken word (6) Des'ree – lead vocals (10) Party People on "Gotta Get Back To My Baby" Nikita Germaine, Tina Gibson, Skyler Jett, Tony Lindsey and Annie Stocking Production Produced and arranged by Steve Winwood and Narada Michael Walden. Production administrator – Tony DeFranco Production coordinators – Janice Lee, Cherice Miller, Shiloh Hobel and Kulan Kevin Walden. Recorded and mixed by David Frazer Second engineer – Mick Dolan MIDI and assistant engineer on Tracks 1–4, 7 & 11 – Jeff Gray Additional engineers – Marc "Elvis" Reyburn (Tracks 3 & 9); Jim Labinski (Track 4); Gary Tole (Track 9). Recorded at Netherturkdonic Studios (Turkdean, Gloucestershire, UK) and Tarpan Studios (San Raphael, California, US). Studio Assistant at Netherturkdonic Studios – Andy Davies Track 4 recorded at Le Crib (New York, NY). Track 9 recorded at A&M Studios (Los Angeles, CA). Mixed at Netherturkdonic Studios Mastered by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound (New York, NY). Creative Director and Project Manager – Eugenia Winwood Photography – Annie Leibovitz Personal Assistant to Steve Winwood – Viv Phillips Management – Mick Newton and Ron Weisner References Steve Winwood albums 1997 albums Albums produced by Narada Michael Walden Virgin Records albums Albums produced by Steve Winwood Great Barr