Trumpet: Nicholas Payton - Artist: The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong All Stars - Artist: Nicholas Payton - Spoken Word: Common - Guitar: Derwin "Big D" Perkins - Tenor Saxophone: Roderick Paulin - Trombone: Wycliffe Gordon - Piano: Courtney Bryan - Bass: Reginald Veal - Drums: Herlin Riley - Recording Arranger: Nicholas Payton - Recording Engineer: Misha Kachkachishvili - Recording Engineer: Mack Major - Recording Engineer: David Stoller - Mixer: Misha Kachkachishvili - Mastering Engineer: Misha Kachkachishvili - Producer: Davell Crawford - Producer: Nicholas Payton