Street Dreams (Lyle Mays album)

• Lyle Mays – piano, keyboards
• Marc Johnson – bass (2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11)
• Steve Rodby – bass (1, 6), conductor (8, 9, 10, 11)
• Peter Erskine – drums (5, 8, 9, 10, 11)
• Steve Gadd – drums (1)
• Steve Jordan – drums (4)
• Bill Frisell – guitar (2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
• Glen Velez – percussion (8, 9, 10, 11)
• Vicki Randle – percussion (8, 9, 10, 11), vocoder (6), voice (8, 9, 10, 11)
• David Taylor – bass trombone (1, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11)
• Bob Malach – tenor saxophone (1, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11), flute (1, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11)
• Bob Mintzer – tenor saxophone (1, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11), flute (1, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11)
• Dave Bargeron – trombone (1, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11)
• Keith O'Quinn – trombone (1, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11)
• Chris Gekker – trumpet (8, 9, 10, 11)
• Chris Seiter – trombone (4)
• Laurie Frink – trumpet (1, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11)
• Robert Millikan – trumpet (1, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11)
• Randy Brecker – trumpet (4)
• Stephen Taylor – English horn (8, 9, 10, 11)
• Liz Mann – flute (8, 9, 10, 11)
• William Blount – bass clarinet (8, 9, 10, 11)
• Mayuki Fukuhara – violin (8, 9, 10, 11), concertmaster (8, 9, 10, 11)
• Masako Yanagita – violin (8, 9, 10, 11)
• Robin Bushman – violin (8, 9, 10, 11)
• Paul Peabody – violin (8, 9, 10, 11)
• Marilyn Reynolds – violin (8, 9, 10, 11)
• Mineko Yajima – violin (8, 9, 10, 11)
• Erica Kiesewetter – violin (8, 9, 10, 11)
• Eriko Sato – violin (8, 9, 10, 11)
• Mitsuru Tsuboka – violin (8, 9, 10, 11)
• Rob Shaw – violin (8, 9, 10, 11)
• Martin Agee – violin (8, 9, 10, 11)
• Laura Seaton – violin (8, 9, 10, 11)
• Aloysia Friedmann – violin (8, 9, 10, 11)
• Jill Levy – violin (8, 9, 10, 11)
• Louise Schulman – viola (8, 9, 10, 11)
• Jennie Hansen – viola (8, 9, 10, 11)
• Stephanie Fricker – viola (8, 9, 10, 11)
• Ron Lawrence – viola (8, 9, 10, 11)
• Richard Locker – cello (8, 9, 10, 11)
• Rosalyn Clarke – cello (8, 9, 10, 11)
• Eric Samuels – cello (8, 9, 10, 11)
• Joshua Gordon – cello (8, 9, 10, 11)
• Jonathan Spitz – cello (8, 9, 10, 11)
• Lutz Rath – cello (8, 9, 10, 11)
• Erich Kory – cello (8, 9, 10, 11)
• Astrid Schween – cello (8, 9, 10, 11)
• Yari Bond – cello (8, 9, 10, 11)

Production

• Lyle Mays – producer
• Steven Cantor – producer
• Steve Rodby – additional production
• Pat Metheny – executive producer
• Rob Eaton – mixing engineer, recording engineer
• Alex Haas – mixing engineer (assistant), recording engineer (assistant)
• Bill Kipper – mastering engineer
• David Sholemson – project coordinator
• Jeri Heiden – art direction, design
• Bradford Fowler – photography
• David Cantor – photography