The Bass-ic Collection

• Stanley Clarke – bass
• Brandon Fields – tenor saxophone
• Kirk Whalum – tenor saxophone
• Jerry Hey – trumpet
• George Bohanon – trombone
• Todd Cochran – organ
• George Duke – piano, keyboards, vocals, rap
• David Sancious – guitar, keyboards
• Jeff Beck – guitar
• Ray Gomez – guitar
• Louis Johnson – bass, vocals
• Steve Gadd – drums
• Tony Williams – drums
• Darryl Brown – drums
• Carmine Appice – drums
• Dennis Chambers – drums
• Harvey Mason – drums
• John "J.R." Robinson – drums
• Gerry Brown – drums, handbells
• Phil Perry – vocals, rap
• Philip Bailey – vocals, rap
• Leon "Ndugu" Chancler – vocals, rap
• Carl Carwell – vocals, rap
• Darrell Cox – vocals, rap
• Dee Dee Bridgewater – background vocals

Brass

• Al Aarons – brass
• Stewart Blumberg – brass
• Garnett Brown – brass
• James Buffington – brass
• Buddy Childers – brass
• Jon Faddis – brass
• Robert Findley – brass
• Peter Gordon – brass
• Gary Grant – brass
• Lew McCreary – brass
• Jack Nimitz – brass
• William Peterson – brass
• Dalton Smith – brass
• Lew Soloff – brass
• Dave Taylor – brass

Strings

• Marilyn Baker – strings
• Carol Buck – strings
• Thomas Buffum – strings
• David Campbell – strings
• Harry Cykman – strings
• Rollice Dale – strings
• Robert Dubow – strings
• Paul Gershman – strings
• Emanuel Green – strings
• Karen Jones – strings
• Dennis Karmazyn – strings
• Harold Kohon – strings
• Beverly Lauridsen – strings
• Jesse Levy – strings
• Gordon Marron – strings
• Lya Stern – strings
• John Wittenberg – strings^[3]

• Ken Scott – producer
• Brian Gardner – mastering