Alto Saxophone-Marshall Royal (tracks: A1 to A6)
Baritone Saxophone-Bennie Crawford (tracks: A1 to A6), Charlie Fowlkes (tracks: A1 to A6)
Bass-Eddie Jones (tracks: A1 to A6), Edgar Willis (tracks: A1 to A6), Wendell Marshall (tracks: B1 to B6)
Bongos-Jose Mangual (tracks: A3)
Concertmaster-Harry Lookofsky (tracks: B1 to B6)
Design [Cover]-Marvin Israel
Drums-Charlie Persip (tracks: A1 to A6), Teagle Fleming (tracks: A1 to A6), Ted Sommer* (tracks: B1 to B6)
Engineer [Recording]-Bill Schwartau, Tom Doud*
Flute, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone-Frank Wess (tracks: A1 to A6)
Guitar-Allen Hanlon (tracks: B1 to B6), Freddie Greene* (tracks: A1 to A6)
Liner Notes-Nat Hentoff
Photography By [Cover]-Lee Friedlander
Piano, Vocals-Ray Charles
Soloist [Tenor Saxophone]-David "Fathead" Newman (tracks: A1, A2, A5, A6), Paul Gonsalves (tracks: A4)
Soloist [Trumpet]-Marcus Belgrave (tracks: A3)
Supervised By-Jerry Wexler, Nesuhi Ertegun
Tenor Saxophone-Billy Mitchell (tracks: A2, A4, A5), David Newman* (tracks: A1 to A6), Paul Gonsalves (tracks: A1 to A6), Zoot Sims (tracks: A1, A3, A6)
Trombone-Al Gray* (tracks: A1 to A6), Bob Brookmeyer (tracks: B1 to B6), Melba Liston (tracks: A1 to A6), Quentin Jackson (tracks: A1 to A6), Thomas Mitchell (tracks: A1 to A6)
Trumpet-Clark Terry (tracks: A1 to A6), Ernie Royal (tracks: A1 to A6), Snookie Young* (tracks: A1 to A6), Joe Newman (tracks: A1 to A6), John Hunt (tracks: A1 to A6), Marcus Belgrave (tracks: A1 to A6)