Track listing

1. "If This Bass Could Only Talk" – 2:30
2. "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
   Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
   "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" is a jazz standard composed by Charles Mingus originally recorded by his sextet in 1959 as listed below, and released on his album Mingus Ah Um. Mingus wrote it as an elegy for saxophonist Lester Young, who had died two months prior to the recording session...
   
   " – 6:24
3. "I Want to Play for Ya" – 3:22
4. "Stories to Tell" – 3:46
5. "Funny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun)
   Funny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun)
   "Funny How Time Flies " is the seventh and final single from American R&B singer Janet Jackson's third studio album, Control . While "Funny How Time Flies " was officially released in the United Kingdom and Australia, it went for airplay single in the United States in 1987...
   
   " – 6:07
6. "Workin' Man" – 6:27
7. "Tradition" – 7:11
8. "Come Take My Hand" – 4:08
9. "Bassically Taps" – 3:15

Personnel

• Eddie Arkin  – Synthesizer, Arranger
• Gerry Brown
  Gerry Brown
  Gerry “The Gov.” Brown is a recording engineer and producer based in Los Angeles credited on over 47 Platinum and Gold Records. He has received over 15 Grammy bids, including five nominations for Alicia Keys’ “Songs In A Minor,” a Song of the Year Award for Erykah Badu’s “Love of My Life,” two...
  
    – Drums
• Stanley Clarke – Electric and Acoustic Bass Guitars, Fylde Acoustic Bass Guitar, Synthesizers; Arranger and Producer
• Stewart Copeland
  Stewart Copeland
  Stewart Armstrong Copeland is an American musician, best known as the drummer for the band The Police. During the group's extended hiatus from the mid-1980s to 2007, he played in other bands and composed soundtracks...
  
    – Drums
• Paulinho Da Costa
  Paulinho Da Costa
  Paulinho da Costa is a Brazilian percussionist born in Rio de Janeiro, considered one of the most recorded musicians of modern times. Playing over two hundred percussion instruments, he has participated in thousands of recording sessions, Grammy Award-winning albums, hit songs, soundtracks, radio...
  
    – Percussion
• George Duke
  George Duke
  George Duke is a multi-faceted American musician, known as a keyboard pioneer, composer, singer and producer in both jazz and popular mainstream musical genres. He has worked with numerous acclaimed artists as arranger, music director, writer and co-writer, record producer and professor of music...
  
    – Piano
• James Earl
  Jimmy Earl
  Jimmy Earl is an American jazz musician and composer. He has released two studio albums and recorded extensively. He has toured the world with major artists. He is ranked #22 on the DigitalDreamDoor list of greatest fusion bassists...
  
    – Bass
• Gregory Hines
  Gregory Hines
  Gregory Oliver Hines was an American actor, singer, dancer and choreographer.-Early years:Born in New York City, Hines and his older brother Maurice started dancing at an early age, studying with choreographer Henry LeTang...
  
    – Dancer
• Allan Holdsworth
  Allan Holdsworth
  Allan Holdsworth is an English guitarist and composer. He has released twelve studio albums as a solo artist and played many different styles of music over a period of four decades, but first drew attention for his work in jazz fusion...
  
    – Guitar
• George Howard
  George Howard
  George Howard may refer to:*George Howard , governor of Maryland, 1831–1833*George Howard , American smooth jazz saxophonist, known for his R&B sound...
  
    – Sax (Soprano)
• Freddie Hubbard
  Freddie Hubbard
  Frederick Dewayne "Freddie" Hubbard was an American jazz trumpeter. He was known primarily for playing in the bebop, hard bop and post bop styles from the early 1960s and on...
  
    – Trumpet
• Steve Hunt
  Steve Hunt
  Steve Hunt is an American jazz pianist and composer who was born in 1958. He has released two studio albums, recorded extensively, and toured the world. He is ranked #39 on the Digital Dream Door list of greatest fusion keyboardists.-Music Career:...
  
    – Synthesizer
• Byron Miller  – Arranger, Producer, Synthesizer Bass
• John "J.R." Robinson
  John Robinson (drummer)
  John Robinson is an American drummer and session musician...
  
    – Drums
• Wayne Shorter
  Wayne Shorter
  Wayne Shorter is an American jazz saxophonist and composer.He is generally acknowledged to be jazz's greatest living composer, and many of his compositions have become standards...
  
    – Sax (Soprano)
• Vance Taylor  – Piano

Production

• Chris Cuffaro – Photography
• Nancy Donald – Art Direction
• Joe Gastwirt – Engineer
• Mitch Gibson – Engineer
• Bernie Grundman – Mastering
• Mick Guzauski
  Mick Guzauski
  Mick Guzauski is a multi-platinum Mixing Engineer and sound engineer.Guzauski's work spans a wide range of styles, including jazz, R&B, Latin, rock, pop, and easy listening...
  
  – Mixing
• Dan Humann – Engineer
• Tony Lane – Art Direction
• Csaba Petocz – Engineer
• Steve Sykes – Engineer