Label : Prestige Records
Side 101 - Theme For A New Day (Skip Scarborough)
02 - The Awakening (Skip Scarborough)
03 - Kickin' Back (Patrice Rushen)
Side 2
01 - People Moving (Ernest Straughter, Ray Straughter & Luther Waters)
02 - Can't Hide Love (Skip Scarborough)
03 - Canticle For The Universe (Jerry Peters)
04 - Gratitude (Maurice White, Verdine White & Larry Dunn)
Azar Lawrence : Soprano, Alto & Tenor Saxes
Patrice Rushen, Michael Stanton, Jerry Peters, Skip Scarborough : Keyboards, Synthesizers
John Rowin : Guitar, Synthesizer Programming
Lee Ritenour : Guitar (except on "Canticle For The Universe")
Paul Jackson : Electric Bass
Harvey Mason : Drums
James Mtume : Percussion
Dick Ricardo : Percussion (replacing James Mtume on "Gratitude" only)
Horns On "Theme For A New Day", "Kickin' Back", "People Moving" & "Can't Hide Love" :
Oscar Brashear, Chuck Findley : Trumpets
George Bohannon : Trombone
Ernie Watts : Alto Sax
Buddy Collette : Tenor Sax
Vocals on "Kickin' Back", "Can't Hide Love" & "Gratitude" : Cheryl Barnes, Josie James, Patrice Rushen, Michael Wright (Cheryl Barnes & Josie James are the only vocalists on "Gratitude")
Keyboards :
Patrice Rushen plays Acoustic Piano on "Theme For A New Day", Electric Piano on "Kickin' Back" & "Can't Hide Love", ARP Odyssey Synthesizer on "Kickin' Back"
Michael Stanton plays Electric Piano on "Theme For A New Day", "People Moving" & "Canticle For The Universe", Acoustic Piano on "Can't Hide Love" & "Gratitude", ARP Odyssey on "The Awakening" & "People Moving", Clavinet on "Kickin' Back"
Jerry Peters plays Acoustic Piano on "The Awakening", "People Moving" & "Canticle For The Universe"
Skip Scarborough plays ARP 2601 Synthesizer on "Theme For A New Day", "Can't Hide Love" & "Canticle For The Universe", Electric Piano on "Gratitude"
Arrangements :
"Theme For A New Day" Arranged by Patrice Rushen
"The Awakening", "Kickin' Back" & "Gratitude" by Skip Scarborough
"Can't Hide Love" & "Canticle For The Universe" by Jerry Peters
On "People Moving", Rhythm Arrangement is by Skip Scarborough, Horns by Jerry Peters
All Synthesizer Arrangements by Skip Scarborough (except "The Awakening" & "People Moving" by Michael Stanton)
Vocal Arrangements by Skip Scarborough
Engineers :
Recording : Skip Shimmin (Fantasy Studios, Berkeley)
Background Horns : Steve Maslow (Sound Factory West, Hollywood)
Remix : Eddie Bill Harris
Assisted by Phil Kaffel (Fantasy) ; Steve Maslow & Eddie Bill Harris (Sound Factory West)
Mastering : Rick Collins (Kendun Recorders, Burbank)
Recorded March 1976
Executive Producer : Orrin Keepnews
