In the Zone (Wayman Tisdale album)

In the Zone is the second studio album by Wayman Tisdale released in 1996 on Motown Records. The album reached No. 7 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Albums chart and No. 9 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart.

Personnel

 * Wayman Tisdale – bass, vocals (3, 10, 14), arrangements (3, 7, 8, 10, 14), vocal arrangements (10, 14)
 * Robert Brookins – keyboards (2, 12), drums (2), arrangements (2), lead vocals (11)
 * Raymond McKinley – Rhodes electric piano (2)
 * Jerry Harris Jr. – keyboards (3, 4, 7, 14), organ (3, 4, 14), drums (4), arrangements (4), additional keyboards (11)
 * Art Dixie – arrangements (3, 8), keyboards (8, 10), organ (10)
 * Alex Alessandroni – acoustic piano (4), strings (15)
 * J.R. Swinga – keyboards (5), vocoder (5), sound programming (5), drum programming (5), vocals (5), arrangements (5)
 * David Cochrane – instruments (11), vocals (11), arrangements (11)
 * Bobby Gonzales – guitars (3, 7), instruments (15), arrangements (15)
 * Thano Sahnas – acoustic guitar (8)
 * Eric Brown – drums (3, 7, 14)
 * Arthur Thompson – drums (8, 10), percussion (10)
 * Joseph "Butch Whip" Jackson – drum programming (16)
 * Eddie Mininfield – alto saxophone (3, 7, 14), tenor saxophone (3, 7), horn arrangements (3, 7)
 * Brian King Nelson – saxophone (12)
 * Derek "DOA" Allen – vocals (2, 4, 10), vocal arrangements (4), keyboards (12), drums (12), arrangements (12)
 * Sue Ann Carwell – backing vocals (11)
 * Lalah Hathaway – vocals (16)
 * Big Bub – vocals (16)

Production

 * Eric Talbert – A&R direction
 * Frankie Ross – executive producer
 * Bruce Walker – executive producer
 * Wayman Tisdale – executive producer, producer (2-4, 7, 8, 10-12, 14, 16)
 * Robert Brookins – producer (2), recording
 * Art Dixie – producer (3, 8)
 * Jerry Harris Jr. – additional producer (3, 7, 14), producer (4, 16)
 * Derek "DOA" Allen – co-producer (4, 16), producer (12)
 * J.R. Swinga – producer (5)
 * David Cochrane – producer (11)
 * Bobby Gonzales – producer (15)
 * Otto D'Agnolo – recording, mixing
 * Jean-Marie Horvat – recording, mixing
 * Vernie Vern – recording
 * Lee "Big Bub" Drakeford – remixing (16)
 * Roger Seibel – mastering at SAE Mastering (Phoenix, Arizona)
 * Crystal Chambers – production coordinator
 * Carol Friedman – art direction, photography
 * David Harley – design
 * David Irvin – design