The Best of Material

Compilation by Material

Released 2001

Archie Shepp
tenor saxophone [12]
B.J. Nelson
background vocals [4]
Bernard Fowler
background vocals [1], lead vocals [1]
Bill Laswell
bass [1-5, 11-13]
Billy Bang
violin [5]
Daniel Ponce
bongos [1]
Fred Frith
mix [3, 5], performer [3, 5]
Fred Maher
drums (drum set) [11], membranophone [13], performer [2-3, 5], producer [6]
George Lewis
trombone [3]
Henry Threadgill
alto saxophone [2-3]
Martin Bisi
engineer [2-3, 5], mix [2-3, 5], producer [2-3, 5, 11], recording [1, 4, 12-13]
Material
producer [1-5, 11-13]
Michael Beinhorn
mix [2-3, 5], performer [2-3, 5], synthesizer [1, 4, 11-13]
Nile Rodgers
guitar [1]
Nona Hendryx
background vocals [4], performer [6], vocal [13]
Noris Night
lead vocals [4]
Olu Dara
trumpet [2, 5]
Raymond Jones
electric piano [1, 12]
Robert Quine
guitar [11]
Ronald "Head" Drayton
guitar [4, 13]
Sonny Sharrock
guitar [2, 5]
Tony Thompson
drums (drum set) [1]
Whitney Houston
lead vocals [12]
Yogi Horton
drums (drum set) [4, 12]