Bittersweet: The Very Best of Nina Simone

Compilation by Nina Simone

Released 24 October 2000

Al Schackman
guitar [5]
Al Shackman
bass [14]
Albert “Tootie” Heath
drums (drum set) [1-3]
Arthur Adams
guitar [14]
Bobby Hamilton
background vocals [6], drums (drum set) [6], instrument [5], membranophone [6]
Buck Clarke
drums (drum set) [13]
Chris White
bass [5]
Danny Davis
producer [9-12]
Don Alias
drums (drum set) [12]
Gene Taylor
electric bass guitar [13]
Hal Mooney
arranger [7-8], conductor [7-8], producer [4, 7-8]
Harold Wheeler
arranger [16], conductor [16], producer [16]
James E. Bond
bass [2], double bass [1, 3]
Jimmy Wisner
arranger [12], conductor [12]
Joe René
producer [13]
Lisle Atkinson
background vocals [6], double bass [6]
Mickey Crofford
recording [9-11]
Mike Moran
recording [12]
Nat Shapiro
producer [16]
Nina Simone
arranger [6, 16], lead vocals [1-3, 6, 12], piano [1-3, 5-8, 12-14], vocal [5, 7-8, 13]
Paul Robinson
drums (drum set) [14]
Ray Hall
engineer [15], recording [9-12]
Rudy Stevenson
background vocals [6], electric guitar [13], guitar [6-8]
Sam Ellis
performer [10]
Sam Waymon
organ [13]
Stu Phillips
arranger [4]