Blue for You: The Very Best Of

Compilation by Nina Simone

Released 1997

Al Schackman
guitar [10, 18]
Albert “Tootie” Heath
drums (drum set) [2-3, 8]
Buck Clarke
drums (drum set) [11, 16]
Danny Davis
producer [5-6, 15, 19-20]
Don Alias
drums (drum set) [10, 18, 20]
Doris Willingham
background vocals [10, 18]
Edwin Begley
recording [12-14, 16]
Gene A Perla
bass [10, 18], electric bass guitar [10, 18]
Gene Taylor
bass [16], electric bass guitar [11]
Hal Mooney
arranger [1, 4], conductor [1, 4], producer [1, 4]
Harold Wheeler
arranger [12-14], conductor [12-14], producer [12-14]
Horace Ott
arranger [7], conductor [7]
Horace Ott's Orchestra
performing orchestra [7]
James E. Bond
double bass [2-3, 8]
Jimmy Wisner
arranger [20], conductor [20]
Joe René
producer [11, 16]
Mark Hartry
mix [5]
Mickey Crofford
recording [6, 15, 19]
Mike Moran
recording [10, 18, 20]
Nat Shapiro
producer [12-14]
Nina Simone
arranger [9-10, 12-14, 18], conductor [10, 18], lead vocals [2-3, 8, 10, 12, 18, 20], piano [1-4, 7-11, 16, 18, 20], vocal [1, 4-5, 7, 9, 11, 16]
Ray Hall
recording [6, 9-10, 15, 18-20]
Rudy Stevenson
electric guitar [11, 16], guitar [1, 4]
Sam Waymon
organ [11, 16]
Sammy Lowe
arranger [5], conductor [5]
Virdia Crawford
background vocals [10, 18]
Weldon Irvine
organ [10, 18]