How It Feels to Be Free

Compilation by Nina Simone

Released 2003

Al Schackman
guitar [6-7], harmonica [8]
Bernard “Pretty” Purdie
drums (drum set) [1, 4, 10]
Bob Bushnell
bass [1, 4, 10]
Bobby Hamilton
drums (drum set) [8]
Buddy Lucas
harmonica [1, 4, 10], tenor saxophone [1, 4, 10]
Danny Davis
producer [1-2, 4, 10]
Don Alias
drums (drum set) [6-7, 7], percussion [6]
Doris Willingham
background vocals [6-7, 7]
Eric Gale
guitar [1, 4, 10]
Ernest Hayes
organ [1, 4, 10]
Gene A Perla
bass [6-7], electric bass guitar [7]
Hal Mooney
producer [3, 8, 11, 14]
Lisle Atkinson
double bass [8], percussion [8]
Mark Hartry
mix [2]
Mickey Crofford
recording [1, 4, 10]
Mike Moran
recording [6-7]
Nina Simone
arranger [3, 6-9], conductor [3, 6-7], lead vocals [1, 4, 6-7, 10, 12], piano [1, 3-4, 6-10], vocal [2-3, 8-9, 12]
Ray Hall
recording [1, 4, 6-7, 9-10]
Rudy Stevenson
flute [8], guitar [1, 4, 8, 10]
Sam Ellis
performer [1]
Sammy Lowe
arranger [2], conductor [2]
Stuart Scharf
guitar [6]
Virdia Crawford
background vocals [6-7, 7]
Weldon Irvine
organ [7]