The Best of Nina Simone

Compilation by Nina Simone

Released 1970

Al Schackman
guitar [2, 12]
Bernard “Pretty” Purdie
drums (drum set) [11], timpani [11]
Buck Clarke
drums (drum set) [1]
Carl Lynch
guitar [11]
Danny Davis
producer [3, 5-6, 9]
Don Alias
drums (drum set) [2, 12]
Doris Willingham
background vocals [2, 12]
Edwin Begley
recording [1, 7]
Eric Gale
guitar [11]
Ernest Hayes
organ [11]
Garnett Brown
trombone [11]
Gene A Perla
bass [2, 12], electric bass guitar [2, 12]
Gene Taylor
electric bass guitar [1]
Harold Johnson
trumpet [11]
Henry Young
guitar [11]
Horace Ott
arranger [11], conductor [11]
Jerry Jemmott
electric bass guitar [11]
Joe René
producer [1, 7, 11]
Joe Shepley
trumpet [11]
Mark Hartry
mix [9]
Mickey Crofford
recording [3, 5-6]
Mike Moran
recording [2, 12]
Nina Simone
arranger [2, 8, 12], conductor [2, 12], lead vocals [1-2, 7, 11-12], piano [1-2, 7-8, 11-12], vocal [8-9]
Paul Griffin
piano [11]
Ray Hall
recording [2-3, 5-6, 8, 11-12]
Rudy Stevenson
electric guitar [1]
Sam Ellis
performer [5]
Sam Waymon
organ [1]
Sammy Lowe
arranger [9], conductor [9]
Specs Powell
percussion [11], tambourine [11], vibraphone [11]
Tom Berman
artists and repertoire [11]
Virdia Crawford
background vocals [2, 12]
Weldon Irvine
organ [2, 12]
Wilbur "Dud" Bascomb
trumpet [11]