The Definitive Collection

Compilation by Nina Simone

Released 10 January 2006

Al Schackman
guitar [4-5], harmonica [12-14]
Al Shackman
bass [16]
Albert “Tootie” Heath
drums (drum set) [3]
Arthur Adams
guitar [16, 19]
Bob Blake
producer [3]
Bobby Hamilton
background vocals [7], drums (drum set) [5-8, 12-14], instrument [4], membranophone [7]
Cal Lampley
producer [5]
Chris White
bass [4-5]
F. Byron Clark
recording [1]
Hal Mooney
arranger [11], conductor [11, 15], producer [2, 10-11, 13-14]
Horace Ott
arranger [9], conductor [9]
Horace Ott's Orchestra
performing orchestra [9]
Jack Gold
producer [3]
James E. Bond
bass [3]
Lisle Atkinson
background vocals [7], bass guitar [12-13], double bass [6-8, 13-14], percussion [6, 12-14]
Monk Higgins
arranger [1]
Nina Simone
arranger [6-8, 10, 14, 18], conductor [10], lead vocals [5-8], piano [1, 3-16, 18-19], vocal [1, 3-4, 9-11, 13-15, 18-19]
Paul Robinson
drums (drum set) [16]
Ray Hall
engineer [17], recording [18]
Rudy Stevenson
background vocals [7], flute [6, 12-14], guitar [6-8, 11-14]
Stu Phillips
arranger [2]