The Very Best of Otis Redding

Compilation by Otis Redding

Released 1994

Al Jackson, Jr.
drums (drum set) [2-3, 6-8, 10, 13-19, 21, 24, 26-27]
Andrew Love
tenor saxophone [3, 7, 10, 14-15, 19, 24, 27]
Booker T. Jones
keyboard [2, 7, 10, 14-15, 19, 27], organ [6, 17, 21], piano [17-19, 21, 24]
Carla Thomas
background vocals [19], performer [19], vocal [19, 24]
Charles “Packy” Axton
tenor saxophone [6, 16-18, 21]
Don Simpson
producer [2]
Donald “Duck” Dunn
bass [16, 24], bass guitar [2, 7-8, 10, 13-15, 17-18, 26-27], electric bass guitar [3, 19]
Earl Sims
background vocals [7, 10, 14-15, 27]
Floyd Newman
baritone saxophone [6-7, 10, 14-18, 21, 27]
Gene “Bowlegs” Miller
trumpet [7, 10, 14-16, 27]
Gilbert Caples
tenor saxophone [3]
Isaac Hayes
keyboard [2, 7, 10, 14-16, 19, 27]
Jerry Bruckheimer
producer [2]
Jim Stewart
producer [3, 6-7, 10-11, 14-19, 21, 24, 27]
Joe Arnold
tenor saxophone [19, 24]
Johnny Jenkins
guitar [6]
Lewie Steinberg
bass guitar [6, 21]
Otis Redding
producer [3], vocal [2-3, 6, 8, 13, 16-19, 21, 24, 26], whistling [2]
Sammy Coleman
trumpet [16, 18]
Steve Cropper
guitar [2-3, 6-8, 10, 13-19, 21, 24, 26-27], piano [6], producer [2-3, 7-8, 13, 19, 26]
Tom Dowd
recording [7, 10, 14-15, 27]
Wayne Jackson
trumpet [2-3, 7, 10, 14-15, 17, 19, 21, 24, 27]