tracks a1, a3, b2, b4 to b6 arranged by Dave Matthews
tracks a2, a4, b1, b3 arranged by Nina Simone
arranged by [strings] Dave Matthews
backing vocals Albertine Robinson
backing vocals Babi Floyd
backing vocals Deborah McDuffie
backing vocals Frank Floyd
backing vocals Jo Armstead
backing vocals Maeretha Stewart
backing vocals Milt Grayson
backing vocals Ray Simpson
bass Gary King
cello Alan Shulman
cello Charles McCracken
cello Jonathan Abramowitz
double bass Chuck Israels
double bass Homer Mensch
double bass John Beal
drums Jimmy Madison
engineer [assistant mixing engineer] Joel Cohn
engineer [recording and mixing engineer] Dave Palmer
guitar Eric Gale
percussion Nicky Marrero
producer Creed Taylor
viola Alfred Brown
viola Emanuel Vardi
viola LaMar Alsop
violin Barry Finclair
violin Charles Libove
violin David Nadien
violin Harry Glickman
violin Harry Lookofsky
violin Herbert Sorkin
violin Marvin Morgenstern
violin Max Ellen
violin Richard Sortomme
vocals, keyboards Nina Simone
Mixed At Electric Lady Studios
Recorded at Studio Katy, Brussels in January 1978.
Mixed at Electric Lady with the Aphex Aural Exciter.
Nicky Marrero appears courtesy of Fania Records.
Eric Gale appears courtesy of Columbia Records.

Gatefold sleeve.

I attended a Nina Simone concert at the Drury Lane Theatre in London in December 1977. Nina played and sang to an ecstatic, packed house. It was clearly evident why her concerts have always been regarded by critics and audiences as an experience. A month later, I went to Brussels to produce this Nina Simone recording. I have recorded many diverse and talented personalities over the years, but I was not prepared for the experience that was to follow in the recording studio. When Nina walks into the studio she radiates the most magnificent intensity of any artist I have ever seen. And when she begins to play and sing she turns everything - even the most simple, mundane phrase or lyric - into a radiant, poetic message. -Creed Taylor