art direction Robin Lynch
bass Buell Neidlinger
bass Christopher Hanulik
bass David Speltz
bass David Young
bass Jim Hughart
bass John Peña
bass Margaret Storer
bass Steve Edelman
bass Susan Ranney
brass, woodwind, reeds Bob Tricarico
brass, woodwind, reeds Earl Dumler
brass, woodwind, reeds Gary Foster
brass, woodwind, reeds Jack Nimitz
brass, woodwind, reeds Jeff Clayton
brass, woodwind, reeds Jon Kip
brass, woodwind, reeds Valarie King
cello David Speltz
cello Frederick Seykora
cello Igor Horoshevsky
cello Marie Fera
cello Melissa Hasin
cello Suzie Katayama
contractor [strings] Jules Chaikin
coordinator [production] Patty Nichols
engineer [additional] Jeffrey 'Woody' Woodruff
engineer [assistant] Dan Bosworth
engineer [assistant] Ken Allardyce
engineer [assistant] Robert Reed
executive-producer Michael Alago
french horn Brad Warnaar
french horn Jeff DeRosa
french horn Marni Johnson
french horn Richard Todd
harp Ann Stockton
harp Carol Robbins
liner notes Ntozake Shange
mastered by Doug Sax
musical assistance [assistant to andre fischer] Keith Petrie
musical assistance [assistant to nina simone] Jane Madgwick
percussion Bill Summers
percussion Darryl Jackson
percussion Larry Bunker
photography by Carol Friedman
producer Andre Fischer
recorded by, mixed by Al Schmitt
viola Evan Wilson
viola Herschel Wise
viola Jimbo Ross
viola Margot MacLaine
viola Marilyn Baker
viola Rollice Dale
violin Assa Drori
violin Connie Kupka
violin Gina Kronstadt
violin Gordon Marron
violin Henry Ferber
violin Irving Geller
violin Isabelle Daskoff
violin Israel Baker
violin Jay Rosen
violin Jimbo Ross
violin Joel Derouin
violin Kathleen Lenski
violin Mari Tsumura
violin Mark Cargill
violin Shari Zippert
violin Yvette Devereaux
violin, concertmaster Gerald Vinci
vocals Nina Simone
Produced For KSF (2)
Produced For Pilot Entertainment
Record Company Elektra Entertainment
Record Company Warner Communications Inc.
Record Company Time Warner
Phonographic Copyright (p) Elektra Entertainment
Copyright (c) Elektra Entertainment
Published By Editions Chanson Co.
Published By Famous Music Corporation
Published By PolyGram International
Published By Emanual Music
Published By Threesome Music Co.
Published By F Sharp Productions Ltd
Published By EMI April Music Inc.
Published By Rightsong Music, Inc.
Published By Larry Spier Music
Published By Bregman, Vocco & Conn
Published By Sibongile Music
Recorded At Ocean Way Recording
Recorded At Mad Hatter Studios
Mixed At Bill Schnee Studios
Mixed At Ocean Way Recording
Mastered At The Mastering Lab
Manufactured By WEA Manufacturing Inc.
Glass Mastered At Specialty Records Corporation
Pressed By Specialty Records Corporation
Recorded at Oceanway Studios, Hollywood, and Madhatter Studio Los Angeles California'

Mixed at Bill Schnee Studios, N. Hollywood and Oceanway Studios, Hollywood, CA.

Issued in standard Jewel case with black tray. 8-page roll-out booklet contains credits, liner notes, photo portraits.

Catalogue number 9 61503-2, appears on spine; 61503-2 appears on CD face and booklet (pages 4 and 8).
Barcode: 0 7559-61503-2 3
Matrix / Runout: 2 61503-2 SRC**3 M1S1 (Variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: [Specialty 'S' logo] 2 61503-2 SRC##02 M1S3 (Variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: [Specialty 'S' logo] 2 61503-2 SRC##01 M1S1 (Variant 3)