Nikki Giovanni's poetry is musical in itself, but on these selections she recites to a musical accompaniment composed by Arif Mardin and is joined by Cissy Houston on background vocals.

Personnel: Nikki Giovanni (spoken vocals); Cornell Dupree (guitar); David Newman (tenor saxophone, flute); Charlie Brown (tenor saxophone); Richard Tee, Paul Griffen (keyboards); Ken Bichel (Arp synthesizer); Doug Bascomb, Gordon Edwards (bass); Bernard Purdie, Stephen Gadd, Errol Bennett (drums); Winston Grennan (percussion); Cissy Houston, Myrna Smith, Sylvia Shemwell (background vocals).

Recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York, New York. Includes liner notes by Roberta Flack.

Composer: Arif Mardin.

Personnel: Nikki Giovanni (vocals); Cornell Dupree (guitar); David "Fathead" Newman (flute, tenor saxophone); Charlie Brown , Charlie Brown Jr. (tenor saxophone); Paul Griffen, Richard Tee (keyboards); Kenneth Bichel (synthesizer); Crusher Bennett, Steve Gadd , Bernard "Pretty" Purdie (drums); Winston Grennan (percussion); Cissy Houston, Myrna Smith, Sylvia Shemwell (background vocals).

Liner Note Author: Roberta Flack.

Recording information: Atlantic Recording Studios, New York, NY.

Photographer: Dennis Chalkin.

Arranger: Arif Mardin.

Genre:

• Spoken Word

Labels:

• Collectables Records

Music Categories:

• Pop Vocal

Product Groupings:

• Clearance CDs
• Collectables Records - Audio CDs