Nina Simone - 1989-10-23 14 Jazzfestival Hamburg

 01 Balm in Gilead
02 Instrumental
03 Plain Gold Ring
04 See-Line Woman
05 He Needs Me
06 Liberian Calypso
07 Mississippi Goddam
08 If He Changed My Name
09 Zungo Michael Olatunji
10 My Baby Just Cares for Me
11 My Way
12 Unforgettable
13 Air

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Nina Simone at the Village Gate - (1962)

Nina Simone at the Village Gate (1962)

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Recorded in 1961, at the Village Gate, when Nina Simone, at age twenty-eight, was finding great success and popularity through her recordings on Colpix Records, this live performance beautifully recreates the mood and atmosphere of a Nina Simone concert. A performer with talents in many directions--and a classical background in piano, which she studied at Juilliard School of Music--Simone shows off her skills brilliantly in this CD, which never seems to repeat the same kind of music twice.

In the finger-popping "Just in Time," she begins almost in a monotone, singing the melody against a bass, but then picks up the tempo and introduces a sparkling piano treatment, her own arrangement. The ballad "He Was Too Good For Me," a slow lament of a lost love, is followed by "House of the Rising Sun," a folk song familiar to audiences worldwide now, but new at the time--sung as funky blues with a strong guitar and bass beat.

"Bye Bye Blackbird" is unique on the CD--an 8:12 minute jam session with no vocal. Simone on piano, and her guitarist, Al Shackman, provide a musical statement and then echo for two minutes, with drums, cymbals, and a more upbeat piano following. Filled with variations on the familiar theme, the track ends with a grand finale of classical jazz. "Brown Baby," a "freedom song" recorded in the days before Freedom Rides and the death of Martin Luther King, is a powerful assertion, which ends in a wail. "Zungo," which follows appropriately, is an African inspired number with drum accompaniment.

The highlight of the CD for me was "Children, Go Where I Send You," a revival song so full of energy that it will have you ready to leap through your speakers to "witness" along with Simone. Simone had complete artistic control at Colpix, and it shows here. The CD is beautifully paced and offers a great deal of variety, and Simone wisely keeps her accompaniment to a minimum. A terrific CD! 
~ M.Whipple

Track List:

1. Just In Time

2. He Was Good To Me

3. House Of The Rising Sun

 4. Bye Bye Blackbird

5. Brown Baby

6. Zungo

7. If He Changed My Name

8. Children Go Where I Send You

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