Description
*This is a Vinyl LP*
Release Date: 2019
Label: Waxtime
Originally released in 1959
Track List
Side A
- Black Is The Color Of My True Love’s Hair
- Exactly Like You
- The Other Woman
- Under The Lowest
- You Can Have Him
Side B
- Summertime (Instrumental)
- Summertime
- Cotton Eyed Joe
- Return Home
- Wild Is The Wind
- Fine And Mellow
- He Needs Me (*)
Notes
One of Nina Simone’s finest recordings, this 1959 Colpix LP features the unique singer/pianist performing classic versions of “Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair,” “The Other Woman,” and “Wild Is the Wind.” With supportive work from bassist Jimmy Bond and drummer Al “Tootie” Heath, she also sounds fine on a few instrumentals.
“‘Summertime” is performed twice, once as a vocal. From the start of her career, Nina Simone carved out her own unique niche, meshing together her classical piano technique with folk singing, civil rights protest lyrics and jazz. All of those elements are in evidence on this highly recommended set.
PERSONNEL:
- NINA SIMONE, piano & vocals
- WILBUR WARE, bass
- BEN RILEY, drums
Town Hall, New York, September 12, 1959. [Except A3, B2 & B4, which are studio recordings made in October 1959]
[B7] BONUS TRACK:
- NINA SIMONE (voc), JIMMY BOND (b), ALBERT “TOOTIE” HEATH (d)
- New York, December 1957,
