Nina Simone

LIMITED EDITION IN SPECIAL SIX-PANEL DIGIPACK + INSIDE BOOKLET

INCLUDES 1 BONUS TRACK

The great Nina Simone’s style encompassed a broad range of musical genres including jazz, blues, folk, R&B, gospel, pop and classical music. This collection compiles some of her best performances of jazz ballads and blues. Among the many highlights are her classic readings of the ballads “I Loves You Porgy,” “Little Girl Blue,” and “Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair,” as well as blues such as “Trouble in Mind,” Billie Holiday’s “Fine and Mellow,” and “Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out.” One of Simone’s most outstanding hits, “My Baby Just Cares for Me,” has been added as a bonus

PERSONNEL:

• NINA SIMONE, vocals & piano

• ON TRACKS [1],[3],[7],[18 & 19]:
• Jimmy Bond (b), Albert “Tootie” Heath (d).
• New York, prob. December, 1957

• ON TRACKS [2] & [13]:
• Al Shackman (g), Chris White (b), Bobby Hamilton (d).
• Live at the Village Gate, New York, April 1961.

• ON TRACK [4]:
• The Malcolm Dodds Singers (vocal choir), orchestra.
• conducted & arranged by Ralph Burns. New York, 1962.

• ON TRACKS [5 & 8]:
• Orchestra conducted & arranged by Bob Mersey. New York, 1959.

• ON TRACKS [6],[11],[15] & [17]:
• Same personnel as above. New York, 1960-61.

• ON TRACKS [9] & [14]:
• Wilbur Ware (b), Ben Riley (d). Live at Town Hall,
• New York, September 12, 1959.

• ON TRACKS [10] & [12]:
• Same personnel as 2 & 13. Newport Jazz Festival,
• Newport, Rhode Island, June 30, 1960.

• ON TRACK [16}:
• Orchestra conducted by Stu Phillips. New York, 1959-60.

TRACKS:

• THE BALLADS
• 01. I LOVES YOU PORGY
• 02. HE WAS TOO GOOD TO ME
• 03. LITTLE GIRL BLUE
• 04. SOLITUDE
• 05. WILLOW WEEP FOR ME
• 06. MEMPHIS IN JUNE
• 07. FOR ALL WE KNOW
• 08. BLUE PRELUDE
• 09. BLACK IS THE COLOR OF MY TRUE LOVE’S HAIR"

• THE BLUES
• 10. TROUBLE IN MIND
• 11. GIN HOUSE BLUES
• 12. NINA’S BLUES
• 13. HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN
• 14. FINE AND MELLOW
• 15. RAGS AND OLD IRON
• 16. NOBODY KNOWS YOU WHEN YOU’RE DOWN AND OUT
• 17. WORK SONG
• 18. CENTRAL PARK BLUES
• 19. MY BABY JUST CARES FOR ME