Nina Simone

• 2-CD SET

• FOR THe first time the full concert IN CD

Nina Simone’s story from the late sixties to the nineties can be told through her legendary performances in Montreux. Taking to the Montreux stage for the first time on 16 June 1968 for the festival’s second edition, Simone built a lasting relationship with Montreux Jazz Festival and its Creator and Director Claude Nobs and this unique trust and electricity can be clearly felt on the recordings.

Simone’s multi-faceted and radical story is laid bare on ‘Nina Simone: The Montreux Years’. From Nina’s glorious and emotional 1968 performance to her fiery and unpredictable concert in 1976, one of the festival’s most remarkable performances ever witnessed, the collection includes recordings from all of her five legendary Montreux concerts – 1968, 1976, 1981, 1987 and 1990.

The CD edition of ‘Nina Simone: The Montreux Years’ will also include Simone’s 1968 landmark concert in full, the first time the full concert will be available on CD.

TRACKS:

• CD ONE
• 01. Someone To Watch Over Me (Casino Montreux 7/10/1987)
• 02. Backlash Blues (Casino Montreux 7/3/1976)
• 03. I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free (Casino Montreux 7/3/1976)
• 04. See-Line Woman (Casino Montreux 7/13/1990)
• 05. Little Girl Blue (Pt 1 and 2) (Casino Montreux 7/3/1976)
• 06. Don't Smoke In Bed (Casino Montreux 7/13/1990)
• 07. Stars (Casino Montreux 7/3/1976)
• 08. What A Little Moonlight Can Do (Casino Montreux 7/13/1990)
• 09. AfricanMailman (Casino Montreux 7/3/1976)
• 10. Just In Time (Casino Kursaal 6/16/1968)
• 11. Four Women (Casino Montreux 7/13/1990)
• 12. No Woman No Cry (Casino Montreux 7/13/1990)
• 13. Liberian Calypso (Casino Montreux 7/13/1990)
• 14. Ne Me Quitte Pas (Casino Montreux 7/13/1990)
• 15. Montreux Blues (Casino Montreux 7/19/1981)
• 16. My Baby Just Cares For Me (Casino Montreux 7/13/1990)

• CD TWO
• 01. Intro (Casino Kursaal 6/16/1968)
• 02. Go To Hell (Casino Kursaal 6/16/1968)
• 03. Just In Time (Casino Kursaal 6/16/1968)
• 04. When I Was A Young Girl (Casino Kursaal 6/16/1968)
• 05. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (Casino Kursaal 6/16/1968)
• 06. Ne Me Quitte Pas (Casino Kursaal 6/16/1968)
• 07. To Love Somebody (Casino Kursaal 6/16/1968)
• 08. Backlash Blues (Casino Kursaal 6/16/1968)
• 09. The House Of The Rising Sun (Casino Kursaal 6/16/1968)
• 10. See Line Woman (Casino Kursaal 6/16/1968)
• 11. Please Read Me (Casino Kursaal 6/16/1968)
• 12. Ain't Got No, I Got Life (Casino Kursaal 6/16/1968)
• 13. Gin House Blues (Casino Kursaal 6/16/1968)
• 14. I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free (Casino Kursaal 6/16/1968)