The Best Of Nina Simone is a Jazz album by Nina Simone, originally released in 1969. On Gatefold: 25 pressings tracked.
Sound DNA
- Jazz
- Soul Jazz
- warm
- intimate
- smoky
About
Plucking standout material from Nina Simone’s Philips albums of 1964-67, this 1969 LP paints a portrait of one of America’s most searingly original and unclassifiable talents. Simone had an effortless fluency in jazz and blues, show tunes, and modern pop/rock, a classically inflected yet indelibly soulful piano style, and an emotionally wrenching and dynamically varied voice that Hal Mooney’s arrangements and production captured especially well. Oddly, there’s nothing here from <i>High Priestess of Soul</i>, but Simone’s six other Philips releases are well represented. The theatrical sing-speak of “Pirate Jenny,” the radical protest of “Mississippi Goddam,” the extended jam breakdown of “Sinnerman,” the chilling narrative crescendo of “Four Women”: There’s a singularly expressive quality in these immortal performances.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1In The Morning2:12
- A2I Shall Be Released4:00
- A3Day And Night2:34
- A4It Be's That Way Sometime2:54
- A5I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl2:27
- A6My Man's Gone Now (From "Porgy And Bess")4:13
Side B
- B1Why? (The King Of Love Is Dead)5:31
- B2Compensation1:35
- B3I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free3:06
- B4Go To Hell3:47
- B5Do What You Gotta Do2:55
- B6Suzanne4:14
Credits
Performers
- Nina SimoneCONDUCTOR
- Sammy LoweCONDUCTOR
- Horace OttCONDUCTOR
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 25 pressings tracked on Gatefold