Nina Simone - Verve Jazz Masters 17 (1993) CD Rip

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Artist: Nina Simone
Title: Verve Jazz Masters 17
Year Of Release: 1993
Label: Verve[314 518 198-2]
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Soul Jazz
Quality: FLAC (tracks + .cue,log)
Total Time: 61:18
Total Size: 313 MB(+3%)
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist

01. Black Is The Color (3:30)
02. I Put A Spell On You (2:36)
03. Love Me Or Leave Me (4:07)
04. Little Girl Blue (4:21)
05. My Baby Just Cares For Me (3:04)
06. I Loves You Porgy (2:33)
07. Work Song (3:09)
08. Ne Me Quitte Pas (3:38)
09. Wild Is The Wind (7:00)
10. See-Line Woman (2:39)
11. Strange Fruit (3:32)
12. Pirate Jenny (6:42)
13. Four Women (4:26)
14. Mississippi Goddam (4:55)
15. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (2:47)
16. I Hold No Grudge (2:20)

Nina Simone's inclusion in Verve's Jazz Masters series is a bit suspect; there was a lot of jazz in Simone, true, but wasn't there quite a bit of pop and soul as well, not to mention some blues? Anyway, this is an excellent survey of her mid-'60s work, with 16 tracks spanning 1964 to 1966 that find Simone at her most versatile and assured. Quite a range is encompassed here: traditional folk ("Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair"), R&B (her jazzy rendition of "I Put a Spell on You"), Jacques Brel ("Ne Me Quitte Pas"), Billie Holiday ("Strange Fruit"), the Gershwins ("I Loves You, Porgy"), Rodgers & Hart ("Little Girl Blue"), and modern jazz (Nat Adderley's "Work Song"). Other highlights are the mesmerizing "See Line Woman" and the original version of "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood," which was a hit for the Animals shortly afterwards. On the two original compositions, "Four Women" and "Mississippi Goddam," Simone confronts racism in a head-on fashion rare for the time. Discographical details: the version of "Little Girl Blue" is a mono alternate take, and the recording of "My Baby Just Cares for Me" is not from the mid-'60s, but a 1987 live album.~Richie Unterberger

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