Nina Simone - NINA SIMONE INTEGRAL 1957- 1962 (2023)

Nina Simone was an exceptional artist. She was gifted with a precocious talent and she played music at home and in church. Nina originally counted on becoming the first black female classical pianist; her plans were thwarted and that frustration no doubt permeated almost her entire career. Yet she became a diva capable of combining the jazz world with those of the classics and soul, and among other titles she recorded are some of the most vibrant and moving performances of "Wild Is The Wind" or "You Can Have Him, I Don't Want Him".

She was one of the greatest artists of her time, and her fervour and rigorous demands concerning the quality of her music took her to the highest summits, whether in her compositions or in her vocal and piano performances. For all that, she never forgot her condition as a black woman in the America of the Sixties, and her active commitment to defending the rights of the black minority was exemplary - and at times even excessive, for which she was often reproached.

Tracklist:
1.01 - Nina Simone - I Loves You Porgy (4:10)
1.02 - Nina Simone - Love Me or Leave Me (3:22)
1.03 - Nina Simone - Little Girl Blue (4:18)
1.04 - Nina Simone - Mood Indigo (4:00)
1.05 - Nina Simone - He Needs Me (2:30)
1.06 - Nina Simone - Plain Gold Ring (3:50)
1.07 - Nina Simone - Don't Smoke In Bed (3:11)
1.08 - Nina Simone - African Mailman (3:10)
1.09 - Nina Simone - Central Park Blues (3:07)
1.10 - Nina Simone - For All We Know (4:01)
1.11 - Nina Simone - Good Bait (5:27)
1.12 - Nina Simone - You'll Never Walk Alone (3:46)
1.13 - Nina Simone - He's Got the Whole World in his Hands (3:09)
1.14 - Nina Simone - My Baby Just Cares For Me (3:37)
2.15 - Nina Simone - Children Go Where I Send You (1958) (2:53)
2.16 - Nina Simone - Stomping at the Savoy (2:08)
2.17 - Nina Simone - It Might As Well Be Spring (3:56)
2.18 - Nina Simone - You've Been Gone Too Long (2:12)
2.19 - Nina Simone - That's Him Over There (2:33)
2.20 - Nina Simone - Can't Get Out Of This Mood (2:33)
2.21 - Nina Simone - Solitaire (3:25)
2.22 - Nina Simone - Chilly Winds Don't Blow (2:44)
2.23 - Nina Simone - Willow weep for me (3:14)
2.24 - Nina Simone - Black Is the Color Of My True Love's Hair (3:30)
2.25 - Nina Simone - Exactly Like You (3:10)
2.26 - Nina Simone - The Other Woman (2:58)
2.27 - Nina Simone - Under The Lowest (5:30)
2.28 - Nina Simone - I Don't Want Him (Anymore) (5:47)
2.29 - Nina Simone - Summertime (5:33)
2.30 - Nina Simone - Cotton Eyed-Joe (2:51)
2.31 - Nina Simone - Return Home (5:23)
2.32 - Nina Simone - Wild Is the Wind (3:26)
2.33 - Nina Simone - Fine And Mellow (3:34)
3.34 - Nina Simone - Since my Love Has Gone (2:48)
3.35 - Nina Simone - Tomorrow (We Shall Meet Once More) (3:02)
3.36 - Nina Simone - If Only For Tonight (3:03)
3.37 - Nina Simone - Nobody knows You When You're Down and Out (2:41)
3.38 - Nina Simone - Trouble in Mind (5:40)
3.39 - Nina Simone - Porgy (5:10)
3.40 - Nina Simone - Little Liza Jane (4:33)
3.41 - Nina Simone - You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To (5:22)
3.42 - Nina Simone - Flo Me La (7:10)
3.43 - Nina Simone - Nina's Blues (6:09)
3.44 - Nina Simone - In The Evening By The Moonlight (6:14)
4.45 - Nina Simone - Rags And Old Iron (4:09)
4.46 - Nina Simone - No Good Man (3:39)
4.47 - Nina Simone - Gin House Blues (3:03)
4.48 - Nina Simone - I'll Look Around (5:04)
4.49 - Nina Simone - I Love To Love (3:24)
4.50 - Nina Simone - Work Song (2:34)
4.51 - Nina Simone - Where Can I Go Without You (2:51)
4.52 - Nina Simone - Just Say I Love Him (6:33)
4.53 - Nina Simone - Memphis In June (2:38)
4.54 - Nina Simone - Forbidden Fruit (3:47)
4.55 - Nina Simone - Just in Time (6:37)
4.56 - Nina Simone - He Was Too Good To Me (4:54)
4.57 - Nina Simone - House of the Rising Sun (4:38)
4.58 - Nina Simone - Bye Bye Blackbird (8:16)
4.59 - Nina Simone - Brown Baby (5:49)
4.60 - Nina Simone - Zungo (3:01)
4.61 - Nina Simone - If He Had Changed My Name (4:00)
4.62 - Nina Simone - Children Go Where I Send You (1961) (7:49)
4.63 - Nina Simone - Come on Back Jack (2:16)
5.64 - Nina Simone - Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me (2:51)
5.65 - Nina Simone - I Got It Bad (4:07)
5.66 - Nina Simone - Hey, Buddy Bolden (2:28)
5.67 - Nina Simone - Merry Mending (2:35)
5.68 - Nina Simone - Something to Live For (2:56)
5.69 - Nina Simone - You Better Know It (2:25)
5.70 - Nina Simone - I Like The Sunrise (3:01)
5.71 - Nina Simone - Solitude (3:46)
5.72 - Nina Simone - The Gal From Joe's (2:09)
5.73 - Nina Simone - Satin Doll (3:38)
5.74 - Nina Simone - It Don't Mean a Thing (2:32)
5.75 - Nina Simone - I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl (2:44)