The Best of Nina Simone [PolyGram]

by Nina Simone

Overview

The Best of Nina Simone presents 12 tracks taken from the many recordings Simone did for Phillips in the '60s. As is often noted, Simone is a dynamic and powerful vocal interpreter who often brought her social consciousness directly into her artistry. Some of the material on this record would have been considered topical for the period when it was first issued. 20 years later (1985) much of it still retains the emotional power of its original time. Ignore the liner note hyperbole; this is in fact certainly some of the BEST of Simone. There's a universality to the emotion and text of this theatrical music - any doubts, just substitute the name "South Africa" for "Mississippi" in "...Goddamn." Too removed? Try your own locale. ~ Bob Rusch, Cadence

Product Details

Release Date:	10/25/1990
Label:	Verve / Polygram
UPC:	0042282284624
Rank:	83812

Tracks

1. I Loves You, Porgy
2. Mississippi Goddam
3. The Other Woman
4. Sinner Man
5. Ne Me Quitte Pas
6. See Line Woman
7. I Put a Spell on You
8. Break Down and Let It All Out
9. Four Women
10. Wild Is the Wind
11. Pirate Jenny
12. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Nina Simone   Primary Artist,Piano,Vocals
Horace Ott   Director,Conductor
Rudy Stevenson   Flute,Guitar
Al Schackman   Guitar,Harmonica
Hal Mooney   Conductor
Albert "Tootie" Heath   Drums
Bobby Hamilton   Drums
Lisle Atkinson   Bass
Jimmy Bond   Bass
Montego Joe   Drums
Chris White   Bass
Malcolm Dodd Singers   Vocals
Lyle Atkinson   Bass

Technical Credits

George H. Bass   Composer
Robert Mersey   Arranger
Richard Seidel   CD Preparation
Screamin' Jay Hawkins   Composer
Van McCoy   Composer
Ned Washington   Composer
Ronnie Gilbert   Composer
Jessie Mae Robinson   Composer
Nina Simone   Arranger,Composer
Traditional   Composer
Sol Marcus   Composer
Bertolt Brecht   Composer
Betty Sue Perry   Composer
Jack Gold   Producer
Jacques Brel   Composer
Bennie Benjamin   Composer
Erik Darling   Composer
George Gershwin   Composer
Ira Gershwin   Composer
DuBose Heyward   Composer
Hal Mooney   Arranger,Producer
Stu Phillips   Producer
Kurt Weill   Composer
Marc Blitzstein   Composer
Fred Hellerman   Composer
George Bass   Composer
Lee Hays   Composer
Dimitri Tiomkin   Composer
Gloria Caldwell   Composer
Dick Lochte   Liner Notes
Gert VanHoeyen   Digital Remastering
Hecky Krasnow   Producer
Allen McCoy   Composer
Eunice Waymon   Composer
Dennis Drake   Digital Remastering
Horace Ott   Arranger