Nina Simone - Nina Simone at the Village Gate
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Artist: Nina SimoneEdition: Music CD
Format: Live
CD Release Date: 1991-07-16
Music Label: Blue Note Records
Soundtracks:
- Just In Time
- He Was Good To Me
- House Of The Rising Sun
- Bye Bye Blackbird
- Brown Baby
- Zungo
- If He Changed My Name
- Children Go Where I Send You
Free Music Notes for Nina Simone at the Village Gate
Free Music Review: Classic live performance by one of the jazz world's great singer/pianists.
Hit: 5 Stars
Recorded in 1961, at the Village Gate, when Nina Simone, at age twenty-eight, was finding great success and popularity through her recordings on Colpix Records, this live performance beautifully recreates the mood and atmosphere of a Nina Simone concert. A performer with talents in many directions--and a classical background in piano, which she studied at Juilliard School of Music--Simone shows off her skills brilliantly in this CD, which never seems to repeat the same kind of music twice.
In the finger-popping "Just in Time," she begins almost in a monotone, singing the melody against a bass, but then picks up the tempo and introduces into a sparkling piano treatment, her own arrangement. The ballad "He Was Too Good For Me," a slow lament of a lost love, is followed by "House of the Rising Sun," a folk song familiar to audiences worldwide now, but new at the time--sung as funky blues with a strong guitar and bass beat.
"Bye Bye Blackbird" is unique on the CD--an 8:12 minute jam session with no vocal. Simone on piano, and her guitarist, Al Shackman, provide a musical statement and then echo for two minutes, with drums, cymbals, and a more upbeat piano following. Filled with variations on the familiar theme, the track ends with a grand finale of classical jazz. "Brown Baby," a "freedom song" recorded in the days before Freedom Rides and the death of Martin Luther King, is a powerful assertion, which ends in a wail. "Zungo," which follows appropriately, is an African inspired number with drum accompaniment.
The highlight of the CD for me was "Children, Go Where I Send You," a revival song so full of energy that it will have you ready to leap through your speakers to "witness" along with Simone. Simone had complete artistic control at Colpix, and it shows here. The CD is beautifully paced and offers a great deal of variety, and Simone wisely keeps her accompaniment to a minimum. A terrific CD! n Mary Whipple
Anthology
The Very Best Of Nina Simone, 1967-1972 : Sugar In My Bowl
Nina Simone - Live at Montreux 1976
Nina: The Essential Nina Simone
Nina Simone's Finest Hour
Nina Simone at the Village Gate Poster
Nina Simone recorded for Columbia Pictures adjunct Colpix records from 1959 through 1964, cutting 10 records for the imprint. Five of her Colpix records were concert recordings, a setting that suits her idiosyncrasies while protecting her from overproduction, and one she's returned to frequently. At the Village Gate captures a particularly intimate 1961 performance and stands as the cream of her live collections. Backed by a trio that includes her favorite sideman, guitarist Al Shackman, Simone ranges from the yearning "He Was Too Good to Me" to a sprightly eight-minute-plus version of "Bye Bye Blackbird" that displays her underrated keyboard skills. This is the kind of album that ages like a fine merlot. --Steven StolderJapanese 24-bit remastered reissue of 1962 album packaged in a miniature LP sleeve. TO. 2004.
24bit Digitally Remastered Japanese Limited Edition in an LP-STYLE Slipcase.
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