Name: In Concert
Brand: Nina Simone

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Catalogue number

2252004

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Black

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2021-04-09

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8436563183379

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Nina Simone

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Jazz

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In Crowd

Nina Simone was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Born on February 21, 1933 in Tryon, North Carolina, she began giving piano recitals at a young age after playing at her local church. Her talent impressed her mother's employer and a local fund set up by her music teacher, who funded her childhood piano lessons.

At the age of 17, Nina moved to Philadelphia where she taught piano and played to raise money for her studies at New York's renowned Juilliard School Of Music. To support her family financially, she worked in a bar in Atlantic City where she gained a devoted following through singing.

Nina's career took off when she recorded Gershwin's "I Loves You Porgy," which became a US Top 40 hit. This success led to performances at prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall and the Newport Jazz Festival. Throughout her career, Nina embraced numerous Civil Rights anthems and was a passionate supporter of the movement.

In the 1970s, Nina left the US and lived in various places including Barbados, Africa, the Netherlands before settling in France where she passed away from cancer in 2003. Known for drawing heavily on gospel blues soul jazz R&B folk music forms within her voice; it found wider popularity late in life when "My Baby Just Cares For Me" became an unlikely UK chart hit featured in a TV ad campaign.

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Nina Simone in Concert was her first album for the record label Philips and was made up of three live recordings in Carnegie Hall, New York City in March and April 1964. Backed by a jazz quartet, this is Simone at her most smouldering, doing jazz classics and the civil rights anthems that packed such a passionate punch. 

“Here, the singer and pianist is backed by a spare, jazzy quartet, and some of the songs rank among her most socially conscious declarations of African-American pride: ‘Old Jim Crow,’ ‘Pirate Jenny,’ ‘Go Limp,’ and, especially, ‘Mississippi Goddam’ were some of the most forthright musical reflections of the Civil Rights movement to be found at the time. In a more traditional vein, she also reprises her hit ‘I Loves You, Porgy’ and the jazz ballad ‘Don’t Smoke in Bed’.” - Richie Unterberger, AllMusic

Tracks: Black Is The Color Of My True Love’s Hair / The Other Woman / Plain Gold Ring / I Loves You, Porgy / Old Jim Crow / Pirate Jenny / Chilly Winds Don’t Blow / Wild Is The Wind / Little Girl Blue / Don’t Smoke In Bed / Images / Go Limp / Mississippi Goddam / See Line Woman

In Concert

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Discover In Concert by Nina Simone on vinyl. This smouldering live album features jazz classics and civil rights anthems. Label: In Crowd. Formats: LP.