Name: Little Girl Blue by Brian Morton
Brand: Nina Simone

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Hardback

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Book + CD

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2022-12-16

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Nina Simone

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Jazz

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Jazz Images

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.

Jazz Images is a Spanish label that specializes in reissuing jazz albums. With a focus on preserving the rich history of jazz music, Jazz Images brings back iconic albums from the past and presents them in deluxe gatefold LP covers. These covers feature stunning photographs by renowned photographers such as Jean-Pierre Leloir and William Claxton. By combining exceptional music with visually captivating artwork, Jazz Images offers an immersive experience for jazz enthusiasts and collectors alike.

The complete Little Girl Blue album plus bonus tracks on 1 CD packaged together with a deluxe 88-page hardback book by renowned Penguin Guide To Jazz writer, Brian Morton. Little Girl Blue was iconic singer/pianist Nina Simone's debut album and her first studio recording ever. Taped when she was 25 years old, it was a tremendous success and led to a fabulous career that would produce more than eighty studio sessions.

In this accompanying book, renowned Penguin Guide to Jazz and BBC writer Brian Morton explores Nina's life and career, as well as the making of this perennial jazz masterpiece, which contains such classics as Nina's renditions of 'My Baby Just Cares for Me' and 'I Loves You Porgy'.

The book is fully illustrated with classic, rare, and never before published photos by such important jazz photographers as Herb Snitzer, Gilles Petard, David Redfern, Jack Robinson, and Ian Showell, among others. Also included inside is the CD of Little Girl Blue in its entirety, plus nine bonus tracks.

Tracks: Mood Indigo / Don't Smoke In Bed / He Needs Me / Little Girl Blue / Love Me Or Leave Me / My Baby Just Cares For Me / Good Bait / Plain Gold Ring / You'll Never Walk Alone / I Loves You Porgy / Central Park Blues / He's Got The Whole World In His Hands / For All We Know / African Mailman / House Of The Rising Sun / Summertime / Cotton-Eyed Joe / Wild Is The Wind / The Other Woman / Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair

Little Girl Blue by Brian Morton

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