Name: At The Village Gate
Brand: Nina Simone

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Bertus Musikvertrieb

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Limited edition

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Release date

2021-10-15

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70041

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8436563183959

2017-08-04

NOTLP251

5060348582519

2014-11-13

VP80041

8712177064199

Artist

Nina Simone

Label EU

20Th Century Masterworks

Genre EU

Jazz

20th Century Masterworks

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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“The breath-taking originality of the second half of the show is what makes this album great. Opening with Oscar Brown, Jr.’s “Brown Baby” and then Michael Olatunji’s “Zungo” and delivering a long version of another traditional song “Children, Go Where I Send You”, Simone makes a profound stand on the black musical tradition, drawing on her deep reading in Frantz Fanon’s auto-theory and Leopold Senghor’s ideas on negritude to create a body of work that transcends jazz styles and critical pigeonholes. She was unique, but only because she drew on multitudes.” Brian MortonTracks: Just In Time / He Was Too 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 / Summer me / Exactly Like You / The Other Woman* / Fine And Mellow* / Trouble In Mind* / You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To / My Baby Just Cares For Me * (CD Bonus tracks *)Line-up : Nina Simone, vocals and piano (on all tracks), with Al Shackman, guitar; Chris White, bass; and Rob Hamilton, drums.

At The Village Gate

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