Name: At Town Hall
Brand: Nina Simone

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

NOTLP249

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Colour

Blue

Colour details

Discogs ID

[r10915367]

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2022-02-25

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Fat Cat

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

5060348582496

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

Artist

Nina Simone

Genre GB

Jazz

Label GB

Not Now

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.

A significant moment in the early career of Nina Simone came when she was invited to perform not just at a Town Hall, but the New York City Town Hall, one of the most prestigious venues in America. It happened on the night of 15 September 1959, when the young singer and pianist performed a selection of ballads, standards and traditional songs that perfectly suited her own musical tastes and talents. As a rising star and proud representative of African-American culture, Nina showed audiences and critics alike, her prowess as a commanding and gifted performer.

Side 1 1. Black Is The Color Of My True Love’s Hair 2. Exactly Like You 3. The Other Woman 4. Under The Lowest 5. You Can Have Him Side 2 1. Summertime (Instrumental) 2. Summertime (Vocal) 3. Cotton Eyed Joe 4. Return Home 5. Wild Is The Wind 6. Fine And Mellow

At Town Hall

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