Name: Little Girl Blue
Brand: Nina Simone

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006SP

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Black

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

1000

Release date

2023-05-19

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8435723700142

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Black LP

Artist

Nina Simone

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Jazz

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Supper Club

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.

The Supper Club is a member’s only social association that brings together talented and likeminded individuals for exclusive salon-style soirees in alluring locales across the globe. Reviving the traditional ways of entertaining in a fresh, unconventional way, they host multiple private events each month at the newest restaurants in the city and gorgeous estates and residencies, charming their charismatic and connected membership base. With high-style, a discerning palate, and a unique sense of whimsy, The Supper Club is now serving London, New York, Los Angeles, and beyond.

Our members are stylish, sophisticated, charismatic and engaging. They are industry leaders and rising stars from various professions such as entrepreneurs, wealth managers, media moguls, writers, designers, surgeons entertainment executives attorneys architects actors musicians athletes nightlife gurus producers film directors. Passionate about life and luxury; they are the quintessential dinner guests.

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Little Girl Blue was Nina Simone's frst studio recording and features her in an intimate trio setting with bassist Jimmy Bond and drummer Albert "Tootie" Heath.

 Many of the tracks would become true classics, among them her perennial version of 'My Baby Just Cares For Me'. The album introduced Nina not only as a brilliant singer, but also as a unique jazz pianist. Simone's signature tune, 'I Loves You, Porgy', appears here in her first studio version. 

AllMusic reviewer Thom Jurek gave the album four out of five stars, stating that "Little Girl Blue showcases her ballad voice as one of mystery and sensuality and showcases her up-tempo jazz style with authority and an enigmatic down-home feel that is nonetheless elegant." * Bonus track. 'African Mailman' from the same sessions, but not included on the original LP.

Little Girl Blue

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