Nina Simone at Carnegie Hall
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Released | 1963 | |||
Recorded | April 12, 1963 | |||
Venue | Carnegie Hall, New York City | |||
Genre | Vocal, jazz, blues, folk | |||
Length | 35:43 | |||
Label | Colpix | |||
Producer | Jack Lewis | |||
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Nina Simone at Carnegie Hall is a 1963 album by jazz singer/pianist/songwriter Nina Simone.[1] It is a live album recorded at Simone's first solo appearance at Carnegie Hall in New York City, on April 12, 1963,[2] and was released on Colpix Records.
Track listing
[edit]- "Black Swan" (Gian Carlo Menotti) 6:13
- "Theme from Samson and Delilah" (instrumental) (Camille Saint-Saëns) 5:50
- "If You Knew" (Nina Simone) 3:35
- "Theme from Sayonara" (instrumental) (Irving Berlin) 2:25
- "The Twelfth of Never" (Jerry Livingston (m), Paul Francis Webster (l)) 3:20
- "Will I Find My Love Today" (Alex Fogarty (m), Sidney Shaw (l)) 6:55
- "The Other Woman/Cotton-Eyed Joe" (Jessie Mae Robinson, Nina Simone/Traditional) 7:25
Complete 2-CD Set:
This edition combines the original Carnegie Hall album (disc 1) with another album recorded at the same concert, Folksy Nina, plus bonus tracks.
Disc One:
- "Black Swan" (Gian Carlo Menotti)
- "Theme from Samson and Delilah" (instrumental) (Camille Saint-Saëns)
- "If You Knew" (Nina Simone)
- "Theme from Sayonara" (instrumental) (Irving Berlin)
- "The Twelfth of Never" (Jerry Livingston (m), Paul Francis Webster (l))
- "Will I Find My Love Today" (Alex Fogarty (m), Sidney Shaw (l))
- "The Other Woman/Cotton-Eyed Joe" (Jessie Mae Robinson, Nina Simone/Traditional)
- "Work Song" (Nat Adderley) [Bonus Track]
Disc Two:
- "Silver City Bound" (Alan Lomax, Huddie Ledbetter, John A. Lomax)
- "When I Was a Young Girl" (Sebastian "Billy" Mure)
- "Eratz Zavat Chalav U'dvash" (Eliahu Gamliel)
- "Lass of the Low Country" (Traditional; arranged by Nina Simone)
- "The Young Knight" (Charles Kingsley, Joseph Hathaway)
- "Vaynikehu" (also known as "Israeli Song In 5/4 Time") (Gil Aldema)
- "Mighty Lak' a Rose" (Ethelbert Nevin, Frank Stanton)
- "Hush Little Baby" (Traditional)
- "Little Liza Jane" (Traditional) [Bonus Track]
- "Will I Find a Resting Place?" (Traditional) [Bonus Track]
- "Blackbird" (Herbert Sacker, Nina Simone) [Bonus Track]
Personnel
[edit]- Nina Simone – vocals, piano
- Alvin Schackman, Phil Orlando – guitar
- Lisle Atkinson – bass
- Montego Joe (Roger Sanders) – drums
- The Malcolm Dodds Singers – backing vocals