Nina Simone
Nina Simone
Artist Information
Genres: Ballads, Torch Songs, Standards, Vocal Jazz
Active: 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, 2000's
Born: February 21, 1933 in Tryon, NC
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Album: To Be Free
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Artist: Nina Simone
Released: September 30, 2008
Label: Legacy, RCA, RCA/Legacy
Song List
1 Mood Indigo 4:02
2 I Loves You, Porgy 4:10
3 My Baby Just Cares for Me 3:38
4 Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out 2:39
5 You Can Have Him [Live] 5:56
6 Wild Is the Wind [Live] 3:34
7 Trouble in Mind [Live] 5:35
8 When Malindy Sings/Swing Low Sweet Chariot [Live][#] 5:40
9 See-Line Woman [Live] 2:37
10 Pirate Jenny [Live] 6:40
11 Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood 2:45
12 I Put a Spell on You 2:36
13 Ne Me Quitte Pas 3:36
14 Feeling Good 2:55
15 Four Women 4:25
16 My Man's Gone Now 4:17
17 I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free 3:09
18 To Love Somebody 2:40
19 Sunday in Savannah [Live] 3:18
20 Backlash Blues [Live] 3:32
21 Mississippi Goddam [Live] 6:55
22 In the Morning 2:43
23 Ain't Got No-I Got Life [Alternate Version] 2:58
24 Do What You Gotta Do 3:01
25 Seems I'm Never Tired Loving You 3:02
26 Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues 4:50
27 The Times They Are A-Changin' 5:56
28 Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season) 3:41
29 The Other Woman [Live] 6:01
30 I Think It's Going to Rain Today [Live] 4:44
31 Save Me [Live] 3:33
32 Revolution [Live] 6:23
33 To Be Young, Gifted and Black [Live] 2:50
34 Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair [Live] 3:25
35 Westwind [Live] 8:48
36 Who Knows Where the Time Goes [Live] 4:59
37 Suzanne [Live] 5:02
38 No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed [Live][#] 4:51
39 Just Like a Woman 4:52
40 Here Comes the Sun 3:34
41 Tanywey [#] 3:27
42 Funkier Than a Mosquito's Tweeter [Live] 5:17
43 My Sweet Lord/Today Is a Killer [Live] 18:19
44 Let It Be Me [Live][#] 5:02
45 Poppies 4:47
46 Mr. Bojangles [Live] 4:52
47 I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl [Live] 5:47
48 Nina [Live][#] 4:13
49 Zungo [Live][#] 4:19
50 Baltimore 4:39
51 A Single Woman 3:32
52 Ain't Got No-I Got Life [DVD]
53 Pirate Jenny [DVD]
54 Don't Pay Them No Mind [DVD]
55 Milestones [DVD][Instrumental]
56 Go to Hell [DVD]
57 Backlash Blues [DVD]
58 Percussion/Drums/Clapping/Dancing [DVD]
59 I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free [DVD]
60 Precious Lord [DVD]
61 Bonus Material [DVD][*]
Credits
Pete Seeger: Adaptation
Nina Simone: Piano, Arranger, Vocals, Producer, Original Recording Producer
Jeff Hamilton: Drums
Jeremy Lubbock: Orchestral Arrangements
Seldon Powell: Flute (Alto), Sax (Tenor)
Chuck Rainey: Bass
Ernie Royal: Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Hal Mooney: Arranger, Conductor, Producer, Original Recording Producer
Weldon Irvine: Organ, Arranger, Conductor, Producer, Original Recording Producer
Montego Joe: Drums
David Nadien: Violin
Jimmy Wisner: Arranger, Conductor
Jack Robinson: Photography, Cover Photo
Nadi Qamar: Percussion, Kalimba
Steven Berkowitz: A&R
Don Alias: Percussion, Bongos, Drums
Lamar Alsop: Viola
Seymour Barab: Cello
Everett Barksdale: Guitar
John Beal: Bass
Maurice Bialkin: Cello
Alfred Brown: Viola
Garnett Brown: Trombone
Ernie Calabria: Guitar
Buck Clarke: Drums
John Clayton: Bass
Lewis Eley: Violin
Max Ellen: Violin
Barry Finclair: Violin
André Fischer: Producer, Original Recording Producer
Eric Gale: Guitar
Eileen Gilbert: Vocals
Harry Glickman: Violin
Dominick Gravine: Trumpet, Trumpet (Bass)
Milt Grayson: Vocals
Paul Griffin: Piano
Louis Haber: Violin
Bob Hamilton: Drums
Hilda Harris: Vocals
Harry Lookofsky: Violin
Ernie Hayes: Organ, Piano
Haywood Henry: Saxophone
Albert "Tootie" Heath: Drums
Gary King: Bass
Emile Latimer: Guitar
Charles Libove: Violin
Carl Lynch: Guitar
Nicky Marrero: Percussion
Charles McCracken: Cello
Homer Mensch: Bass
Marvin Morgenstern: Violin
Horace Ott: Arranger, Conductor
Gene Perla: Bass
Bernard "Pretty" Purdie: Drums, Tympani [Timpani]
Joe Rene: Producer, Original Recording Producer
Emedin Rivera: Percussion, Conga
Walter Robinson: Producer, Original Recording Producer
Alvin Rogers: Percussion
David Sackson: Violin
Jumma Santos: Conga
Al Schackman: Guitar, Piano, Sitar, Tambourine, Musical Director
Stuart Scharf: Guitar
Richard Seidel: Producer, Liner Notes
Nat Shapiro: Producer, Original Recording Producer
Richard Sortomme: Violin
Pete Spargo: Producer, Original Recording Producer
Irving Spice: Violin
David Spinozza: Guitar
Creed Taylor: Producer, Original Recording Producer
Gene Taylor: Bass
Richard Tee: Organ
Barbara Webb: Vocals
Harold Wheeler: Arranger, Conductor, Producer, Original Recording Producer
Todd Whitelock: Mixing
Mark Wilder: Mastering, Mixing
Jack Zayde: Violin
Jimmy Bond: Bass
Mel Tax: Flute, Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone), Contractor
Chris White: Bass
Julius Brand: Violin
Michael Comins: Violin
Jerry Jemmott: Bass
Gordon "Specs" Powell: Percussion, Vibraphone
Herbert Sorkin: Violin
Rudy Stevenson: Flute, Guitar
Emanuel Vardi: Viola
Essien Nkrumah: Percussion
Jerry Graff: Vocals
Michael Melvoin: Piano
Ed Ward: Liner Notes, Introduction
Jimmy Madison: Drums
Harold "Money" Johnson: Trumpet
Joe Shepley: Trumpet
Herb Snitzer: Photography
Sammy Lowe: Arranger, Conductor
Lisle Atkinson: Bass
Guy Lequerrec: Photography
Samuel Waymon: Organ, Vocals
Alfred Wertheimer: Photography
Doris Willingham: Vocals (Background)
Paul Bergen: Photography
Wilbur Bascomb, Jr.: Trumpet
Alan Schulman: Cello
Jeremy Holiday: Editorial Supervision
Tad Hershorn: Photography
Tom L. Smith: Guitar
Henry Young: Guitar
Michelle Holme: Art Direction, Design
Gretchen Brennison: Project Director
Marky Markowitz: Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Joseph Haber: Violin
Matt Kelly: Tape Research
Noah Hopkins: Vocals
Samuel Wayman: Organ, Piano
Bob Blake: Producer, Original Recording Producer
Maeretha Stewart: Vocals
Dave Swope: Mixing