Nina Simone - 36 Outstanding Jazz Tracks (2CD) (2001)

Nina Simone (February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003) was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and activist in the Civil Rights Movement. Simone employed a broad range of musical styles including classical, jazz, blues, folk, R&B, gospel, and pop. Born in North Carolina, the sixth child of a preacher, Waymon aspired to be a concert pianist. With the help of a few supporters in her hometown of Tryon, North Carolina, she enrolled in the Juilliard School of Music in New York.

Waymon then applied for a scholarship to study at the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where she was denied despite a well-received audition. Waymon became fully convinced this rejection had been entirely due to racial discrimination. Years later, two days before her death, the Curtis Institute of Music bestowed on her an honorary degree.

To make a living, Eunice Waymon changed her name to "Nina Simone". The change related to her need to disguise herself from family members, having chosen to play "the devil's music" or "cocktail piano" at a nightclub in Atlantic City. She was told in the nightclub that she would have to sing to her own accompaniment, and this effectively launched her career as a jazz vocalist.

Simone recorded more than 40 albums, mostly between 1958, when she made her debut with Little Girl Blue, and 1974. She had a hit in the United States in 1958 with "I Loves You, Porgy".

Simone's musical style fused gospel and pop with classical music, in particular Johann Sebastian Bach, and accompanied expressive, jazz-like singing in her contralto voice.

Track List CD1:
01. My Baby Just Cares For Me - 3:39
02. Ain't Got No/I Got Life - 4:39
03. To Be Young Gifted And Black - 6:21
04. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood - 3:51
05. He's Got The Whole World in His Hand - 3:10
06. Missisippi Goddamn - 4:39
07. Mood Indigo - 4:01
08. For All We Know - 4:00
09. I Sing just To Know I'm Alive - 3:45
10. I Wan't A Little Sugar In My Body - 3:28
11. He Needs Me - 2:29
12. Little Girl Blue - 4:18
13. Pirate Jenny - 4:47
14. Plain Gold Ring - 3:49
15. The Other Women - 4:17
16. Touching and Caring - 5:28
17. You Must Have Another Lover - 4:28
18. No Oppurtunity Necessery, No Experience Needed - 4:21

Track List CD2:
01. The House Of The Rising Sun - 6:55
02. I Loves You Porgy - 4:09
03. Love Me Or Leave Me - 3:22
04. You Took My Teeth - 1:09
05. Do What You Gotta Do - 3:43
06. Saratoga - 3:20
07. Sea Line Woman - 3:47
08. African Mailman - 3:08
09. After You've Gone - 5:38
10. Ain't No Use - 2:45
11. Don't Smoke In Bed - 3:10
12. Four Women - 4:53
13. Fodder On Her Wings - 5:10
14. Good Bait - 5:27
15. It's Cold Out Here - 5:31
16. Just In Time - 4:40
17. Central Park Blues - 3:06
18. You'll Never Walk Alone - 3:58




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