Broadway-Blues-Ballads

Broadway-Blues-Ballads
Studio album by Nina Simone
Released	November 1964
Recorded	New York City, 1964
Genre	Vocal, soul, jazz, folk, blues
Length	37:22
Label	Philips
Producer	Hal Mooney
Nina Simone chronology
Nina Simone in Concert (1964) Broadway-Blues-Ballads (1964) I Put a Spell on You (1965)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]
Pitchfork Media	8.0/10 [3]

Broadway-Blues-Ballads is an album by the singer/pianist/songwriter Nina Simone, released in 1964. ^[2] The album features Simone singing a few standards and folk songs, as well as six compositions by Bennie Benjamin and Sol Marcus.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"	Bennie Benjamin, Gloria Caldwell, Sol Marcus	2:46
2.	"Night Song"	Lee Adams, Charles Strouse	3:06
3.	"The Laziest Gal in Town"	Cole Porter	2:19
4.	"Something Wonderful"	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	2:46
5.	"Don't Take All Night"	Bennie Benjamin, Sol Marcus	2:54
6.	"Nobody"	Alex Rogers, Bert Williams	4:18
7.	"I Am Blessed"	Bennie Benjamin, Sol Marcus	2:57
8.	"Of This I'm Sure"	Bennie Benjamin, Sol Marcus	2:37
9.	"See-Line Woman"	Traditional American folk, George Bass, Nina Simone	2:38
10.	"Our Love (Will See Us Through)"	Bennie Benjamin, Sol Marcus	3:01
11.	"How Can I?"	Bennie Benjamin, Sol Marcus	2:05
12.	"The Last Rose of Summer"	Thomas Moore, Richard Alfred Milliken, Nina Simone	3:08

CD release bonus track

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"A Monster"	Bennie Benjamin, Sol Marcus	2:47

Personnel

• Nina Simone – piano, vocals on all tracks, and arranger on track 10
• Rudy Stevenson – flute on track 9
• Lisle Atkinson – percussion on track 9
• Bobby Hamilton – drums on track 9
• Horace Ott – arranger and conductor on tracks 1,5,7,8,10,11,13
• Hal Mooney – arranger and conductor on tracks 2,3,4,6,12
• unknown orchestra

References

1. AllMusic review
2. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 470.
3. Wallace, Carvell (July 30, 2016). "Nina Simone : Broadway-Blues-Ballads". Pitchfork Media . Retrieved July 30, 2016.