| Nina Simone and Piano! | ||||
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| Released | 1969 | |||
| Recorded | September 16 & October 1, 1968 | |||
| Studio | RCA Studios, New York City | |||
| Genre | Vocal jazz [1] | |||
| Length | 49:37 | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
| Producer | Stroud Productions | |||
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| Allmusic |    [1] |
| Tom Hull | B [2] |
Nina Simone and Piano! is an album by American jazz singer, songwriter, and pianist Nina Simone, with Simone accompanying herself on piano.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Seems I'm Never Tired Lovin' You" | Carolyn Franklin | 3:01 |
| 2. | "It's Nobody's Fault but Mine" | Simone | 2:59 |
| 3. | "I Think It's Going to Rain Today" | Randy Newman | 3:20 |
| 4. | "Everyone's Gone to the Moon" | Jonathan King | 3:07 |
| 5. | "Compensation" | Paul Laurence Dunbar, Simone | 1:36 |
| 6. | "Who Am I?" | Leonard Bernstein | 4:09 |
| 7. | "Another Spring" | Angelo Badalamenti, John Clifford | 3:32 |
| 8. | "The Human Touch" | Charles Reuben | 2:09 |
| 9. | "I Get Along Without You Very Well (Except Sometimes)" | Hoagy Carmichael | 4:49 |
| 10. | "The Desperate Ones" | Eric Blau, Gérard Jouannest, Mort Shuman | 4:42 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11. | "Music for Lovers" | Bart Howard | 4:23 |
| 12. | "In Love in Vain" | Jerome Kern, Leo Robin | 2:29 |
| 13. | "I'll Look Around" | George C. Cory Jr., Douglass Cross | 5:12 |
| 14. | "The Man with the Horn" | Eddie DeLange, Jack Jenney, Bonnie Lake | 3:39 |
Nina Simone was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, composer, arranger and civil rights activist. Her music spanned styles including classical, folk, gospel, blues, jazz, R&B, and pop.
"Wild Is the Wind" is a song written by Dimitri Tiomkin and Ned Washington for the 1957 film Wild Is the Wind. Johnny Mathis recorded the song for the film and released it as a single in November 1957. Mathis' version reached No. 22 on the Billboard chart. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song in 1958, but lost to "All the Way" by Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn from The Joker is Wild.
"My Baby Just Cares for Me" is a jazz standard written by Walter Donaldson with lyrics by Gus Kahn. Written for the film version of the musical comedy Whoopee! (1930), the song became a signature tune for Eddie Cantor who sang it in the movie. A stylized version of the song by American singer and songwriter Nina Simone, recorded in 1957, was a top 10 hit in the United Kingdom after it was used in a 1987 perfume commercial and resulted in a renaissance for Simone.
Let It All Out is an album by Nina Simone, released by Philips Records in February 1966.
Pastel Blues is a studio album by American singer Nina Simone, released in October 1st, 1965, by Philips Records.
Fodder on My Wings is an album by singer/pianist/songwriter Nina Simone. It is part of her later works, and can be regarded alongside Baltimore (1978) as one of her better achievements of that period. It is however a rather obscure album and not widely distributed. The album is one of Simone's most introspective and personal works, with songs about her father's death and her stay in Liberia, Trinidad, and Switzerland. There is some confusion about the actual title of the album and the song with almost the same title on the album, being called "Fodder on My Wings", "Fodder in My Wings", "Fodder in Her Wings" interchangeably. In 2015, the album was reissued on CD in the US by Sunnyside. In April 2020 the album was reissued on vinyl, CD and digital format with an alternative track-listing and new album artwork.
A Single Woman is the final studio album by the singer Nina Simone, released in 1993 via Elektra Records.
Silk & Soul is the thirteenth studio album by American musician Nina Simone released in October 1967 by RCA Victor. It features the cuts "Go to Hell" and a cover of "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free".
Sings the Blues is an album by singer/pianist/songwriter Nina Simone. This was Simone's first album for RCA Records after previously recording for Colpix Records and Philips Records. The album was also reissued in 2006 with bonus tracks, and re-packaged in 1991 by RCA/Novus as a 17-track compilation under the title The Blues.
The Amazing Nina Simone is the second studio album by Nina Simone, released in July 1959. It was her second album, and her first recording for Colpix Records. The album contains a variety of material, including jazz, gospel, and folk songs. Compared to her debut, which showcased Simone's piano playing ability in addition to her singing, the piano was downplayed on Amazing in favor of string arrangements.
Nina Simone and Her Friends is an album released by the Bethlehem Records label that compiled songs by jazz singers Nina Simone, Carmen McRae and Chris Connor. All three artists had left the label and signed with other companies by the time Bethlehem released this album. The numbers by Simone - with the exception of her 1959 hit single 'I Loves You, Porgy' were "left overs" from the recording sessions for her debut album Little Girl Blue (1959) and released without her knowledge. The tracks by Chris Connor and Carmen McRae were already issued together this way as Bethlehem's Girlfriends in 1956 accompanied by the debut recording session of Julie London.
Nina Simone at Newport is a live album by jazz singer and musician Nina Simone. It was released in August 1960; the recording taken from a concert held at the Newport Jazz Festival earlier in the year, on 30 June 1960. The album was her fourth overall, and her third for Colpix; it was also her second live album, following on from Nina Simone at Town Hall (1959) released at the end of the previous year. All arrangements on Nina Simone at Newport were written by Simone, and it was produced by Stu Phillips.
Nina Simone at the Village Gate is a live album by singer / pianist / songwriter Nina Simone. Released in early 1962, it was her third live album for Colpix. The album was recorded at The Village Gate, a nightclub in Greenwich Village, New York in late March 1961, nearly a year before it saw release. The original release featured eight of the twelve songs performed at the gig. In 2005, an extended version of the album was released with the four remaining tracks.
Nina Simone Sings Ellington is the fourth studio album by American singer and pianist Nina Simone. The album features songs that were recorded by Duke Ellington. Most were composed or cowritten by Ellington, some with his longtime collaborators Irving Mills and Billy Strayhorn.
Nina Simone at Carnegie Hall is a 1963 album by jazz singer/pianist/songwriter Nina Simone. It is a live album recorded at Simone's first solo appearance at Carnegie Hall in New York City, on April 12, 1963, and was released on Colpix Records.
I Put a Spell on You is a studio album by American jazz singer, songwriter, and pianist Nina Simone. Recorded in 1964 and 1965 in New York City, it was released by Philips Records in 1965. It peaked at number 99 on the Billboard 200 chart and number 9 on the UK Albums Chart. The title track "I Put a Spell on You" peaked at number 23 on the Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles chart and number 28 on the UK Singles Chart.
Black Gold is a live album by American jazz musician Nina Simone recorded in 1969 at the Philharmonic Hall, New York City. She got a 1971 nomination for a Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, but lost to Aretha Franklin.
"Four Women" is a song written by jazz singer, composer, pianist and arranger Nina Simone, released on the 1966 album Wild Is the Wind. It tells the story of four African American women. Each of the four characters represents an African-American stereotype in society. Thulani Davis of The Village Voice called the song "an instantly accessible analysis of the damning legacy of slavery, that made iconographic the real women we knew and would become."
The Soul of Nina Simone is a DualDisc, which contains a CD on one side of the disc and a DVD on the other containing footage from her appearance at 1969's Harlem Cultural Festival.
Nina is a Nina Simone tribute album and the ninth studio album recorded by Xiu Xiu. It was released on Graveface Records on December 3, 2013, to generally favorable reviews.
