Nina Simone in Concert

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Nina Simone in Concert
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Live album by
Released1964
RecordedMarch 21, April 1 & 6 1964
Venue Carnegie Hall, New York City
Genre Vocal jazz [1]
Length35:58
Label Philips
Producer Hal Mooney
Nina Simone chronology
Nina Simone with Strings
(1966)
Nina Simone in Concert
(1964)
Broadway-Blues-Ballads
(1964)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Pitchfork 10/10 [2]

Nina Simone in Concert is an album by the jazz singer Nina Simone. It is her first album for the record label Philips, composed of three live recordings made at Carnegie Hall, New York City, in March and April 1964. Simone recorded Nina Simone at Carnegie Hall in 1963 for Colpix.

Contents

This album marked the beginning of Simone's explicitly Civil Rights oriented music and she incorporated such messaging in her performances. Included on the album are unambiguous political songs such as "Mississippi Goddamn", released as a single at the time. However, songs such as "Old Jim Crow", "Go Limp", and "Pirate Jenny" contributed to the political and civil rights messaging in a more covert or metaphorical way.

The album was rated as the 94th best album of the 1960s by Pitchfork . [3]

Background

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Loves You Porgy" George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward 2:18
2."Plain Gold Ring" Earl Burroughs 5:30
3."Pirate Jenny" Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht, Marc Blitzstein 6:42
4."Old Jim Crow" Nina Simone, Jackie Alper, Ron Vander Groef2:10
5."Don't Smoke in Bed" Willard Robison 5:30
6."Go Limp"Alex Comfort, Simone6:55
7."Mississippi Goddam"Simone4:45
Total length:35:58

Personnel

Production

Charts

Chart (1964)Peak position
Billboard 200 [6] 102

References

  1. 1 2 Unterberger, Richie. "Nina Simone in Concert". AllMusic. Retrieved September 30, 2018.
  2. Wallace, Carvell (July 30, 2016). "Nina Simone : Nina Simone in Concert". Pitchfork . Retrieved July 30, 2016.
  3. "The 200 Best Albums of the 1960s". pitchfork.com. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
  4. Hampton. Break Down And Let It All Out. pp. 196–197.
  5. full lyrics of "Mississippi Goddam" at boscarol.com
  6. "Nina Simone". AllMusic. Retrieved January 7, 2012.