Nina Simone in Concert

by Nina Simone

Overview

This is probably the most personal album that Simone issued during her stay on Philips in the mid-'60s. On most of her studio sessions, she worked with orchestration that either enhanced her vocals tastefully or smothered her, and she tackled an astonishingly wide range of material that, while admirably eclectic, made for uneven listening. Here, the singer and pianist is backed by a spare, jazzy quartet, and some of the songs rank among her most socially conscious declarations of African-American pride: "Old Jim Crow," "Pirate Jenny," "Go Limp," and, especially, "Mississippi Goddam" were some of the most forthright musical reflections of the Civil Rights movement to be found at the time. In a more traditional vein, she also reprises her hit "I Loves You, Porgy" and the jazz ballad "Don't Smoke in Bed." ~ Richie Unterberger

Product Details

Release Date:	06/23/2023
Label:	Universal
UPC:	4988031568521
Rank:	82904

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Nina Simone   Primary Artist,Piano,Vocals
Lisle Atkinson   Bass (Upright),Bass
Rudy Stevenson   Guitar
Bobby Hamilton   Drums

Technical Credits

Hal Mooney   Audio Production,Producer
Ron Vander Groef   Composer
Jackie Alper   Composer
Hollis King   Art Direction
Jeff Willens   Mastering
Alex Comfort   Composer
Sherniece Smith   Art Producer
Kazumi Matsumoto   Series Design
Earl Burroughs   Composer
DuBose Heyward   Composer
Nat Shapiro   Liner Notes
Bertolt Brecht   Composer
E. Burroughs   Composer
George Gershwin   Composer
Ira Gershwin   Composer
Nina Simone   Arranger,Composer
A. Comfort   Composer
Mort Shuman   Cover Photo
Bryan Koniarz   Producer
Kurt Weill   Composer
Willard Robison   Composer
Ken Druker   Executive Producer
William Robison   Composer
George Stone   Composer
Marc Blitzstein   Composer
Pure   Composer