Verve Jazz Masters 17

Performer: Nina Simone
Producer: Hal Mooney...
Distributor: Universal Distribution

Notes: Personnel includes: Nina Simone (vocals, piano); Rudy Stevenson (guitar); Lisle Atkinson (bass); Bobby Hamilton, Cornell McFadden (drums). Primarily recorded in 1964 & 1965. Includes liner notes by James Gavin. All tracks have been digitally remastered. This is part of the Verve Jazz Masters series. Personnel: Nina Simone (vocals, piano); Rudy Stevenson (guitar); Cornell McFadden, Bobby Hamilton (drums); James Gavin (sequencer). Liner Note Author: James Gavin. Recording information: New York, NY (1964-1966); Vine Street Bar & Grill, Hollywood, CA (1964-1966). Unknown Contributor Roles: Hal Mooney; Horace Ott; Michael Lang . This compilation brings together 16 great tracks that Nina Simone recorded for the Philips label during the years 1964-1966. This record presents Nina in her prime, at a time when she created some of the best work of her legendary career. Her range of musical style is, as always, all over the map: jazz, folk, protest songs, gospel, musical theater, and R&B are all a part of her creative journey. Included in this collection are such timeless classics as her original tunes "Four Women," and "Mississippi Goddam," both which beautifully articulate racial injustices, her haunting version of "Wild Is The Wind," and her unforgettable version of Screaming Jay Hawkins' "I Put a Spell on You." Also included on this CD is a finger-popping "My Baby Just Cares For Me" which was recorded live at the Vine Street Bar & Grill in 1987.

Nina Simone was a great pianist, a riveting vocalist, and an uncompromising personality. Her sociopolitical consciousness and eclecticism set her apart from the pack. Her interpretations of soul, jazz, blues, and standards are both striking and unique; not for nothing do her fans refer to her as "the Goddess." She established her jazz credentials with an emotive interpretation of George Gershwin 's 'I Loves You Porgy' in 1959. Her influential '60s work included "Forbidden Fruit" and "I Put A Spell On You." One of her singles, "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood," later became a worldwide hit for the Animals. In later years, she recorded less frequently, but in 1987, while in self-imposed exile in France, she had a fluke hit after her '50s version of "My Baby Just Cares For Me," was resurrected in a TV commercial. Simone died in 2003 at her home in France at age 70.

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