Nina Simone at Carnegie Hall

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Nina Simone at Carnegie Hall
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Live album by
Released1963
RecordedApril 12, 1963
Venue Carnegie Hall, New York City
Genre Vocal, jazz, blues, folk
Length35:43
Label Colpix
Producer Jack Lewis
Nina Simone chronology
Nina’s Choice
(1963)
Nina Simone at Carnegie Hall
(1963)
Folksy Nina
(1964)

Nina Simone at Carnegie Hall is a 1963 album by jazz singer/pianist/songwriter Nina Simone. [1] It is a live album recorded at Simone's first solo appearance at Carnegie Hall in New York City, on April 12, 1963, [2] and was released on Colpix Records. The recording was made by Richard Alderson, who had previously recorded the album Nina Simone at The Village Gate, and who also worked as Nina Simone's live sound engineer during this period. [3]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Black Swan" (Gian Carlo Menotti) 6:13
  2. "Theme from Samson and Delilah" (instrumental) (Camille Saint-Saëns) 5:50
  3. "If You Knew" (Nina Simone) 3:35
  4. "Theme from Sayonara " (instrumental) (Irving Berlin) 2:25
  5. "The Twelfth of Never" (Jerry Livingston (m), Paul Francis Webster (l)) 3:20
  6. "Will I Find My Love Today" (Alex Fogarty (m), Sidney Shaw (l)) 6:55
  7. "The Other Woman/Cotton-Eyed Joe" (Jessie Mae Robinson, Nina Simone/Traditional) 7:25

[1]

Complete 2-CD Set:

This edition combines the original Carnegie Hall album (disc 1) with another album recorded at the same concert, Folksy Nina , plus bonus tracks.

Disc One:

  1. "Black Swan" (Gian Carlo Menotti)
  2. "Theme from Samson and Delilah" (instrumental) (Camille Saint-Saëns)
  3. "If You Knew" (Nina Simone)
  4. "Theme from Sayonara" (instrumental) (Irving Berlin)
  5. "The Twelfth of Never" (Jerry Livingston (m), Paul Francis Webster (l))
  6. "Will I Find My Love Today" (Alex Fogarty (m), Sidney Shaw (l))
  7. "The Other Woman/Cotton-Eyed Joe" (Jessie Mae Robinson, Nina Simone/Traditional)
  8. "Work Song" (Nat Adderley) [Bonus Track]

Disc Two:

  1. "Silver City Bound" (Alan Lomax, Huddie Ledbetter, John A. Lomax)
  2. "When I Was a Young Girl" (Sebastian "Billy" Mure)
  3. "Eratz Zavat Chalav U'dvash" (Eliahu Gamliel)
  4. "Lass of the Low Country" (Traditional; arranged by Nina Simone)
  5. "The Young Knight" (Charles Kingsley, Joseph Hathaway)
  6. "Vaynikehu" (also known as "Israeli Song In 5/4 Time") (Gil Aldema)
  7. "Mighty Lak' a Rose" (Ethelbert Nevin, Frank Stanton)
  8. "Hush Little Baby" (Traditional)
  9. "Little Liza Jane" (Traditional) [Bonus Track]
  10. "Will I Find a Resting Place?" (Traditional) [Bonus Track]
  11. "Blackbird" (Herbert Sacker, Nina Simone) [Bonus Track]

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References

  1. 1 2 Nina Simone - At Carnegie Hall Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic , retrieved 2024-02-09
  2. "1963 April 12: New York Carnegie Hall", The Nina Simone Database.
  3. Crane, Larry (2011). "Richard Alderson: 60's Free Jazz, Dylan's 'Electric' Tour, & More". Tape Op.