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Forever Young, Gifted & Black: Songs of Freedom and Spirit is a textbook case for preparing a compilation by a single artist, thematically. These 11 tracks were recorded between 1967 and 1969, at the split seam in cultural and political history, where the African-American civil rights movement ceded its popularity -- among young people -- to the more visceral and visual Black Power movement. As an artist, Nina Simone was a presence and participant in both. Her influence continues to be an anchor and an inspiration to songwriters and singers from Alicia Keys (who wrote a short liner essay here) to Tracy Chapman, Robinella, Me'Shell NdegéOcello, and Lauryn Hill, to name a few. The compilation contains a smattering of her many songs that deal with struggle, equality, and perseverance. It opens with "To Be Young, Gifted and Black," issued as a single in 1969 (the CD is bookended by this version and a live one at the end). The song itself is timeless; it rings with assertiveness and conviction nearly four decades later. But this is merely the beginning. There are three unedited performances here, all of which were originally cut and reshaped by producers for various recordings. The first of these, "Why (The King of Love Is Dead)," was written by her bassist, Gene Taylor, after hearing that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated. The previously issued version was part of the "Martin Luther King Suite." Here, it contains full spoken and sung sections and is nearly 13 minutes long. To call it stunning and revelatory would be an understatement. Ditto the full version of "Mississippi Goddam," which was also part of the aforementioned suite. This is the first time either of these recordings have appeared on CD in full unedited versions. Likewise, "Revolution (Pts. 1-2)" is restored as one tune instead of two as it appeared on To Love Somebody in 1969. A couple of unreleased alternates are fine touches and offer different shadings, colors, and interpretive gestures to their album-issued counterparts: Simone's wonderful read of "Turn! Turn! Turn!," stripped to her voice, piano, and a pair of backing vocalists; and "Ain't Got No/I Got Life," cut for 'Nuff Said!, which contains a horn section. Other tracks here, such as Simone's reading of Bob Dylan's "The Times They Are A-Changin'" and "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free," are strident, forceful, soulful, and deeply moving. Fans will want this comp for the unreleased material and for its thematic slant. Those seeking out Simone for the first time may look to other sources, but this is a side of the artist that was present in everything she ever recorded, and deserves the focus it receives here. In these dark times in the early 21st century, these are songs of hope delivered by a true American original.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
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Irvine, Composer - Irvine, Lyricist - George Coleman, Saxophone - Noah Hopkins, Vocal - Everett Barksdale, Guitar - Jerry Jemmott, Acoustic Bass - Maeretha Stewart, Vocal - Montego Joe, Percussion - George Devens, Percussion - Jimmy Nottingham, Trumpet - Seldon Powell, Saxophone - Barbara Webb, Vocal - Haywood Henry, Saxophone - Jimmy Cleveland, Trombone - Weldon Irvine, Organ - Weldon Irvine, Conductor - Weldon Irvine, Arranger - Milt Grayson, Vocal - Jerome Graff, Vocal - Gordon Powell, Vibraphone - Gordon Powell, Percussion - Richard Tee, Organ - Joe Shepley, Trumpet - Eric Gale, Guitar - Stroud Productions, Inc., Producer - Richard Harris, Trombone - Wilbur Bascomb, Trumpet - Eileen Gilbert, Vocal - Hilda Harris, Vocal - Norris Turney, Saxophone - Nina Simone, Performer - Nina Simone, Composer - Nina Simone, Lyricist - Nina Simone, Vocal - Nina Simone, Piano - Bernard Purdie, Drums - Ralph Fields, Vocal - Harold Johnson, Trumpet - Richard King, Mixing Engineer
(P) 2005 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Langston Hughes, Composer - Langston Hughes, Lyricist - Joe Rene, Producer - Buck Clarke, Drums - Rudy Stevenson, Guitar - Samuel Waymon, Organ - Mark Wilder, Mixing Engineer - Gene Taylor, Acoustic Bass - Nina Simone, Performer - Nina Simone, Composer - Nina Simone, Lyricist - Nina Simone, Vocal - Nina Simone, Piano
Originally released 1968. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Richard Lamb, Composer - Richard Lamb, Lyricist - Seldon Powell, Tenor Saxophone - Seldon Powell, Flute - Marky Markowitz, Trumpet - Danny Davis, Producer - Rudy Stevenson, Guitar - Mel Tax, Alto Saxophone - Mel Tax, Baritone Saxophone - Mel Tax, Flute - Sammy Lowe, Arranger - Sammy Lowe, Conductor - Gene Taylor, Acoustic Bass - Bernard Purdie, Drums - Nina Simone, Performer - Nina Simone, Vocal - Nina Simone, Piano - Ernie Hayes, Organ - Ernie Hayes, Piano - Eric Gale, Guitar - Ernie Royal, Trumpet - William Taylor, Composer - William Taylor, Lyricist
Originally recorded 1967. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Joe Rene, Producer - Rudy Stevenson, Guitar - Samuel Waymon, Organ - Unknown, Drums - Mark Wilder, Mixing Engineer - Gene Taylor, Composer - Gene Taylor, Lyricist - Gene Taylor, Acoustic Bass - Nina Simone, Performer - Nina Simone, Vocal - Nina Simone, Piano
Originally Recorded 1968 & Released 2006. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Joe Rene, Producer - Buck Clarke, Drums - Rudy Stevenson, Guitar - Samuel Waymon, Organ - Mark Wilder, Mixing Engineer - Gene Taylor, Acoustic Bass - Nina Simone, Performer - Nina Simone, Vocal - Nina Simone, Piano - Nina Simone, Composer - Nina Simone, Lyricist
Originally released 1967. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Ernest Calabria, Guitar - Don Alias, Drums - Don Alias, Percussion - Weldon Irvine, Composer - Weldon Irvine, Lyricist - Weldon Irvine, Organ - Stuart Scharf, Guitar - Gene Perla, Acoustic Bass - Al Schackman, Guitar - Stroud Productions & Enterprises, Producer - Virdia Crawford, Background Vocal - Bernard Purdie, Timpani - Bernard Purdie, Drums - Nina Simone, Performer - Nina Simone, Composer - Nina Simone, Lyricist - Eric Gale, Guitar - Doris Willingham, Background Vocal
Originally Recorded 1969. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Doris Willingham, Background Vocal - Virdia Crawford, Background Vocal - Dave Swope, Mixing Engineer - Pete Seeger, Adaptor - Stroud Productions & Enterprises, Producer - Nina Simone, Performer - Nina Simone, Vocal - Nina Simone, Piano
Originally released 1969. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Henry Young, Guitar - Gerome Ragni, Composer - Gerome Ragni, Lyricist - Jerry Jemmott, Acoustic Bass - Paul Griffin, Piano - James Rado, Composer - James Rado, Lyricist - Haywood Henry, Saxophone - Carl Lynch, Guitar - Joe Shepley, Trumpet - Garnett Brown, Trombone - Eric Gale, Guitar - Wilbur Bascomb, Trumpet - Arthur Terence Galt MacDermot, Composer - Arthur Terence Galt MacDermot, Lyricist - Dave Swope, Mixing Engineer - Nina Simone, Performer - Stroud Productions & Enterprises, Producer - Bernard Purdie, Drums - Bernard Purdie, Timpani - Ernie Hayes, Organ - Harold Johnson, Trumpet - Horace Ott, Arranger - Horace Ott, Conductor
Originally Recorded 1968 & Released 2006. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Jumma Santos, Congas - Don Alias, Bongos - Caiphus Semenya, Composer - Caiphus Semenya, Lyricist - William Salter, Composer - William Salter, Lyricist - Dave Swope, Mixing Engineer - Stroud Productions & Enterprises, Producer - Nina Simone, Performer - Nina Simone, Vocal
Originally released 1969. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Bob Dylan, Composer - Bob Dylan, Lyricist - Stroud Productions & Enterprises, Producer - Nina Simone, Arranger - Nina Simone, Conductor - Nina Simone, Vocal
(P) Recorded prior to 1972. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Emile Latimer, Guitar - Don Alias, Drums - Don Alias, Bongos - Weldon Irvine, Composer - Weldon Irvine, Lyricist - Weldon Irvine, Organ - Stroud Productions & Enterprises, Producer - Tom Smith, Guitar - Nina Simone, Performer - Nina Simone, Composer - Nina Simone, Lyricist - Nina Simone, Arranger - Nina Simone, Vocal - Nina Simone, Piano - Jumma Santos, Congas - The Swordsmen, Background Vocal - Dave Swope, Mixing Engineer
Originally Recorded 1969. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Albumbeschreibung
Forever Young, Gifted & Black: Songs of Freedom and Spirit is a textbook case for preparing a compilation by a single artist, thematically. These 11 tracks were recorded between 1967 and 1969, at the split seam in cultural and political history, where the African-American civil rights movement ceded its popularity -- among young people -- to the more visceral and visual Black Power movement. As an artist, Nina Simone was a presence and participant in both. Her influence continues to be an anchor and an inspiration to songwriters and singers from Alicia Keys (who wrote a short liner essay here) to Tracy Chapman, Robinella, Me'Shell NdegéOcello, and Lauryn Hill, to name a few. The compilation contains a smattering of her many songs that deal with struggle, equality, and perseverance. It opens with "To Be Young, Gifted and Black," issued as a single in 1969 (the CD is bookended by this version and a live one at the end). The song itself is timeless; it rings with assertiveness and conviction nearly four decades later. But this is merely the beginning. There are three unedited performances here, all of which were originally cut and reshaped by producers for various recordings. The first of these, "Why (The King of Love Is Dead)," was written by her bassist, Gene Taylor, after hearing that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated. The previously issued version was part of the "Martin Luther King Suite." Here, it contains full spoken and sung sections and is nearly 13 minutes long. To call it stunning and revelatory would be an understatement. Ditto the full version of "Mississippi Goddam," which was also part of the aforementioned suite. This is the first time either of these recordings have appeared on CD in full unedited versions. Likewise, "Revolution (Pts. 1-2)" is restored as one tune instead of two as it appeared on To Love Somebody in 1969. A couple of unreleased alternates are fine touches and offer different shadings, colors, and interpretive gestures to their album-issued counterparts: Simone's wonderful read of "Turn! Turn! Turn!," stripped to her voice, piano, and a pair of backing vocalists; and "Ain't Got No/I Got Life," cut for 'Nuff Said!, which contains a horn section. Other tracks here, such as Simone's reading of Bob Dylan's "The Times They Are A-Changin'" and "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free," are strident, forceful, soulful, and deeply moving. Fans will want this comp for the unreleased material and for its thematic slant. Those seeking out Simone for the first time may look to other sources, but this is a side of the artist that was present in everything she ever recorded, and deserves the focus it receives here. In these dark times in the early 21st century, these are songs of hope delivered by a true American original.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
Informationen zu dem Album
- 1 Disc(s) - 11 Track(s)
- Gesamte Laufzeit: 01:03:39
- Künstler: Nina Simone
- Komponist: Various Composers
- Label: RCA - Legacy
- Genre: Jazz Jazzgesang
Compilation (P) 2006 Sony Music Entertainment
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