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Thanks to a steady stream of reissues and her central role in Questlove's 2021 Summer of Soul documentary, Nina Simone has lately been accumulating some of the overdue praise she was denied in life. This fiercely gifted and intelligent pianist, who out of necessity eventually discovered her distinctive singing voice, was especially productive from 1964 until 1967 when she recorded most of what's on this compilation. That mid-'60s period is also when Simone moved from innocuous pop standards to protest songs, many of which she wrote or rearranged herself. Many of her best-known mid-period tunes are here: "I Put A Spell On You," “Sinnerman," "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood," and the triumphant and justly famous 1964 live version of "Mississippi Goddam" from Carnegie Hall. This brief best-of is completed by the addition of her first hit, "My Baby Just Cares for Me" from 1957. What's new here are remixes of seven tunes whose original versions also appear on this reissue. Opener "Feeling Good," gets a ready-for-the-club makeover from DJ Joel Corry while dance duo Sofi Tukker, who've worked with Lady Gaga and Rodrigo y Gabriela, emphasize Simone's piano part on "Sinnerman" before settling into a standard dance beat. UK duo HONNE evade the dance beat sameness with a downbeat mix of "My Baby Just Cares For Me" that changes the melody entirely while leaving the words intact—an imaginative if not entirely successful reimagining—while the remix of "Take Care of Business" by drum and bass duo Rudimental adds a rumbling undercurrent to the original. The single comes from UK electro-pop band Hot Chip who slow "Be My Husband" and add a fat bass part on keyboards, synth flourishes, and looped reverb to Simone's voice, finishing with a shaking of tambourine. Though not quite the hoped-for hit, the efforts required for a remix adds to the body of respect and awe Simone's work righteously inspires. © Robert Baird/Qobuz
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Anthony Newley, ComposerLyricist - Leslie Bricusse, ComposerLyricist - Nina Simone, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hal Mooney, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Stevenson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Hamilton, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lisle Atkinson, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Walter Donaldson, Composer - Gus Kahn, Author - Nina Simone, MainArtist
℗ 1959 BMG rights management
Jay Hawkins, ComposerLyricist - Nina Simone, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hal Mooney, Conductor, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Stevenson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Hamilton, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lisle Atkinson, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Al Shackman, Guitar, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Nina Simone, Vocals, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Hal Mooney, Producer - Rudy Stevenson, Flute, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Hamilton, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lisle Atkinson, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Nina Simone, Arranger, Vocals, Recording Arranger, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hal Mooney, Producer - Rudy Stevenson, Flute, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Hamilton, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lisle Atkinson, Double Bass, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Nina Simone, Vocals, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Hal Mooney, Producer - Rudy Stevenson, Flute, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - George H. Bass, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Hamilton, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lisle Atkinson, Percussion, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Gloria Caldwell, ComposerLyricist - Horace Ott, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Nina Simone, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hal Mooney, Producer - BENNIE BENJAMIN, ComposerLyricist - Sol Marcus, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Gerome Ragni, Author - James Rado, Author - Nina Simone, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Galt Macdermot, Composer
℗ 1968 BMG Music
Nina Simone, Vocals, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hal Mooney, Producer - James Shelton, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Hamilton, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lisle Atkinson, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jacques Brel, Composer, Author - Nina Simone, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hal Mooney, Producer, Recording Arranger, Music Director & Conductor, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Stevenson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Hamilton, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lisle Atkinson, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Walter Donaldson, Composer - Gus Kahn, Author - Nina Simone, Keyboards, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hal Mooney, Producer - Rudy Stevenson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Hamilton, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lisle Atkinson, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Billie Holiday, ComposerLyricist - Nina Simone, Vocals, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Arthur Herzog Jr., ComposerLyricist - Hal Mooney, Producer - Rudy Stevenson, Flute, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Hamilton, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lisle Atkinson, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Nina Simone, Vocals, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Hal Mooney, Producer - Rudy Stevenson, Flute, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Hamilton, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lisle Atkinson, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Al Shackman, Guitar, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Nina Simone, Vocals, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lewis Allan, ComposerLyricist - Hal Mooney, Producer - Rudy Stevenson, Flute, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Hamilton, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lisle Atkinson, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dimitri Tiomkin, ComposerLyricist - Ned Washington, ComposerLyricist - Nina Simone, Vocals, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hal Mooney, Producer - Rudy Stevenson, Flute, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Hamilton, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lisle Atkinson, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Nat Adderley, ComposerLyricist - Nina Simone, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hal Mooney, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Oscar Brown, Jr., ComposerLyricist
℗ 1967 UMG Recordings, Inc.
George Gershwin, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Author - Dubose Heyward, Author - Nina Simone, Vocals, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hal Mooney, Producer - Rudy Stevenson, Flute, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Hamilton, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lisle Atkinson, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Barney Bigard, ComposerLyricist - Duke Ellington, ComposerLyricist - Irving Mills, ComposerLyricist - Nina Simone, Vocals, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hal Mooney, Producer - Rudy Stevenson, Flute, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Hamilton, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lisle Atkinson, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Horace Ott, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Nina Simone, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hal Mooney, Producer - Andrew Benjamin Stroud, ComposerLyricist - Rudy Stevenson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Hamilton, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lisle Atkinson, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Anthony Newley, ComposerLyricist - Leslie Bricusse, ComposerLyricist - Nina Simone, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hal Mooney, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Stevenson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Hamilton, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lisle Atkinson, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Joel Corry, Producer, Programming, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Nina Simone, Vocals, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Riton, Producer, Programming, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hal Mooney, Producer - Rudy Stevenson, Flute, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - George H. Bass, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Hamilton, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lisle Atkinson, Percussion, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Matthew Styles-Harris, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2021 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Al Shackman, Guitar, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Miles Walker, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Nina Simone, Vocals, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Hal Mooney, Producer - Joe Lambert, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rudy Stevenson, Flute, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Hamilton, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lisle Atkinson, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Sofi Tukker, Producer, Additional Producer, Recording Engineer, Programming, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2021 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Walter Donaldson, Composer - Gus Kahn, Author - Nina Simone, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Lambert, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Honne, Producer, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, Synthesizer, Drum Programming, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Horace Ott, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Nina Simone, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hal Mooney, Producer - Joe Lambert, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Benjamin Stroud, ComposerLyricist - Rudy Stevenson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Freeman, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Rudimental, Producer, Programming, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Hamilton, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lisle Atkinson, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jay Hawkins, ComposerLyricist - Nina Simone, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Hood, Producer - Hal Mooney, Conductor, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Lambert, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rudy Stevenson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Hamilton, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Floorplan, Producer, Programming, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lisle Atkinson, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hot Chip, Producer, Additional Producer, Remixer, Programming, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Nina Simone, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Lambert, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Benjamin Stroud, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2021 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Thanks to a steady stream of reissues and her central role in Questlove's 2021 Summer of Soul documentary, Nina Simone has lately been accumulating some of the overdue praise she was denied in life. This fiercely gifted and intelligent pianist, who out of necessity eventually discovered her distinctive singing voice, was especially productive from 1964 until 1967 when she recorded most of what's on this compilation. That mid-'60s period is also when Simone moved from innocuous pop standards to protest songs, many of which she wrote or rearranged herself. Many of her best-known mid-period tunes are here: "I Put A Spell On You," “Sinnerman," "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood," and the triumphant and justly famous 1964 live version of "Mississippi Goddam" from Carnegie Hall. This brief best-of is completed by the addition of her first hit, "My Baby Just Cares for Me" from 1957. What's new here are remixes of seven tunes whose original versions also appear on this reissue. Opener "Feeling Good," gets a ready-for-the-club makeover from DJ Joel Corry while dance duo Sofi Tukker, who've worked with Lady Gaga and Rodrigo y Gabriela, emphasize Simone's piano part on "Sinnerman" before settling into a standard dance beat. UK duo HONNE evade the dance beat sameness with a downbeat mix of "My Baby Just Cares For Me" that changes the melody entirely while leaving the words intact—an imaginative if not entirely successful reimagining—while the remix of "Take Care of Business" by drum and bass duo Rudimental adds a rumbling undercurrent to the original. The single comes from UK electro-pop band Hot Chip who slow "Be My Husband" and add a fat bass part on keyboards, synth flourishes, and looped reverb to Simone's voice, finishing with a shaking of tambourine. Though not quite the hoped-for hit, the efforts required for a remix adds to the body of respect and awe Simone's work righteously inspires. © Robert Baird/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 26 track(s)
- Total length: 01:46:44
- Main artists: Nina Simone
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Verve
- Genre: Jazz
© 2021 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 2021 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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