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When Wild Is The Wind was released in 1966, Nina Simone’s name was already closely associated with engagement and struggle. It is therefore only logical that this album, which regroups several sessions recorded for Philips in 1964 and 1965, is marked with dissent and revolt. In her own specific style. Because the 33-year-old singer knew how to do everything, she blended various styles, from bombastic to more intimate, from jazz ballads to more up-tempo titles. Moreover she always approached her art form with a true sense of dramaturgy, driving it through her singular voice or her streamlined piano. She reached a climax with her song Four Women that pieced together the portraits of four Afro-American women. Four stereotypes to expose endemic racism and injustice. Wild Is The Wind is also proof that Nina Simone was above all genres. Not fully jazz, not really blues, not entirely folk, or soul, she created her own language that many have copied but never equalled… © MZ/Qobuz
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Horace Ott, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Nina Simone, MainArtist - Hal Mooney, Producer - BENNIE BENJAMIN, ComposerLyricist - Sol Marcus, ComposerLyricist - Rudy Stevenson, Guitar, 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, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Horace Ott, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Nina Simone, MainArtist - Hal Mooney, Producer - Wade Brown Jr., ComposerLyricist - 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 - Hal Mooney, Producer - James Shelton, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Hamilton, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lisle Atkinson, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Horace Ott, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Nina Simone, MainArtist - Hal Mooney, Producer - Rudy Stevenson, Flute, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Hamilton, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lisle Atkinson, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Horace Ott, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Nina Simone, MainArtist - Hal Mooney, Producer - Rudy Stevenson, Flute, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Allen Van McCoy, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Hamilton, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lisle Atkinson, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Horace Ott, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Nina Simone, MainArtist - Hal Mooney, Producer - BENNIE BENJAMIN, ComposerLyricist - Sol Marcus, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1966 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.
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.
Al Shackman, Guitar, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Leo Robin, ComposerLyricist - Ralph Rainger, ComposerLyricist - Nina Simone, MainArtist - Hal Mooney, Producer - Rudy Stevenson, Flute, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Hamilton, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lisle Atkinson, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Horace Ott, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Nina Simone, MainArtist - Hal Mooney, Producer - Rudy Stevenson, Flute, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Allen Van McCoy, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Hamilton, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lisle Atkinson, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
When Wild Is The Wind was released in 1966, Nina Simone’s name was already closely associated with engagement and struggle. It is therefore only logical that this album, which regroups several sessions recorded for Philips in 1964 and 1965, is marked with dissent and revolt. In her own specific style. Because the 33-year-old singer knew how to do everything, she blended various styles, from bombastic to more intimate, from jazz ballads to more up-tempo titles. Moreover she always approached her art form with a true sense of dramaturgy, driving it through her singular voice or her streamlined piano. She reached a climax with her song Four Women that pieced together the portraits of four Afro-American women. Four stereotypes to expose endemic racism and injustice. Wild Is The Wind is also proof that Nina Simone was above all genres. Not fully jazz, not really blues, not entirely folk, or soul, she created her own language that many have copied but never equalled… © MZ/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:39:17
- Main artists: Nina Simone
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Verve Reissues
- Genre: Jazz
© 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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