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Nina Simone: Folksy Nina

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Label: Colpix Records
Released: 1964
Time:
 40:04
Category: Vocal, Soul, Jazz
Producer(s): Jack Lewis
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Media type: CD
Web address: www.ninasimone.com
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Purchase date: 2012
Price in €: 1,00





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[1] Silver City Bound (Huddie Ledbetter, Alan Lomax) - 5:08
[2] When I Was a Young Girl (Sebastian Mure) - 5:57
[3] Erets Zavat Chalav (Eliahu Gamliel) - 4:25
[4] Lass of the Low Country (Traditional) - 6:15
[5] The Young Knight (Joseph Hathaway, Charles Kingsley) - 5:25
[6] The Twelfth of Never (Jerry Livingston, Paul Francis Webster) - 3:33
[7] Vanetihu (Gil Aldema) - 2:27
[8] You Can Sing a Rainbow / Hush Little Baby [Medley] (Frank Stanton, Ethelbert Nevin, Nina Simone, Pete Seeger) - 7:11

Track [8] is sometimes listed as "Mighty Lak' a Rose" (music by Ethelbert Nevin, lyrics by Frank Lebby Stanton)

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Nina Simone - Vocals, Piano, Arrangements

Alvin Schackman - Guitar
Phil Orlando - Guitar
Lisle Ackinson - Bass
Montego Joe - Drums

Jack Lewis - Producer
Funckler Records - Design
Sid Maurer - Illustration

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1964 LP Colpix CP/SCP 465 (US)

Recorded live in concert. Live tracks from the concert at Carnegie Hall, 12th of May 1963.

Folksy Nina is an album by singer/pianist/songwriter Nina Simone. It includes live tracks recorded on Friday, April 12, 1963, at Carnegie Hall. The previous album, Nina Simone at Carnegie Hall (1963) uses songs from the same concert. It was released on Colpix Records.



Liner Notes:

The highpoint of any Nina Simone concert or night club engagement is the introduction of a folk song that she has discovered and added to her performance. While she has occasionally included folk material in her previous albums, this is her first LP exclusively devoted to folk songs.

Folksy Nina presents the extremely talented Nina Simone in a program entirely composed of folk ballads and blues. Her selection vary in tempo and style from tender and lyrical readings to her well-known exciting and driving vocal expressions.

Nina Simone has chosen old English, Israeli, Low Country and American Blues and traditional tunes. She also includes an interesting instrumental done in an intriguing 574 tempo. Together, the songs in Folksy Nina convey moods of humor ("Silver City Bound""), wistfulness ("The Twelfth of Never"), ribald wit ("The Young Knight") and beauty ("Hush Little Baby" and "Mighty Lak A Rose").

Underlying her interpretations there is always the superb artistry of an incomparable vocalist and musician. Her fans will find Nina Simone more than up to standard. Those who are less acquainted with her will experience a thrilling performance.

Nina Simone sings folk music with a commanding authenticity uniquely influenced by varying degrees of jazz. As always, she is completely distinctive.

A new side of Nina Simone is shown in her rendition of "Lass of the Low Country". Often, during a Nina Simone selection, the listener's attention is divided between her vocal and piano techniques. in this delivery,however, she concentrates on singing, and the result is one of the finest moments in Folksy Nina.



This is Miss Simone's first entirely folk album. She is, however, no newcomer to folk, having included tunes in her many night club and concert appearances. There is variety in this album and the vocalist is supremely adept in interpreting both American folk-blues and folk songs from other lands. She displays a naturalness that strengthens the authenticity of all that she sings.

Billboard - 18 July 1964



Like the 1963 LP Nina Simone at Carnegie Hall, this was recorded at Carnegie Hall on May 12, 1963, but duplicates little of the material found on that prior album. It isn't just unworthy leftovers, but a strong set in its own right, concentrating on material that could be seen as traditional or folk in orientation. It's not exactly strictly folk music, in repertoire or arrangement (which includes piano, guitar, bass, and drums, though not every tune has all of the instruments); "Twelfth of Never" (which had also appeared on the Carnegie Hall LP) certainly isn't folk music. However, there was also an uptempo piano blues, Leadbelly's "Silver City Bound"; covers of the Israeli "Erets Zavat Chalav" and "Vanetihu" which served as further proof that Simone's eclecticism knew no bounds; and the stark, moody, spiritually shaded ballads at which she excelled ("When I Was a Young Girl," "Hush Little Baby"). "Lass of the Low Country" is as exquisitely sad-yet-beautiful as it gets.

Richie Unterberger - All Music Guide



This is another re-issue by Pure Pleasure Records of a classic recording of Nina Simone performing to a live audience at Carnegie Hall in 1963.  Although many might only think of Simone as a jazz singer, here we have Nina performing folk songs from a variety of different cultures.  It is easy to be swept away by her typically impressive vocals, but one should also pay attention to her talents at the piano (i.e. the last track on side two).

Like other artists who form a bond with the audience, in this capacity Simone is able to communicate more effectively the history and origins of the tunes on this record.  While some of the songs will be familiar, others have roots in the blues and religion too.  The performance is a blend of jazz and soul with some additional accompaniment on a tune here and there for effect.   Simone can truly be captivating and there are hints of her haunting vocals throughout.  The recording is fair to better and (not having another version to compare) my guess is there is distortion/compression/overloading on the original master tape.  The effect was different on two different turntable/cartridge combos I tried, but there were still problems evident.  As for the music, if you enjoy Simone’s styling and are willing to take a chance on some new material then it is likely you will feel rewarded.

Brian Bloom
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