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Nina Simone: Nina Simone Sings Ellington

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Label: Colpix Records
Released: 1962
Time:
 32:45
Category: Vocal, Soul, Jazz
Producer(s): Stu Philips
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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] Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me (Duke Ellington, Bob Russell) - 2:50
[2] I Got It Bad [And That Ain't Good] (Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster) - 4:06
[3] Hey Buddy Bolden (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn) - 2:28
[4] Merry Mending (Duke Ellington) - 2:35
[5] Something to Live For (Duke Ellington, Strayhorn) - 2:55
[6] You Better Know It (Duke Ellington) - 2:24
[7] I Like the Sunrise (Duke Ellington) - 3:01
[8] Solitude (Duke Ellington, Eddie DeLange, Irving Mills) - 3:45
[9] The Gal From Joe's (Duke Ellington, Mills) - 2:08
[10] Satin Doll [Instrumental] (Johnny Mercer, Strayhorn) - 3:37
[11] It Don't Mean A Thing [If It Ain't Got That Swing] (Duke Ellington, Mills) 2:33

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Nina Simone - Vocals, Piano, Arrangements

Jimmy Bond - Bass
Albert "Tootie" Health - Drums
The Malcolm Dodds Singers - Backing Vocals
Ralph Burns - Orchestra Conductor & Arrangements

Stu Philips - Producer
John W. van Tilburg - Cover Design

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Originally released in 1962, here Nina Simone pays homage to the man most responsible for bringing jazz music out of the shadows and into every home, black or white, in America. Duke Ellington changed our country’s very cultural fabric, while giving us a hugely improved soundtrack to go along with it. Simone, a classically trained pianist herself, aligns herself with this great American tradition, adding new layers of meaning to standards like “I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good)” and “Satin Doll” in a way that always left fans clamoring for more.



Nina Simone was on her way to becoming a major name by 1962, with her protest and civil rights songs giving her acclaim and recognition far beyond the jazz world. This CD reissue is a change of pace for the singer/pianist, who is heard performing 11 songs written by Duke Ellington and/or Billy Strayhorn. Backed by an unidentified string orchestra (the accompaniment is often sparse) and the Malcolm Dodds Singers, she not only revives the usual Duke hits but such obscurities as "Hey, Buddy Bolden," "Merry Mending," and "You Better Know It." None of these performances sound like the typical treatment of Ellington material, with "I Got It Bad" having a gospel feel, "Something to Live For" being brief but heartfelt, "I Like the Sunrise" sounding like a big production number, and "Satin Doll" being taken as an instrumental. The brevity of this CD is unfortunate and this project should have been combined with another former LP, but what is here is quite intriguing and original.

Scott Yanow - All Music Guide



Nina Simone Sings Ellington (1962) is an album by American singer and pianist Nina Simone. The album contains songs that were originally composed and recorded by Duke Ellington. Simone is complemented by the Malcolm Dodds Singers.

The cover photo features just Nina Simone's head in full colour. Nina says about this picture in her autobiography I Put A Spell On You (1992) that the picture was originally a full size picture of Simone's body. However, because Nina was pregnant of her daughter Lisa at that time, the photographer tried various positions to hide Nina's stomach. He failed in this most probably, and that is why just Simone's head was cut out of the full picture.

A leftover shot of Nina from this session, featuring a pose from her chest up, was later used on her 1966 album, Nina Simone with Strings.

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