Nina Simone At Town Hall + bonus tr. Sinnerman ( DMM 180g vinyl LP)

Release date: 07-11-2016 (Origianlly released in 1959)

2016 EU reissue on 180gm vinyl LP (original album + 2 bonus tracks) ' Vaynikehu ' &' Sinnerman' = One of Nina Simones finest recordings this 1959 Colpix LP, features the unique singer/pianist performing classic versions of ' Black Is the Color of My True Loves Hair' , 'The Other Woman'  and ' Wild Is the Wind ' .

With supportive work from bassist Jimmy Bond and drummer Al Tootie Heath, she also sounds fine on a few instrumentals ' Summertime'  is performed twice once as a vocal. From the start of her career Nina Simone carved out her own unique niche, meshing together her classical piano technique with folk singing civil rights protest lyrics and jazz. All of those elements are in evidence on this highly recommended.

Tracks:
A1 Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair
A2 Exactly Like You
A3 The Other Woman
A4 Under The Lowest
A5 You Can Have Him
A6 Summertime (Instrumental)
A7 Summertime

B1 Cotten Eyed Joe
B2 Return Home
B3 Wild Is The Wind
B4 Fine And Mellow
B5 Vaynikehu *bonus Track
B6 Sinnerman (8:01) *bonus Track

An important early live show for Nina a move to the classy Town Hall crowd filled with leftleaning listeners who were the perfect audience to get the unique bag she was working on at the time heard in very appreciative tones throughout the set The performance is a great one mellow moody and a bit folksy with Nina singing and playing piano