Nina Simone in Concert
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| Live album by Nina Simone | ||||
| Released | 1964 | |||
| Recorded | New York City live at Carnegie Hall March 21, April 1 & 6 1964 | |||
| Genre | Vocal, soul, jazz, folk | |||
| Length | 35:31 | |||
| Label | Philips | |||
| Producer | Hal Mooney | |||
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| Allmusic |   |
| Pitchfork Media | 10/10 |
Nina Simone in Concert is an album by singer/pianist/songwriter Nina Simone. It was her first album for the record label Philips and was made up of three live recordings in Carnegie Hall, New York City in March and April 1964 (previously, she had recorded Nina Simone at Carnegie Hall in 1963 for Colpix Records). This album marks the beginning of "Nina Simone, the Civil Rights singer" in her recording career (she had already incorporated the civil rights message in her performances). Included on the album are politically laden songs, most notably the self-written "Mississippi Goddam", released as a single at the time. But also "Old Jim Crow", "Go Limp" and the haunting "Pirate Jenny" contributed to the message in a covert or metaphorical way.
This is a showtune but the show hasn't been written for it yet...
While laughing, the primarily white audience realizes that it is far from a happy showtune, but a cynical Civil Rights protest song, talking about the death of Medgar Evers and the killing of four schoolgirls at the Alabama Church Bombing in 1963.
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