Broadway-Blues-Ballads
Download links and information about Broadway-Blues-Ballads by Nina Simone. This album was released in 1964 and it belongs to Jazz, Vocal Jazz genres. It contains 13 tracks with total duration of 36:59 minutes.
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| Artist: | Nina Simone |
| Release date: | 1964 |
| Genre: | Jazz, Vocal Jazz |
| Tracks: | 13 |
| Duration: | 36:59 |
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Tracks
[Edit]| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:45 |
| 2. | Night Song (featuring Hal Mooney) | 3:05 |
| 3. | The Laziest Gal In Town (featuring Hal Mooney) | 2:18 |
| 4. | Something Wonderful (featuring Hal Mooney) | 2:43 |
| 5. | Don't Take All Night (featuring Horace Ott) | 2:51 |
| 6. | Nobody (featuring Hal Mooney) | 4:18 |
| 7. | I Am Blessed | 2:56 |
| 8. | Of This I'm Sure (featuring Horace Ott) | 2:34 |
| 9. | See-Line Woman | 2:37 |
| 10. | Our Love (Will See Us Through) (featuring Horace Ott) | 2:59 |
| 11. | How Can I? (featuring Horace Ott) | 2:03 |
| 12. | The Last Rose of Summer (featuring Hal Mooney) | 3:07 |
| 13. | A Monster (featuring Horace Ott) | 2:43 |
Details
[Edit]The singer and pianist Nina Simone was hard to pin down. She embodied jazz sophistication, blues feeling, and folk intensity in a lengthy career. The 1964 studio effort, Broadway Blues Ballads, features some great songs, and production by the arranger Hal Mooney who is known for his work with a number of stellar female vocalists. Things kick off with one of Simone’s signature pieces, “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood.” (The song was co-written by Bennie Benjamin, who had a hand in writing more than half of this album’s songs.) Simone works wonders with Cole Porter’s “Laziest Girl in Town,” and she shines on “I Am Blessed,” a track with female backup singers, and country-soul piano that evokes classic Ray Charles. “See-Line Woman,” a tale of a prostitute, is marked by an uptempo arrangement that includes chanted male vocals. Simone had a background in classical music, which is apparent on her striking version of “The Last Rose of Summer.” The album closes with “A Monster,” a perky, Latin-tinged pop tune.