Nina Simone at Carnegie Hall

Nina Simone at Carnegie Hall is a 1963 album by jazz singer/pianist/songwriter Nina Simone.[1] It is a live album recorded at Simone's first solo appearance at Carnegie Hall in New York City, on April 12, 1963,[2] and was released on Colpix Records.

Nina Simone at Carnegie Hall
Live album by
Nina Simone
Released1963
RecordedApril 12, 1963
VenueCarnegie Hall, New York City
GenreVocal, jazz, blues, folk
LabelColpix
ProducerJack Lewis
Nina Simone chronology
Nina’s Choice
(1963)		 Nina Simone at Carnegie Hall
(1963)		 Folksy Nina
(1964)

Track listing
  1. "Black Swan" (Gian Carlo Menotti)
  2. "Theme from Samson and Delilah" (instrumental) (Victor Young)
  3. "If You Knew" (Nina Simone)
  4. "Theme from Sayonara" (instrumental) (Irving Berlin)
  5. "The Twelfth of Never" (Jerry Livingston (m), Paul Francis Webster (l))
  6. "Will I Find My Love Today" (Alex Fogarty (m), Sidney Shaw (l))
  7. "The Other Woman/Cotton-Eyed Joe" (Jessie Mae Robinson, Nina Simone/Traditional)

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Complete 2-CD Set:

Disc One:

  1. "Black Swan" (Gian Carlo Menotti)
  2. "Theme from Samson and Delilah" (instrumental) (Victor Young)
  3. "If You Knew" (Nina Simone)
  4. "Theme from Sayonara" (instrumental) (Irving Berlin)
  5. "The Twelfth of Never" (Jerry Livingston (m), Paul Francis Webster (l))
  6. "Will I Find My Love Today" (Alex Fogarty (m), Sidney Shaw (l))
  7. "The Other Woman/Cotton-Eyed Joe" (Jessie Mae Robinson, Nina Simone/Traditional)
  8. "Work Song" (Nat Adderley) [Bonus Track]

Disc Two:

  1. "Silver City Bound" (Alan Lomax, Huddie Ledbetter, John A. Lomax)
  2. "When I Was a Young Girl" (Sebastian "Billy" Mure)
  3. "Eratz Zavat Chalav U'dvash" (Eliahu Gamliel)
  4. "Lass of the Low Country" (Traditional; arranged by Nina Simone)
  5. "The Young Knight" (Charles Kingsley, Joseph Hathaway)
  6. "Vaynikehu" (also known as "Israeli Song In 5/4 Time") (Gil Aldema)
  7. "Mighty Lak a Rose" (Ethelbert Nevin, Frank Stanton)
  8. "Hush Little Baby" (Traditional)
  9. "Little Liza Jane" (Traditional) [Bonus Track]
  10. "Will I Find a Resting Place?" (Traditional) [Bonus Track]
  11. "Blackbird" (Herbert Sacker, Nina Simone) [Bonus Track]

Personnel
  • Nina Simone - vocals, piano
  • Alvin Schackman, Phil Orlando - guitar
  • Lisle Atkinson - bass
  • Montego Joe (Roger Sanders) - drums
  • The Malcolm Dodds Singers - backing vocals
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References
  1. Allmusic page on Nina Simone at Carnegie Hall
  2. "1963 April 12: New York Carnegie Hall", The Nina Simone Database.
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