| New York, 1959 Studio session | ||
| Bob Mersey, conductor of a large band -- Nina Simone, vocal, piano | ||
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Blue Prelude
Gordon Jenkins, Joe Bishop
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Can't Get Out of This Mood
Jimmy MacHugh, Loesser
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Children Go Where I Send You
Traditional
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Chilly Winds Don't Blow
H. Krasnow, B. Lovelock
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It Might As Well Be Spring
Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
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Solitaire
Carl Nutter, Renee Borek, King Guion
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Stompin' At the Savoy
Benny Goodman, Chick Webb, Edgar Sampson, Andy Razaf
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That's Him Over There
Marilyn Bergman, Lew Spence
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Theme from "Middle of the Night"
George Bassman, Chayefsky
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Tomorrow (We Will Meet Once More)
Gale, Silverman
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Willow Weep For Me
Ann Ronell
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You've Been Gone Too Long
Sellers
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| Arrangements and conduction by Bob Mersey. Production by Hecky Krasnow. This is Nina's first session with Colpix. All tracks were released on the LP The Amazing in 1959, her debut album on Colpix Records. "Solitaire" has also been released on single Colpix 116. According to the liner notes for The Amazing, Nina was "auditioned" by Colpix's Paul Wexler after Columbia Pictures talent scout and famed producer, Joyce Selznick, had brought her to his attention. Nina was immediately signed to a long term contract. "She [Joyce Selznick] wanted to sign me to her label. My agreement with Bethlehem was for only one album, so Colpix moved in and offered me a long-term deal. Max Cohen negotiated it for me and we signed the contract in April. My first album for Colpix was The Amazing Nina Simone, but before it even came out Bethlehem had released a rival, Nina Simone and Her Friends, which contained the few remaining songs that we had decided not to use on Little Girl Blue." (From Nina's autobiography.) |
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Comments to Mauro Boscarol |
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