(2021) Nina Simone - The Montreux Years
Review:
Nina Simone’s story from the late sixties to the nineties can be told through her legendary performances in Montreux. Taking to the Montreux stage for the first time on 16 June 1968 for the festival’s second edition, Simone built a lasting relationship with Montreux Jazz Festival and its Creator and Director Claude Nobs and this unique trust and electricity can be clearly felt on the recordings. Simone’s multi-faceted and radical story is laid bare on Nina Simone: The Montreux Years. From Nina’s glorious and emotional 1968 performance to her fiery and unpredictable concert in 1976, one of the festival’s most remarkable performances ever witnessed, the collection includes recordings from all of her five legendary Montreux concerts – 1968, 1976, 1981, 1987 and 1990. The CD edition of ‘Nina Simone: The Montreux Years’ will also include Simone’s 1968 landmark concert in full, the first time the full concert will be available on CD.
Track Listing:
01. Someone to Watch Over Me (Intro;Live At Casino Montreux, 10th July 1987)
02. Backlash Blues (Live At Casino Montreux, 3rd July 1976)
03. I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free (Live – Montreux Jazz Festival 1976)
04. See-Line Woman (Live At Casino Montreux, 13th July 1990)
05. Little Girl Blue, Pt. 1 and 2 (Live – Montreux Jazz Festival 1976)
06. Don't Smoke in Bed (Live At Casino Montreux, 13th July 1990)
07. Stars (Live At Casino Montreux, 3rd July 1976)
08. What a Little Moonlight Can Do (Live At Casino Montreux, 13th July 1990)
09. African Mailman (Live At Casino Montreux, 3rd July 1976)
10. Four Women (Live – Montreux Jazz Festival 1990)
11. No Woman No Cry (Live At Casino Montreux, 13th July 1990)
12. Liberian Calypso (Live At Casino Montreux, 13th July 1990)
13. Ne Me Quitte Pas (Live At Casino Montreux, 13th July 1990)
14. Montreux Blues (Live At Casino Montreux, 19th July 1981)
15. My Baby Just Cares for Me (Live At Casino Montreux, 13th July 1990)
16. Intro (Live At Casino Kursaal, 16th June 1968)
17. Go to Hell (Live At Casino Kursaal, 16th June 1968)
18. Just in Time (Live At Casino Kursaal, 16th June 1968)
19. When I Was a Young Girl (Live At Casino Kursaal, 16th June 1968)
20. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (Live At Casino Kursaal, 16th June 1968)
21. Ne Me Quitte Pas (Live At Casino Kursaal, 16th June 1968)
22. To Love Somebody (Live At Casino Kursaal, 16th June 1968)
23. Backlash Blues (Live At Casino Kursaal, 16th June 1968)
24. The House of the Rising Sun (Live At Casino Kursaal, 16th June 1968)
25. See-Line Woman (Live At Casino Kursaal, 16th June 1968)
26. Please Read Me (Live At Casino Kursaal, 16th June 1968)
27. Ain't Got No, I Got Life (Live At Casino Kursaal, 16th June 1968)
28. Gin House Blues (Live At Casino Kursaal, 16th June 1968)
29. I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free (Live At Casino Kursaal, 16th June 1968)
Media Report:
Genre: jazz
Format: FLAC
Format/Info: Free Lossless Audio Codec, 16-bit PCM
Bit rate mode: Variable
Channel(s): 2 channels
Sampling rate: 44.1 KHz
Bit depth: 16 bits