Nina Simone, Chris Connor, Carmen McRae – Nina Simone And Her Friends An Intimate Variety Of Vocal Charm
Label: Bethlehem Records – BCP 6041, Bethlehem Records – 538671441
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Stereo, Green Emerald
Country: US
Released: 3 Dec 2021
Genre: Jazz, Funk / Soul, Children's, Folk, World, & Country, Stage & Screen
Style: Gospel, Easy Listening, Soul-Jazz
A1 Nina Simone– He's Got The Whole World In His Hands
A2 Chris Connor– Someone To Watch Over Me
A3 Carmen McRae– Old Devil Moon
A4 Nina Simone– I Loves You, Porgy
A5 Chris Connor– I Concentrate On You
A6 Carmen McRae– You Made Me Care
B1 Nina Simone– For All We Know
B2 Chris Connor– From This Moment On
B3 Carmen McRae– Too Much In Love To Care
B4 Nina Simone– African Mailman
B5 Chris Connor– All This And Heaven Too
B6 Carmen McRae– Last Time For Love
2021 Stereo Remaster – 1 LP Limited Edition Green Colour Vinyl
Originally released by Bethlehem Records in 1959, NINA SIMONE AND HER FRIENDS was a compilation album comprised of the few remaining, unreleased tracks from the Little Girl Blue recording session plus songs recorded by two other former Bethlehem artists, thepowerhouse jazz vocalist Carmen McRae and the elegant song stylist Chris Connor.
As Daphne Brooks explains in the release’s brand new essay, “Bethlehem clustered their work—tracks that had previously appeared on the label’s Girlfriends compilation—together with the younger, upstart Simone’s and essentially offered up a collection of songsthat span a range of genres—folk, jazz, pop song staples, and torch song laments, plus a couple of provocative original compositions by McRae and Simone.
Each track is a reminder of the clear-eyed independence, verve, and confidence of three artists whose music, taken together, brims with the majesty and the assured talents of the late 1950s womenartists who led with conviction and invention as musicians and song interpreters.”
Featuring a brand new stereo mix by four-time Grammy winner Michael Graves. Includes new essay by author of Liner Notes For The Revolution, Daphne A. Brooks.