Nina’s Choice
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Nina's Choice is an album by singer/pianist/songwriter Nina Simone
. It is a compilation of singles from previous albums at Colpix Records
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Nina Simone
Eunice Kathleen Waymon , better known by her stage name Nina Simone , was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist widely associated with jazz music...
. It is a compilation of singles from previous albums at Colpix Records
Colpix Records
Colpix Records was the first recording company for Columbia Pictures–Screen Gems. Colpix got its name from combining Columbia and Pictures . It was founded by Jonie Taps and Harry Cohn in 1958, and was based in New York City. Paul Wexler headed the label. Stu Phillips was in charge of A&R...
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Track listing
- "Trouble In MindTrouble in Mind (song)"Trouble in Mind" is a slow eight-bar blues song written by jazz pianist Richard M. Jones. The song was recorded in 1924 by singer Thelma La Vizzo with Jones providing the piano accompaniment...
", live recording from Nina Simone At NewportNina Simone At NewportNina Simone at Newport is an album by singer/pianist/songwriter Nina Simone . It was her second live album for Colpix, recorded at the Newport Jazz Festival on June 30, 1960. All arrangements were made by Nina Simone, and it was produced by Stu Phillips...
(1960) - "Memphis In June", from Forbidden Fruit (1960)
- "Cotton Eyed Joe", from Nina Simone At Town HallNina Simone At Town HallNina Simone at Town Hall is an album by singer/pianist/songwriter Nina Simone . It was recorded live at The Town Hall on 15 September 1959 and released as her second album for Colpix Records that same year...
(1959) - "Work SongWork SongWork Song is an album by jazz cornetist Nat Adderley, recorded in January 1960 and released on the Riverside label. It features Adderley with Bobby Timmons, Wes Montgomery, Sam Jones, Percy Heath, Keter Betts and Louis Hayes in various combinations from a trio to a sextet, with the unusual sound of...
", from Forbidden Fruit - "Forbidden Fruit", from Forbidden Fruit
- "Little Liza Jane", live recording from Nina Simone At NewportNina Simone At NewportNina Simone at Newport is an album by singer/pianist/songwriter Nina Simone . It was her second live album for Colpix, recorded at the Newport Jazz Festival on June 30, 1960. All arrangements were made by Nina Simone, and it was produced by Stu Phillips...
(1960) - "Rags And Old Iron", from Forbidden Fruit
- "You Can Have HimYou Can Have Him"You Can Have Him" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin for the 1949 musical Miss Liberty, where it was introduced by Allyn McLerie and Mary McCarty....
", live recording from Nina Simone At Town Hall (1959) - "Just Say I Love Him", from Forbidden Fruit