Simone, Nina / Nina Simone's Finest Hour
Album: Nina Simone's Finest Hour   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Simone, Nina   Added:Nov 2016
Label:Verve Music Group  

Recent Airplay
1. Sep 14, 2024: Music Casserole
Wild Is The Wind, Mississippi Goddam, The Other Woman
4. Oct 11, 2019: Stirring the Pot
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
2. Oct 17, 2019: organic fruit tracks
1 Put A Spell On You
5. Feb 23, 2019: Music Casserole
Pirate Jenny
3. Oct 12, 2019: Music Casserole
Four Women, Wild Is The Wind
6. Nov 10, 2018: Music Casserole
Mississippi Goddam, Wild Is The Wind

Album Review
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2016-11-25
Simone, Nina / Nina Simone's Finest Hour
Label: Verve Music Group

Tom McCarter
Reviewed: 2016-11-25

Tom McCarter
Simone, Nina
Nina Simone's Finest Hour
Genre: Jazz
Review: An excellent collection of songs from one of the greatest jazz vocalists
FCCs: none (with the possible exception of Goddam)
If You Like: Billie Holliday, Aretha Franklin, Carmen McCrae, Rachelle Ferrell
Favorite Tracks: (1) love Me or Leave Me (2)Wild Is The Wind (3) I Put a Spell on You
(6) Mississippi Goddam (7) Four Women (11) Little Girl Blue
Track Review: 1/piano starts> uptempo> quick end
2/ piano starts> slow tempo builds in intensity> sudden end 3/ strings start> midtempo> quick fade
4/ horns start> uptempo> quick end 5/ piano starts> slow tempo> fade 6/ piano starts> slow tempo> fade 7/ spoken intro with piano> uptempo> quick fade 8/ piano starts> slow tempo builds in intensity> crescendo end 9/ piano starts> spoken word with accompaniment> varied tempo> crescendo end 10/ piano start> slow tempo> crescendo end
11/ piano starts> midtempo> 12/ 13/ 14/ midtempo> quick fade 15/ piano starts> slow tempo> quick stop

Track Listing
1. Love Me Or Leave Me   9. Pirate Jenny
2. Wild Is The Wind   10. I Love You, Porgy
3. 1 Put A Spell On You   11. This Year's Kisses
4. Work Song   12. Little Gitl Blue
5. Don't Explain   13. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
6. The Other Woman   14. Ne Me Quitte Pas
7. Mississippi Goddam   15. Don't Smoke In Bed
8. Four Women   .