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Nina Simone: Nina Simone At The Village Gate

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On January 15, 1952, “Colpix” label released “Nina Simone at the Village Gate”, the sixth Nina Simone album. It was recorded in March 1961, at “The Village Gate” in Greenwich Village in New York, and was produced by Cal Lampey.

Personnel:

  • Nina Simone – vocals, piano
  • Al Schackman – guitar
  • Chris White – bass
  • Bobby Hamilton – drums
  • Richard Alderson – recording

Track listing:

  1. Just in Time – Adolph Gree, Betty Comden, Jule Styne
  2. He Was Too Good to Me – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  3. House of the Rising Sun – Josh White, Libby Reynolds Holmes, Nicholas Ray
  4. Bye Bye Blackbird – Mort Dixon, Ray Henderson
  5. Brown Baby – Oscar Brown
  6. Zungo – Babatunde Olatunji
  7. If He Changed My Name – Robert MacGinsey
  8. Children Go Where I Send You – traditional, arranged by Nina Simone

Nina Simone: Pastel Blues

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On October 1, 1965, “Philips” label released “Pastel Blues”, the thirteen Nina Simone album. It was recorded 1964 – 1965, and was produced by Hal Mooney.

Personnel:

  • Nina Simone – vocals, piano, arrangements
  • Al Schackman – guitar, harmonica
  • Rudy Stevenson – guitar, flute
  • Lisle Atkinson – double bass
  • Bobby Hamilton – drums

Track listing:

  1. Be My Husband – Andy Stroud
  2. Nobody Knows When You Are Down and Out – Jimmy Cox
  3. End of the Line – John Edmondson, Cynthia Medley
  4. Trouble in Mind – Richard Jones
  5. Tell Me More and More and Then Some – Billie Holiday
  6. Chilly Winds Don’t Blow – Hermann Krasnow, William Lovelock
  7. Ain’t No Use – Rudy Stevenson
  8. Strange Fruit – Lewis Allan
  9. Sinnerman – traditional

Feist: The Reminder

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On May 1, 2007, “Arts & Crafts” and “Cherrytree” labels released “The Reminder”, the third Feist studio album. It was recorded in March 2006, and was produced by Leslie Feist, Chilly Gonzales, Renaud Letang, Mocky and Ben Mink.

Personnel:

  • Leslie Feist – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, banjo, piano 
  • Chilly Gonzales – piano, organs, vibraphone, drums
  • Mocky (Dominic Salole) – acoustic bass, Farfisa, organ
  • Julian Brown – electric bass, melodica
  • Jesse Baird – drums
  • Bryden Baird – trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion
  • Jamie Lidell – vocals
  • Jamie Lidell, Julian Brown, Bryden Baird, Mocky, Jesse Baird, Chilly Gonzales – group percussion, backing vocals
  • Pierre Luc Jamain – organ bass
  • Ohad Benchetrit – the mystery on the bridge of “My Moon My Man”
  • Charles Spearin – the mystery on the bridge of “My Moon My Man”
  • Afie Jurvanen – leader of the lead guitars on the bridge of “Sealion”
  • Sandra Baron – violin
  • Mary Stein – cello
  • Lori Gemmel – harp 
  • Eirik Glambek Bøe – vocals
  • Kevin Drew – backing vocals 
  • Brendan Canning – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Leslie Feist, except where noted.

  1. So Sorry – Leslie Feist, Dominic Mocky Salole
  2. I Feel It All
  3. My Moon My Man – Leslie Feist, Jason Beck
  4. The Park
  5. The Water – Leslie Feist, Brendan Canning
  6. Sealion – Leslie Feist, George Bass, Nina Simone
  7. Past in Present
  8. The Limit to Your Love – Leslie Feist, Jaxon Beck
  9. 1234 – Leslie Feist, Sally Seltmann
  10. Brandy Alexander – Leslie Feist, Ron Sexsmith
  11. Intuition
  12. Honey Honey
  13. How My Heart Behaves – Leslie Feist, Andrew Whiteman

Oleta Adams: Third Set

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On February 10, 2017, Oleta Adams self-released “Third Set”, her tenth album. It was recorded in 2016, at “Firehouse Studios”, in Chicago, Illinois, and was produced by Oleta Adams.

Personnel:

  • Oleta Adams – vocals, piano, keyboards, arrangements
  • James Harrah – guitar
  • John Pena – bass
  • John Cushon – drums, cajon
  • Matt O’Connor – percussion
  • Les D. Cooper – engineer, mixing
  • Josh Lewis – engineer assistant
  • Sadaharu Yagi – mixing assistant
  • Bernie Becker – mastering
  • Chevy Nash – art direction, photography
  • Erin Edwards – graphics
  • Robert Kopchak – photography
  • Steven Frazier – photography

Track listing:

  1. It’s Alright with Me – Cole Porter
  2. Only the Lonely – Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn
  3. Don’t Interrupt the Sorrow – Joni Mitchell
  4. River – Joni Mitchell
  5. Do I Move You – Nina Simone
  6. Evolution (acoustic) – Brock Walsh, Ivan Lins
  7. Rhythm of Life (acoustic) – Nicky Holland, Roland Orzabal
  8. Blowin’ in the Wind – Bob Dylan
  9. Wilted Roses – Oleta Adams, Raina Bundy
  10. His Loving Eyes – Oleta Adams

Angelo Daniel Badalamenti

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On December 11, 2022, Angelo Daniel Badalamenti died aged 85. He was composer and arranger, recorded songs with David Bowie, Nina Simone, Tim Booth, Shirley Bassey, Dusty Springfield, Julee Cruise, Marianne Faithfull, Siouxsie Sioux and Dolores O’Riordan, but was best known for composing film music. He collaborated with director David Lynch, notably “Blue Velvet”, the “Twin Peaks” saga, “The Straight Story” and “Mulholland Drive”. In 1990, Badalamenti received “Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance” for his “Twin Peaks Theme”. In 2008, Badalamenti received a “Lifetime Achievement Award” from the “World Soundtrack Awards’s Academy”, and in 2011, the “Henry Mancini Award” from the “American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers”. 

Nina Simone: Broadway – Blues Ballads

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In November 1964, “Philips” label released “Broadway-Blues-Ballads”, the eleventh Nina Simone album. It was recorded in 1964, in New York City, and was produced by Hal Mooney.

Personnel:

  • Nina Simone – vocals, piano, arranger
  • Bobby Hamilton – drums
  • Lisle Atkinson – percussion
  • Rudy Stevenson – flute
  • Horace Ott – arranger, conductor
  • Hal Mooney – arranger, conductor

Track listing:

  1. Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood – Bennie Benjamin, Gloria Caldwell, Sol Marcus
  2. Night Song – Lee Adams, Charles Strouse
  3. The Laziest Gal in Town – Cole Porter
  4. Something Wonderful – Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers
  5. Don’t Take All Night – Bennie Benjamin, Sol Marcus
  6. Nobody – Alex Rogers, Bert Williams
  7. I Am Blessed – Bennie Benjamin, Sol Marcus
  8. Of This I’m Sure – Bennie Benjamin, Sol Marcus
  9. See-Line Woman – traditional, George Bass, Nina Simone
  10. Our Love (Will See Us Through) – Bennie Benjamin, Sol Marcus
  11. How Can I? – Bennie Benjamin, Sol Marcus
  12. The Last Rose of Summer – Thomas Moore, Richard Alfred Milliken, Nina Simone

Nina Simone: Silk & Soul

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In October 1967, “RCA Victor” label released “Silk & Soul”, the thirteenth Nina Simone studio album. It was recorded in 1967, at “RCA Studio B” in New York City, and was produced by Danny Davis.

Personnel:

  • Nina Simone – vocals, piano
  • Eric Gale – guitar  
  • Rudy Stevenson – guitar
  • Ernie Hayes – piano, harpsichord
  • Gene Taylor – bass
  • Bernard Purdie – drums
  • Sammy Lowe – arrangements, conductor
  • Ray Hall – engineer

Track listing:

  1. It Be’s That Way Sometime – Sam Waymon
  2. The Look of Love – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
  3. Go to Hell – Morris Balley Jr.
  4. Love o’ Love – Andy Stroud
  5. Cherish – Terry Kirkman
  6. I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free – Billy Taylor
  7. Turn Me On – John D. Loudermilk
  8. Turning Point – Martha Holmes
  9. Some Say – Charles Reuben
  10. Consummation – Nina Simone

Nina Simone: Wild is the Wind

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In September 1966, “Phillips” label released “Wild Is the Wind”, the sixth Nina Simone studio album. It was recorded 1964 – 1965, in New York City, and was produced by Hal Mooney. In 2020, it was ranked 212 on “Rolling Stone’s” list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Nina Simone – vocals, piano, arranger
  • Horace Ott – arranger
  • Sid Mark – liner notes
  1. I Love Your Lovin’ Ways – Bennie Benjamin, Sol Marcus
  2. Four Woman – Nina Simone
  3. What More Can I Say – Horace Ott, Wade Brown Jr.
  4. Lilac Wine – James Shelton
  5. That’s All I Ask – Horace Ott
  6. Break Down and Let It All Out – Van McCoy
  7. Why keep On Breaking My Heart – Bennie Benjamin, Sol Marcus
  8. Wild is the Wind – Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington
  9. Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair – traditional
  10. If I Should Lose You – Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin
  11. Either Way I Lose – Van McCoy

Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & Trinity: Streetnoise

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In May 1969, “Marmalade” label released “Streetnoise”, the fourth Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger and the Trinity album. It was recorded in 1969, at “Advison Studios” in London, and was produced by Giorgio Gomelsky.

Personnel:

  • Brian “Auge” Auger – vocals, B-3 organ, piano, electric piano
  • Julie “Jools” Driscoll – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
  • David “Lobs” Ambrose – vocals, 4- and 6- string electric basses, acoustic guitar
  • Clive “Toli” Thacker – drums, percussion

Track listing:

Side 1

sub-titled – How Good Would It Be To Feel Free

  1. Tropic of Capricorn – Brian Auger
  2. Czechoslovakia – Julie Driscoll
  3. Take Me to the Water – Nina Simone
  4. A Word About Colour – Julie Driscoll

Side 2

sub-titled – Kiss Him Quick He Has To Part

  1. Light My Fire – John Densmore, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek, Jim Morrison
  2. Indian Rope Man – Richie Havens, Joe Price, Mark Roth
  3. When I Was a Young Girl – traditional; arranged by Julie Driscoll
  4. The Flesh Failures (Let the Sunshine In) – James Rado, Gerome Ragni, Galt MacDermot

LP side 3

sub-titled – Looking In The Eye Of The World

  1. Ellis Island – Brian Auger
  2. In Search of the Sun – Dave Ambrose
  3. Finally Found You Out – Brian Auger
  4. Looking in the Eye of the World – Brian Auger

LP side 4

sub-titled – Save The Country

  1. Vauxhall to Lambeth Bridge – Julie Driscoll
  2. All Blues – Miles Davis, Oscar Brown
  3. I’ve Got Life – James Rado, Gerome Ragni, Galt MacDermot
  4. Save the Country – Laura Nyro

Derek Wadsworth

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On December 3, 2008, Derek Wadsworth died aged 69. He was musician (cornet, trombone, keyboards), composer and arranger. He was musical director for Diana Ross, Dusty Springfield, and the musical “Hair”. As a musician and arranger he worked with Maynard Ferguson, Georgie Fame, Nina Simone, David Essex, Judy Garland, Humphrey Lyttelton, Graham Collier, Tonny Bennett, George Harrison, Tom Jones, Dionne Warwick, Mike Oldfield, Simply Red, Kate Bush, Cat Stevens, Small Faces, Manferd Mann, and the Rolling Stones.