Nina Simone at Carnegie Hall
Nina Simone at Carnegie Hall is a 1963 album by jazz singer/pianist/songwriter Nina Simone.[1] It is a live album recorded at Simone's first solo appearance at Carnegie Hall in New York City, on April 12, 1963,[2] and was released on Colpix Records.
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| Released | 1963 | |||
| Recorded | April 12, 1963 | |||
| Venue | Carnegie Hall, New York City | |||
| Genre | Vocal, jazz, blues, folk | |||
| Label | Colpix | |||
| Producer | Jack Lewis | |||
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Track listing
    
- "Black Swan" (Gian Carlo Menotti)
 - "Theme from Samson and Delilah" (instrumental) (Camille Saint-Saëns)
 - "If You Knew" (Nina Simone)
 - "Theme from Sayonara" (instrumental) (Irving Berlin)
 - "The Twelfth of Never" (Jerry Livingston (m), Paul Francis Webster (l))
 - "Will I Find My Love Today" (Alex Fogarty (m), Sidney Shaw (l))
 - "The Other Woman/Cotton-Eyed Joe" (Jessie Mae Robinson, Nina Simone/Traditional)
 
Complete 2-CD Set:
This edition combines the original Carnegie Hall album (disc 1) with another album recorded at the same concert, Folksy Nina, plus bonus tracks.
Disc One:
- "Black Swan" (Gian Carlo Menotti)
 - "Theme from Samson and Delilah" (instrumental) (Camille Saint-Saëns)
 - "If You Knew" (Nina Simone)
 - "Theme from Sayonara" (instrumental) (Irving Berlin)
 - "The Twelfth of Never" (Jerry Livingston (m), Paul Francis Webster (l))
 - "Will I Find My Love Today" (Alex Fogarty (m), Sidney Shaw (l))
 - "The Other Woman/Cotton-Eyed Joe" (Jessie Mae Robinson, Nina Simone/Traditional)
 - "Work Song" (Nat Adderley) [Bonus Track]
 
Disc Two:
- "Silver City Bound" (Alan Lomax, Huddie Ledbetter, John A. Lomax)
 - "When I Was a Young Girl" (Sebastian "Billy" Mure)
 - "Eratz Zavat Chalav U'dvash" (Eliahu Gamliel)
 - "Lass of the Low Country" (Traditional; arranged by Nina Simone)
 - "The Young Knight" (Charles Kingsley, Joseph Hathaway)
 - "Vaynikehu" (also known as "Israeli Song In 5/4 Time") (Gil Aldema)
 - "Mighty Lak' a Rose" (Ethelbert Nevin, Frank Stanton)
 - "Hush Little Baby" (Traditional)
 - "Little Liza Jane" (Traditional) [Bonus Track]
 - "Will I Find a Resting Place?" (Traditional) [Bonus Track]
 - "Blackbird" (Herbert Sacker, Nina Simone) [Bonus Track]
 
Personnel
    
- Nina Simone - vocals, piano
 - Alvin Schackman, Phil Orlando - guitar
 - Lisle Atkinson - bass
 - Montego Joe (Roger Sanders) - drums
 - The Malcolm Dodds Singers - backing vocals
 
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