Broadway-Blues-Ballads
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | November 1964 | |||
Recorded | New York City, 1964 | |||
Genre | Vocal, soul, jazz, folk, blues | |||
Length | 37:22 | |||
Label | Philips | |||
Producer | Hal Mooney | |||
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AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Pitchfork Media | 8.0/10[3] |
Broadway-Blues-Ballads is an album by the singer/pianist/songwriter Nina Simone, released in 1964.[2] The album features Simone singing a few standards and folk songs, as well as six compositions by Bennie Benjamin and Sol Marcus.
Track listing
[edit]- "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" (Bennie Benjamin, Gloria Caldwell, Sol Marcus) - 2:46
- "Night Song" (Lee Adams, Charles Strouse) - 3:06
- "The Laziest Gal in Town" (Cole Porter) - 2:19
- "Something Wonderful" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) - 2:46
- "Don't Take All Night" (Bennie Benjamin, Sol Marcus) - 2:54
- "Nobody" (Alex Rogers, Bert Williams) - 4:18
- "I Am Blessed" (Bennie Benjamin, Sol Marcus) - 2:57
- "Of This I'm Sure" (Bennie Benjamin, Sol Marcus) - 2:37
- "See-Line Woman" ([traditional] American folk, George Bass, Nina Simone) - 2:38
- "Our Love (Will See Us Through)" (Bennie Benjamin, Sol Marcus) - 3:01
- "How Can I?" (Bennie Benjamin, Sol Marcus) - 2:05
- "The Last Rose of Summer" (Thomas Moore, Richard Alfred Milliken, Nina Simone) - 3:08
- on some CD releases the single "A Monster" is added as a bonus track. (Bennie Benjamin, Sol Marcus) - 2:47
Personnel
[edit]- Nina Simone – piano, vocals on all tracks, and arranger on track 10
- Rudy Stevenson – flute on track 9
- Lisle Atkinson – percussion on track 9
- Bobby Hamilton – drums on track 9
- Horace Ott – arranger and conductor on tracks 1,5,7,8,10,11,13
- Hal Mooney – arranger and conductor on tracks 2,3,4,6,12
- unknown orchestra
References
[edit]- ^ AllMusic review
- ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 470.
- ^ Wallace, Carvell (30 July 2016). "Nina Simone : Broadway-Blues-Ballads". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 30 July 2016.