Beschreibung: | Nina Simone's story from the late sixties to the nineties can be told through her legendary performances in Montreux. Taking to the Montreux stage for the first time on 16 June 1968 for the festival's second edition, Simone built a lasting relationship with Montreux Jazz Festival and it's Creator and Founder Claude Nobs, which uniqueness, trust and electricity can be clearly felt on the recordings. Simone's multi-faceted and radical story is laid bare on Nina Simone: THE MONTREUX YEARS. From Nina's glorious and emotional 1968 performance to her fiery and unpredictable concert in 1976, one of the festival's most remarkable performances ever witnessed, the collection includes recordings from all of her five legendary Montreux concerts - 1968, 1976, 1981, 1987 and 1990., NINA SIMONE's story from the late sixties to the nineties can be told through her legendary performances in Montreux. Taking to the Montreux stage for the first time on 16 June 1968 for the festival's second edition, Simone built a lasting relationship with Montreux Jazz Festival and its Creator and Founder Claude Nobs, which uniqueness, trust and electricity can be clearly felt on the recordings. Simone's multi-faceted and radical story is laid bare on NINA SIMONE: THE MONTREUX YEARS. From Nina's glorious and emotional 1968 performance to her fiery and unpredictable concert in 1976, one of the festival's most remarkable performances ever witnessed, the collection includes recordings from all of her five legendary Montreux concerts - 1968, 1976, 1981, 1987 and 1990. Featuring rare and previously unreleased material from Claude Nobs' private collection, Nina Simone devotees worldwide will be thrilled by the inclusion of the powerful «I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free,» poignant and fearless «Four Women» and Simone's hauntingly beautiful performance of «Ne Me Quitte Pas.» A spinetingling version of Janis Ian's searing and potent «Stars,» which Simone covered for the very first time during her 1976 Montreux performance, sits alongside her bold and electrifying re-imagine of Bob Marley's ballad «No Women No Cry» in 1990. The collection closes with the encore of Nina Simone's final Montreux Jazz Festival concert and one of Simone's most-loved and best-known recordings, the exuberant «My Baby Just Cares For Me,» showcasing the deep and multidimensional facets of Simone's life and music. The CD edition of NINA SIMONE: THE MONTREUX YEARS will also include Simone's 1968 landmark concert in full, the first time the full concert will be available on CD. Nina Simone: Montreux Years CD, Runningtime: 00:00:00, Design: Giulia Villa, Double Bass: Gene Taylor, Drums: Buck Clarke, Drums: Paul Robinson (6), Executive Producer: Fraser Kennedy, Executive Producer: Nick Bonard, Executive Producer: Thierry Amsallem, Guitar: Henry Young, Guitar, Vibraphone, Synthesizer: Al Schackman, Harmonica: Claude Nobs, Organ, Vocals, Percussion: Sam Waymon, Percussion: Leopoldo Fleming, Photography: Georges A. Braunschweig, Piano, Vocals: Nina Simone, Project Manager: Emma Curley, Project Manager: Lisa McErlain, Project Manager: Michelle Goff, Restoration, Mastered By: Tony Cousins, Sleeve Notes: Stevie Chick, Written-By: George & Ira Gershwin, Written-By: Langston Hughes, Written-By: Nina Simone, Written-By: Billy Taylor, Written-By: George Houston Bass, Written-By: Rodgers & Hart, Written-By: Willard Robison, Written-By: Janis Ian, Written-By: Harry Woods (2), Written-By: Nina Simone, Written-By: Nina Simone, Written-By: Vincent Ford, Written-By: Nina Simone, Written-By: Jacques Brel, Written-By: Nina Simone, Written-By: Gus Kahn, Written-By: Walter Donaldson, Written-By: Nina Simone, Written-By: Morris Bailey, Written-By: Betty Comden And Adolph Green, Written-By: Jule Styne, Written-By: Billy Mure, Written-By: Bennie Benjamin, Written-By: Gloria Caldwell, Written-By: Sol Marcus, Written-By: Jacques Brel, Written-By: Barry Gibb, Written-By: Robin Gibb, Written-By: Langston Hughes, Written-By: Nina Simone, Written-By: Josh White, Written-By: Libby Reynolds Holmes, Written-By: Nicholas Ray (2), Written-By: Traditional, Written-By: George Houston Bass, Written-By: Barry Gibb, Written-By: Robin Gibb, Written-By: MacDermot-Rado-Ragni, Written-By: Fletcher Henderson, Written-By: Henry Troy, Written-By: Billy Taylor, Labelcode BGRT31272.2 (BMGCAT461DCD), Phonographic Copyright (p) Montreux Media Ventures, Licensed To BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited, Phonographic Copyright (p) BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited, Copyright (c) BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited, Recorded At Casino de Montreux, Recorded At Montreux Jazz Festival, Glass Mastered At GZ Media, Glass Mastered At GZ Media |