SIMONE, NINA - Single Woman: Expanded Edition (180G VINYL LP Music On Vinyl MOVLP1298) |

Personnel includes: Nina Simone (vocals, piano); Jack Sheldon (trumpet); Jeffrey De Rosa, Richard Todd (French horn); Frank Marocco (accordion); Earle Dumler, Gary Foster, Valerie King (reeds); Israel Baker, Gina Kronstadt, Joel Derouin (violin); Marilyn Baker, Evan Wilson, Herschel Wise (viola); Fred Seykora, Suzie Katayama (cello); Carol Robbins, Ann Stockton (harp); Michael Melvoin (piano); John Chiodini, Al Shackman (guitar); John Clayton, Jim Hughart, John Pena, Margot MacLaine (bass); Jeffrey Hamilton, Paul Robinson (drums); Larry Bunker, Darryl Jackson, William Summers (percussion).
Recorded at Oceanway Studios, Hollywood, California, and Mad Hatter Studio, Los Angeles, California. Includes liner notes by Ntozake Shange.
For four decades, Nina Simone has bewitched listeners with her uncategorizable blend of music. Unwilling to compromise to popular standards, hers has been a lonely course which led her away from the United States. Nina Simone adds to her recording legacy with this fine 1993 collection of contemplative tracks (which was her first release in more than five years).
A SINGLE WOMAN is an appropriately titled, almost autobiographical testament to her life, a meditation on the joys and pains of a woman alone. Her rich, deep voice soars dramatically over lush orchestral arrangements. The album's high point is a superb reprise of her haunting tango arrangement of "Just Say I Love Him" with guitarist Al Shackman (whom she worked with during her early years) making a guest appearance. Also included are three Rod McKuen songs and a moving version of the standard "The Folks Who Live on the Hill" that is dedicated to the late Prime Minister of Barbados.

Label:
Music On Vinyl – MOVLP1298
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Remastered, 180 Gram
Country:
Europe
Released:
Mar 23, 2015
Genre:
Jazz, Pop
Style:
Soul, Vocal
A1        A Single Woman
Arranged By – Jeremy Lubbock
Bass – John Clayton
Drums – Jeffrey Hamilton*
Piano – Michael Melvoin*
Written-By – Rod McKuen
A2        Lonesome Cities
Arranged By – John Clayton
Bass – Jim Hughart
Drums – Jeffrey Hamilton*
Percussion – Larry Bunker
Piano – Michael Melvoin*
Written-By – Rod McKuen
A3        If I Should Lose You
Arranged By – Richard Evans (2)
Bass – John Clayton
Drums – Jeffrey Hamilton*
Guitar – John Chiodini
Piano – Michael Melvoin*
Written-By – Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger
A4        The Folks Who Live On The Hill
Arranged By – Jeremy Lubbock
Bass – John Clayton
Drums – Jeffrey Hamilton*
Piano – Michael Melvoin*
Written-By – Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II
A5        Love's Been Good To Me
Arranged By – Richard Evans (2)
Bass – John Clayton
Drums – Jeffrey Hamilton*
Guitar – John Chiodini
Piano – Michael Melvoin*
Written-By – Rod McKuen
A6        Papa, Can You Hear Me?
Arranged By – Jeremy Lubbock, Nina Simone
Bass – John Clayton
Drums – Jeffrey Hamilton*
Orchestrated By – Jeremy Lubbock
Piano – Michael Melvoin*
Written-By – Alan & Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand
A7        Il N'y A Pas D'Amour Heureux
Arranged By – John Clayton
Bass – Jim Hughart
Drums – Jeffrey Hamilton*
Percussion – Larry Bunker
Piano – Michael Melvoin*
Written-By – Georges Brassens, Louis Aragon
B1        Just Say I Love Him
Arranged By – Nina Simone
Bass – John Clayton
Drums – Paul Robinson (6)
Guitar – Al Shackman*
Piano – Nina Simone
Written-By – Jack Val, Jimmy Dale (3), Martin Kalmanoff
B2        The More I See You
Arranged By – John Clayton
Bass – John Clayton
Drums – Jeffrey Hamilton*
Guitar – John Chiodini
Piano – Michael Melvoin*
Trumpet – Jack Sheldon
Written-By – Harry Warren (2), Mack Gordon
B3        Marry Me
Arranged By – Nina Simone
Bass – John Clayton
Drums – Jeffrey Hamilton*
Guitar – John Chiodini
Piano – Michael Melvoin*
Written-By – Nina Simone
B4        The Long And Winding Road
B5        I'M Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter
B6        Baseball Boogie
B7        No Woman, No Cry
B8        Do I Move You?
B9        The Times They Are A-Changin'
B10        Sign ‘O' The Times
Artwork By – Robin Lynch
Engineer [Additional] – Jeffrey "Woody" Woodruff*
Engineer [Assistant] – Dan Bosworth, Ken Allardyce, Robert Reed
Mastered By – Doug Sax
Mixed By – Al Schmitt
Other [Assistant To Nina Simone] – Jane Madgwick
Photography – Carol Fiedman
Producer – Andre Fischer (2)
Producer [Executive] – Michael Alago
Vocals – Dr. Nina Simone*
Insert + 7 bonus tracks.
Barcode: 8718469537822
Rights Society: BIEM/STEMRA

• Condition: NEW
• Format: Vinyl
• Internal ID: 8718469537822
• Format Detail: LP
• Genre: JAZZ
• Released: 2015-03-23