Nina Simone - In The Nina's Mood The Best Of (2017)

Eunice Kathleen Waymon, better known by her stage name as Nina Simone (Tryon, United States, February 21, 1933 Carry-le-Rouet, France, April 21, 2003), American singer, songwriter and pianist of jazz, blues, rhythm and blues and soul. She is known by the nickname "High Priestess of Soul." The influence of Duke Ellington is clear in all of Nina's work, but especially in certain types of compositions brimming with improvisation and spiritual closeness. When she sang, she sometimes made striking transitions between whisper, scream and lament, to try to underline the moods enunciated in her songs. A great fighter for the civil rights of people of African descent, this fight is expressed on many occasions through her songs. Simone left the United States in 1969, after the assassination of Martin Luther King, tired of racial segregation against African Americans.

In this collection of two CDs we present to you some of her most outstanding songs that perfectly portray the time in which this Diva was in her artistic prime.

Tracklist
CD1
[6:58] 01. Nina Simone - The House of the Rising Sun
[4:12] 02. Nina Simone - I Loves You Porgy
[3:24] 03. Nina Simone - Love Me or Leave Me
[1:12] 04. Nina Simone - You Took My Teeth
[3:46] 05. Nina Simone - Do What You Gotta Do
[3:23] 06. Nina Simone - Saratoga
[3:49] 07. Nina Simone - See Line Woman
[3:11] 08. Nina Simone - African Mailman
[5:41] 09. Nina Simone - After You’ve Gone
[2:47] 10. Nina Simone - Ain’t No Use
[3:13] 11. Nina Simone - Don’t Smoke in Bed
[4:56] 12. Nina Simone - Four Women
[5:13] 13. Nina Simone - Fodder on Her Wings
[5:29] 14. Nina Simone - Good Bait
[5:34] 15. Nina Simone - It’s Cold Out Here
[4:42] 16. Nina Simone - Just in Time
[3:09] 17. Nina Simone - Central Park Blues
[3:59] 18. Nina Simone - You’ll Never Walk Alone

CD2
[3:42] 01. Nina Simone - My Baby Just Cares for Me
[4:41] 02. Nina Simone - Ain’t Got No, I Got Life
[6:23] 03. Nina Simone - To Be Young Gifted and Black
[3:54] 04. Nina Simone - Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood
[3:13] 05. Nina Simone - He’s Got the Whole World in His Hand
[4:42] 06. Nina Simone - Mississippi Goddamn
[4:04] 07. Nina Simone - Mood Indigo
[4:03] 08. Nina Simone - For All We Know
[3:48] 09. Nina Simone - I Sing Just to Know I’m Alive
[3:31] 10. Nina Simone - I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl
[2:32] 11. Nina Simone - He Needs Me
[4:21] 12. Nina Simone - Little Girl Blue
[4:50] 13. Nina Simone - Pirate Jenny
[3:52] 14. Nina Simone - Plain Gold Ring
[4:19] 15. Nina Simone - The Other Woman
[5:31] 16. Nina Simone - Touching and Caring
[4:31] 17. Nina Simone - You Must Have Another Lover
[4:22] 18. Nina Simone - No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed