ニーナ・シモン、ニューヨークでのライブ・パフォーマンス!
1957年ベツレヘム・レーベルでデビュー、その後コルピックスを経て、フィリップス・レーベルに移籍しての最初のアルバム。1964年3月と4月にニューヨークのカーネギーホールで行われたライブ・パーフォーマンスを中心に構成された作品。
この頃からすでに公民権のメッセージをパフォーマンスに取り入れて人気を博した。「Old Jim Crow」、「Go Limp」、「Mississippi Goddam」等の曲には、秘密裏、比喩的にメッセージが込められているとのこと。
発売・販売元 提供資料(2021/02/19)
This is probably the most personal album that Simone issued during her stay on Philips in the mid-'60s. On most of her studio sessions, she worked with orchestration that either enhanced her vocals tastefully or smothered her, and she tackled an astonishingly wide range of material that, while admirably eclectic, made for uneven listening. Here, the singer and pianist is backed by a spare, jazzy quartet, and some of the songs rank among her most socially conscious declarations of African-American pride: "Old Jim Crow," "Pirate Jenny," "Go Limp," and, especially, "Mississippi Goddam" were some of the most forthright musical reflections of the Civil Rights movement to be found at the time. In a more traditional vein, she also reprises her hit "I Loves You, Porgy" and the jazz ballad "Don't Smoke in Bed." ~ Richie Unterberger
Rovi