1964年に発表されたニーナ・シモンのPhilipsレーベル第一弾アルバム。
「Mississippi Goddam」は、ニーナ・シモンが公民権運動を支持することを表明したもので、この10年間にフィリップスに在籍していた間にシモンが発表したアルバムの中で、おそらく最も個人的なアルバムとなった。また、より伝統的な流れで、彼女はヒット曲'I Loves You, Porgy'とジャズ・バラード'Don't Smoke in Bed'も再演している。
〈パーソネル〉Nina Simone(p, vo, arr) Rudy Stevenson(g) Lisle Atkinson(b) Bobby Hamilton(ds)
発売・販売元 提供資料(2024/07/22)
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