Nina Simone - At The Village Gate - 526026

Nina Simone - At The Village Gate - VP80041

At The Village Gate

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Release Date: 12 November 2021

Label: 20th Century Masterworks

Packaging Type: Jewel Case

No of Units: 1

Barcode: 8436563183959

Genres: Jazz

Release Date: 06 March 2026

Label: Waxtime Clear Vinyl

Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units: 1

Barcode: 8435723702016

Genres: Jazz

Release Date: 13 November 2014

Label: Vinyl Passion

Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units: 1

Barcode: 8712177064199

Genres: Jazz

Description
Deluxe presentation with comprehensive 20-page booklet + 7 bonus tracks. Includes new specially prepared liner notes by Penguin Guide to Jazz writer Brian Morton and by Paris' prestigious Jazz Magazine.

"The breath-taking originality of the second half of the show is what makes this album great. Opening with Oscar Brown, Jr.'s "Brown Baby" and then Michael Olatunji's "Zungo" and delivering a long version of another traditional song "Children, Go Where I Send You", Simone makes a profound stand on the black musical tradition, drawing on her deep reading in Frantz Fanon's autotheory and Léopold Senghor's ideas on négritude to create a body of work that transcends jazz styles and critical pigeonholes. She was unique, but only because she drew on multitudes." - Penguin Guide To Jazz

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The complete album + 2 bonus tracks - limited edition pressing on 180g crystal clear vinyl. At the Village Gate followed the enormous success of Nina Simone's first live album, Nina Simone at Town Hall, which was recorded on the 12th of September 1959 at New York's iconic concert hall. That same year, Nina signed a contract with the New York-based label Colpix Records and recorded her second album for them, The Amazing Nina Simone, which contained the original studio version of 'Children Go Where I Send You', also performed at the Village Gate and included in this live recording from the venue.
The two bonus performances that follow the eight on the original album are thought to be from the same Village Gate gig; the Israeli folksong 'Vaynikehu' and the African-American spiritual 'Sinnerman'.
"Nina Simone has the rare ability of really being able to dig into material and bring out unexpected meaning in familiar lyrics. Nina Simone, who was always in a category by herself, is heard throughout in her early prime."- **** Scott Yanow, AllMusic

Description
1961 Live album 'At The Village Gate', including songs such as 'Just In Time', 'House Of The Rising Sun', 'Bye Bye Blackbird' and many more + 3 bonus tracks from album 'At Town Hall (1959)', featuring 'Black is The Color Of My True Love's Hair', 'The Other Woman' and 'Summertime'.
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