''Nina Simone at Carnegie Hall'' is a 1963 album by jazz singer/pianist/songwriter

Nina Simone Nina Simone ( ; born Eunice Kathleen Waymon; February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003) was an American singer, pianist, songwriter, and civil rights activist. Her music spanned styles including classical, folk, gospel, blues, jazz, R&B, and po ...

. It is a live album recorded at Simone's first solo appearance at

Carnegie Hall Carnegie Hall ( ) is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It is at 881 Seventh Avenue (Manhattan), Seventh Avenue, occupying the east side of Seventh Avenue between 56th Street (Manhattan), 56th and 57th Street (Manhattan), 57t ...

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, on April 12, 1963, and was released on

Colpix Records Colpix Records was the first recording company for Columbia Pictures–Screen Gems. Colpix got its name from combining Columbia (Col) and Pictures (Pix). CBS, which owned Columbia Records, then sued Columbia Pictures for trademark infringement o ...

. The recording was made by Richard Alderson, who had previously recorded the album '' Nina Simone at The Village Gate'', and who also worked as Nina Simone's live sound engineer during this period.

Track listing

# "Black Swan" (

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) 6:13 # " Theme from ''Samson and Delilah''" (instrumental) (

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) 5:50 # "If You Knew" (Nina Simone) 3:35 # "Theme from ''

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) 2:25 # " The Twelfth of Never" (

Jerry Livingston Jerry Livingston (born Jerry Levinson; March 25, 1909 – July 1, 1987) was an American songwriter and dance orchestra pianist. Life and career Born in Denver, Colorado to Sam and Dora (Lazarus) Levinson, Jerry Livingston studied music at the ...

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Paul Francis Webster Paul Francis Webster (December 20, 1907 – March 18, 1984) was an American lyricist who won three Academy Awards for Best Original Song, and was nominated sixteen times for the award. Life and career Webster was born in New York City, United S ...

(l)) 3:20 # "Will I Find My Love Today" (Alex Fogarty (m), Sidney Shaw (l)) 6:55 # "The Other Woman/

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, Nina Simone/Traditional) 7:25 A 2-CD set was issued in 2005 which combines the original ''Carnegie Hall'' album (disc 1) with another album recorded at the same concert, '' Folksy Nina'', plus bonus tracks.https://www.discogs.com/release/4575334-Nina-Simone-At-Carnegie-Hall Disc One: # "Black Swan" (

) # " Theme from ''Samson and Delilah''" (instrumental) (

) # "If You Knew" (Nina Simone) # "Theme from ''Sayonara''" (instrumental) (

) # " The Twelfth of Never" (

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(l)) # "Will I Find My Love Today" (Alex Fogarty (m), Sidney Shaw (l)) # "The Other Woman/

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, Nina Simone/Traditional) # "Work Song" (

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Disc Two: # "Silver City Bound" (

Alan Lomax Alan Lomax (; January 31, 1915 – July 19, 2002) was an American ethnomusicologist, best known for his numerous field recordings of folk music during the 20th century. He was a musician, folklorist, archivist, writer, scholar, political activ ...

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, John A. Lomax) # "When I Was a Young Girl" (Sebastian "Billy" Mure) # "Eratz Zavat Chalav U'dvash" (Eliahu Gamliel) # "Lass of the Low Country" (Traditional; arranged by Nina Simone) # "The Young Knight" (Charles Kingsley, Joseph Hathaway) # "Vaynikehu" (also known as "Israeli Song In 5/4 Time") (Gil Aldema) # " Mighty Lak' a Rose" (Ethelbert Nevin, Frank Stanton) # "Hush Little Baby" (Traditional) # "Little Liza Jane" (Traditional)

# "Will I Find a Resting Place?" (Traditional)

# "Blackbird" (Herbert Sacker, Nina Simone)

Personnel

*Nina Simone – vocals, piano * Alvin Schackman, Phil Orlando – guitar * Lisle Atkinson – bass *Montego Joe (Roger Sanders) – drums *The Malcolm Dodds Singers – backing vocals

References

{{Authority control 1963 live albums Nina Simone live albums Albums arranged by Nina Simone Colpix Records live albums Albums recorded at Carnegie Hall