Nina Simone Sings Ellington!
Voce principale: Nina Simone.
Nina Simone Sings Ellington! album in studio | |
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Artista | Nina Simone |
Pubblicazione | ottobre 1962 |
Durata | 29:53 (LP originale) 48:53 (CD del 2005) |
Dischi | 1 |
Tracce | 10 |
Genere | Jazz Blues |
Etichetta | Colpix Records (CP/SCP 425) |
Produttore | Stu Phillips |
Arrangiamenti | Nina Simone |
Registrazione | giugno 1961 a New York City |
Formati | LP e CD |
Nina Simone - cronologia | |
Album precedente (1962) Album successivo Nina's Choice (1963) |
Nina Simone Sings Ellington! È un album in studio della cantante e pianista statunitense Nina Simone, pubblicato nell'ottobre del 1962. Esso contiene brani originariamente composti o interpretati da Duke Ellington con la collaborazione in alcuni di essi di Irving Mills e Billy Strayhorn.
Oltre a cantare e a suonare il pianoforte, Simone ha arrangiato tutti i brani dell'album, accompagnata dai Malcolm Dodds Singers.
Tracce
- Lato A
- Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me – 2:49 (Duke Ellington, Bob Russell)
- I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good – 4:07 (Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster)
- Hey, Buddy Bolden – 2:28 (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn)
- Something to Live For – 2:55 (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn)
- You Better Know It – 2:25 (Duke Ellington)
Durata totale: 14:44
- Lato B
- I Like the Sunrise – 3:02 (Duke Ellington)
- (In My) Solitude – 3:45 (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Eddie DeLange)
- The Gal from Joe's – 2:15 (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills)
- Satin Doll – 3:37 (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Johnny Mercer)
- It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) – 2:30 (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills)
Durata totale: 15:09
- Edizione CD del 2005, pubblicato dalla EMI Records (7243 4 73220 2 0)
- Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me – 2:50 (Duke Ellington, Bob Russell)
- I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good – 4:07 (Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster)
- Hey, Buddy Bolden – 2:27 (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn)
- Merry Mending – 2:36 (Duke Ellington)
- Something to Live For – 2:56 (Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington)
- You Better Know It – 2:25 (Duke Ellington)
- I Like the Sunrise (From The Liberian Suite) – 3:01 (Duke Ellington)
- Solitude – 3:46 (Duke Ellington, Eddie De Lange)
- The Gal from Joe's – 2:12 (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills)
- Satin Doll – 3:37 (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Johnny Mercer)
- It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) – 2:33 (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills)
- Come on Back, Jack – 2:16 (Earl Shuman, Leon Carr) – Bonus Track
- Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out – 2:40 (Jimmie Cox) – Bonus Track
- I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl – 2:45 (Nina Simone) – Bonus Track
- Since My Love Has Gone – 2:49 (Herbert Wasserman, Jack Aaron) – Bonus Track
- If Only for Tonight – 5:35 (Aaron Schroeder, Martin Kalmanoff) – Bonus Track
Durata totale: 48:35
Formazione
- Nina Simone - voce, pianoforte, arrangiamenti
- The Malcolm Dodds Singers - accompagnamento vocale, cori
- Ralph Burns - direttore d'orchestra
- Ralph Burns Orchestra
Collegamenti esterni
- (EN) Nina Simone Sings Ellington!, su AllMusic, All Media Network.
- (EN) Nina Simone Sings Ellington, su Discogs, Zink Media.
- (EN) Nina Simone Sings Ellington, su MusicBrainz, MetaBrainz Foundation.
- (EN) The Nina Simone Database - LP Sings Ellington, su boscarol.com. URL consultato il 16 marzo 2015.
- (EN) The Nina Simone Database - 1962 New York, su boscarol.com. URL consultato il 16 marzo 2015.
- (EN) Colpix Album Discography, Part 1, su bsnpubs.com. URL consultato il 16 marzo 2015.
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Album in studio | The Blanton–Webster Band · Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band · Braggin' in Brass: The Immortal 1938 Year · Liberian Suite · Great Times! · Masterpieces by Ellington · Ellington Uptown · The Duke Plays Ellington · Ellington '55 · Dance to the Duke! · Ellington Showcase · Historically Speaking · Duke Ellington Presents... · The Complete Porgy and Bess · A Drum Is a Woman · Studio Sessions, Chicago 1956 · Such Sweet Thunder · Ellington Indigos · Black, Brown and Beige · Duke Ellington at the Bal Masque · The Cosmic Scene · Happy Reunion · Jazz Party · Back to Back · Side by Side · Anatomy of a Murder · Festival Session · Blues in Orbit · The Nutcracker Suite · Piano in the Background · Swinging Suites by Edward E. and Edward G. · Unknown Session · Piano in the Foreground · The Great Summit: The Master Takes · Paris Blues · First Time! The Count Meets the Duke · Duke Ellington & John Coltrane · Featuring Paul Gonsalves · Studio Sessions 1957 & 1962 · Midnight in Paris · Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins · Studio Sessions, New York 1962 · Money Jungle · Afro-Bossa · The Symphonic Ellington · Duke Ellington's Jazz Violin Session · Studio Sessions New York 1963 · My People · Ellington '65 · Duke Ellington Plays Mary Poppins · Ellington '66 · Concert in the Virgin Islands · The Popular Duke Ellington · The Far East Suite · The Jaywalker · Studio Sessions, 1957, 1965, 1966, 1967, San Francisco, Chicago, New York · ...And His Mother Called Him Bill · Second Sacred Concert · Studio Sessions New York, 1968 · Latin American Suite · The Pianist · New Orleans Suite · Orchestral Works · The Suites, New York 1968 & 1970 · The Intimacy of the Blues · The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse · Studio Sessions, 1957, 1965, 1966, 1967, San Francisco, Chicago, New York · Studio Sessions New York & Chicago, 1965, 1966 & 1971 · The Intimate Ellington · The Ellington Suites · This One's for Blanton! · Up in Duke’s Workshop · Duke's Big 4 · Mood Ellington |
Album dal vivo | The Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1943 · The Carnegie Hall Concerts: December 1944 · The Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1946 · The Carnegie Hall Concerts: December 1947 · Ellington at Newport · Dance Concerts, California 1958 · Dance Dates, California 1958 · Newport 1958 · Jazz at the Plaza Vol. II · Duke Ellington at the Alhambra · Live at the Blue Note · The Great Paris Concert · A Concert of Sacred Music · In the Uncommon Market · Soul Call · Yale Concert · 70th Birthday Concert · Togo Brava Suite · Live at the Whitney · Third Sacred Concert · Eastbourne Performance |
Collaborazioni | con Louis Armstrong: Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington: The Great Summit · con Alice Babs: Serenade to Sweden · con Teresa Brewer: It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing · con Rosemary Clooney: Blue Rose · con Ella Fitzgerald: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook, Ella at Duke's Place, The Stockholm Concert, 1966, Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur · con Frank Sinatra: Francis A. & Edward K. · con John Coltrane: Duke Ellington & John Coltrane · con Coleman Hawkins: Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins · con Count Basie: First Time! The Count Meets the Duke |
Composizioni principali | All Too Soon · Azure · Black, Brown and Beige · C Jam Blues · Cotton Tail · Day Dream · Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue · Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me · Don't Get Around Much Anymore · Drop Me Off in Harlem · Everything But You · Harlem · I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues · I Didn't Know About You · I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) · I'm Beginning to See the Light · I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So · In a Mellow Tone · In a Sentimental Mood · It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) · Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin' · Just Squeeze Me (But Please Don't Tease Me) · The Mooche · Mood Indigo · Prelude to a Kiss · Rocks in My Bed · Solitude · Sophisticated Lady |
Composizioni di Billy Strayhorn per Ellington: | Take the A Train · Lush Life · Chelsea Bridge · Something to Live For · Satin Doll · Blood Count |
Composizioni di Juan Tizol per Ellington: | Caravan · Perdido |
Album tributo | Thelonious Monk plays the Music of Duke Ellington (1955) · Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook (1957) · Nina Simone Sings Ellington! (1962) · Duke Ellington Songbook, Vol. 1 · Duke Ellington Songbook, Vol. 2 |
Membri dell'Orchestra | Hayes Alvis · Cat Anderson · Ivie Anderson · Harold Ashby · Alice Babs · Shorty Baker · Butch Ballard · Art Baron · Aaron Bell · Louie Bellson · Joe Benjamin · Barney Bigard · Lou Blackburn · Jimmy Blanton · Wellman Braud · Lawrence Brown · Harry Carney · Johnny Coles · Willie Cook · Buster Cooper · Kay Davis · Wild Bill Davis · Wilbur De Paris · Bobby Durham · Mercer Ellington · Rolf Ericson · Jimmy Forrest · Victor Gaskin · Peter Giger · Tyree Glenn · Paul Gonsalves · Sonny Greer · Fred Guy · Jimmy Hamilton · Otto Hardwick · Rick Henderson · Al Hibbler · Johnny Hodges · Major Holley · Quentin Jackson · Hilton Jefferson · Herb Jeffries · Freddie Jenkins · Money Johnson · Herbie Jones · Taft Jordan · Al Killian · Queen Esther Marrow · Wendell Marshall · Murray McEachern · Louis Metcalf · Bubber Miley · Harold "Geezil" Minerve · Ray Nance · Tricky Sam Nanton · Oscar Pettiford · Eddie Preston · Russell Procope · Junior Raglin · Betty Roché · Ernie Royal · Al Sears · Joya Sherrill · Willie Smith · Rex Stewart · Billy Strayhorn · Billy Taylor · Clark Terry · Juan Tizol · Norris Turney · Ben Webster · Arthur Whetsol · Cootie Williams · Nelson Williams · Skippy Williams · Booty Wood · Jimmy Woode · Britt Woodman · Sam Woodyard |
Filmografia | Black and Tan · Belle of the Nineties · Il mistero del varietà · Cabin in the Sky · Paris Blues · U-112 assalto al Queen Mary · Change of Mind |
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