Nina Simone - Little Girl Blue by Brian Morton [CD+Book]

JAZZ IMAGES

£22.25

Cat. no: 83318
Format: CDB CD+Book
Barcode: 9788409433810
Release Date: 11 Nov 2022
Genre: Jazz

The complete 'Little Girl Blue'' album plus bonus track on 1 CD packaged together with a deluxe 88-page hardback book by renowned Penguin Guide To Jazz writer, Brian Morton

'Little Girl Blue' was iconic singer/pianist Nina Simone's debut album and her frst studio recording ever. Taped when she was 25 years old, it was a tremendous success and led to a fabulous career that would produce more than eighty studio sessions.

In this accompanying book, renowned Penguin Guide to Jazz and BBC writer Brian Morton explores Nina's life and career, as well as the making of this perennial jazz masterpiece, which contains such classics as Nina's renditions of 'My Baby Just Cares for Me' and 'I Loves You Porgy'.

The book is fully illustrated with classic, rare, and never before published photos by such important jazz photographers as Herb Snitzer, Gilles Petard, David Redfern, Jack Robinson, and Ian Showell, among others. Also included inside is the CD of 'Little Girl Blue' in its entirety, plus nine bonus tracks.

Tracks: Mood Indigo / Don't Smoke In Bed / He Needs Me / Little Girl Blue / LoveMe Or Leave Me / My Baby Just Cares For Me / Good Bait / Pla in Gold Ring / You'll Never Walk Alone / I Loves You Porgy / Central Park Blues / He's Got The Whole World In His Hands / For All We Know / African Mailman / House Of The Rising Sun / Summertime / Cotton- Eyed Joe / Wild Is The Wind / The Other Woman / Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair