Nina Simone - The Montreux Years

American singer, songwriter, pianist, composer, arranger and civil rights activist. Born: 21 February 1933 in Tryon, North Carolina, USA. Died: 21 April 2003 in Carry-le-Rouet, Bouches-du-Rhône, France (aged 70). Nina was giving piano recitals after playing at her local church at an early age. Her childhood piano lessons were funded by her mother's employer and a local fund set up by her music teacher, so impressed were they by her talent. She moved to Philadelphia aged 17, teaching piano and playing to raise the money for her studies at New York's renowned Juilliard School Of Music. To fund her family she worked in a bar in Atlantic City where she was also required to sing and built up a devoted following. She recorded Gershwin's "I Loves You Porgy" which became a US Top 20 hit and transported her to a bigger stage, performing at [l280434] and the [l318621]. Her repertoire went on to embrace numerous civil rights anthems, a movement for which she was a passionate and prominent supporter. She left the US in the 1970s, moving first to Barbados, and some other places, including Africa and the Netherlands, before eventually settling in France where she died from cancer in 2003. She won a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017 and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018. Mother of [a1559889].

Released: 2021-10-15

Label: BMG, BMG

Country: Europe

Tracklist

A1	Someone To Watch Over Me (Intro)
A2	Backlash Blues
A3	I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free
A4	See-Line Woman
B1	Little Girl Blue (Pt 1 And 2)
B2	Don't Smoke In Bed
B3	Stars
B4	What A Little Moonlight Can Do
C1	African Mailman
C2	Just In Time
C3	Four Women
C4	No Woman No Cry
D1	Liberian Calypso
D2	Ne Me Quitte Pas
D3	Montreux Blues
D4	My Baby Just Cares For Me