Nina Simone – French Riviera Concert 1965 (CD)
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Recorded just months after the Selma to Montgomery marches and amid the height of her civil rights activism, this live set finds Simone carrying enormous weight onto that French stage, and channeling it into something searingly present. The Juan-les-Pins festival crowd witnessed a performer who refused to separate art from justice, a tension that made her live appearances unlike anything else in jazz or soul at the time.
There are concerts that stand the test of time - and then there is July 24, 1965. On this summer evening, Nina Simone stepped onto the stage of the legendary Jazz a Juan festival on the Cote D´Azur, delivering a musical tour de force that took the European jazz world by storm. This album captures the raw energy, the fierce political power, and the deep intimacy of an artist at the absolute peak of her creative powers.
Tracklist:
- Strange Fruit
- Au Clair De La Lune
- Little Girl Blue
- Nobody Knows You when You´re Down And Out
- Trouble In Mind
- Be My Husband
- I Love You Porgy
- Children Go where I Send You
- I Put A Spell On You
UPC: 4262428985536
Label: Gds
Release Date: 9.4.26
Format: CD