This is one of Nina Simone’s more subdued mid-’60s LPs, putting the emphasis on her piano rather than band arrangements. If this is blues, it’s blues in the Billie Holiday sense, not the Muddy Waters one. It’s no wonder it was used in the key-scene of ‘The Thomas Crown Affair’ and sampled by the likes of Kanye West, Talib Kweli and Felix da Housecat. There are few songs that capture the Spirit of religion, redemption and the fear of God as much as this ten-minute race of a song about a man trying to outrun the Devil. Naked like a field-holler, this song would later capture the imagination of Jeff Buckley and Antony Hegarty.Īlso on this record are classics such as ‘Nobody Knows When You’re Down And Out’, originally sung by Bessie Smith and Billie Holiday’s signature song ‘Strange Fruit’, as well as a Nina Simone favorite: ‘Sinnerman’. Only someone the likes of Billie Holiday and Bessie Smith had the power to lay a soul bare like she could, as her stripped-down ‘Be My Husband’ shows. Nina Simone was one of the best Blues singers of the 20th century. Official Digital Download – Source: | Front Cover | © Verve Records FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 35:54 minutes | 1.52 GB | Genre: Jazz, Blues, Folk
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