This session with Jimmy Bond and Albert
"Tootie" Heath was Nina Simone's first
recording ever. Made when she was 25-years
old, it was a huge success and led to a
tremendous career which would produce
more than 80 studio sessions. After making
these tracks, Simone would not record again
for two years, finally returning to the studios for
a 1959 New York date with a large orchestra
directed by Bob Mersey. Simone would only
record again with Jimmy Bond and Al Heath
during a 1959 concert at Town Hall.
The singer's career came to a close in
1993, when she cut her final sessions with a
sextet in Los Angeles. She died in France on
April 21, 2003. Nina Simone & Her Friends
was a compilation LP originally issued by
Bethlehem without the singer's consent,
using three leftover songs from Nina's first
LP, The Original Nina Simone: Little Girl Blue,
plus "I Loves You Porgy" -which had been
both a success as part of that album and as
a single -, and songs recorded for the label
by Carmen McRae and Chris Connor. The
Gershwin song, which originally appeared on
both albums, has not been repeated here. |
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