Nina Simone Live, 1961-1962 by Kultur

Nina Simone Live in 1961-1962.
Includes two rare early performances captured live in 1961-1962 Nina Simone has always been hard to classify. The "High Priestess of Soul" was trained as a classical pianist, but branched out early into pop, gospel, jazz and blues, playing and singing everyone's compositions and writing many of her own. At 28 years old, she had already been seen in many clubs and had recorded several LPs when in 1961-62 she agreed to be filmed, without audience, in a New York City studio. On the1961 date, Nina Simone, on piano and vocals is accompanied by Bobby Hamilton (percussion), Chris White (bass) and Al Schackman (guitar). This is the same group that had backed her at the Newport Jazz Festival the year before.In 1962 she headed back to the studio and performs with Montego Joe (congas), Lisle Atkinson (bass), Paul Palmieri (guitar), and Warren Smith (percussion). At that time, she was playing with this group of musicians at the New York City jazz venue The Village Gate.
Selections include: Sunday in Savannah, I'll Look Around, When I Was in My Prime, Zungo (a Nigerian chain gang song taught her by the great drummer Babatunde Olatunji), For All We Know, Strawberry Woman, Crab Man..., I Loves You, Porgy (from Gershwin's Porgy and Bess) and some jazz improvisation.These are two rare performances, captured live, that every Nina Simone fan will treasure.
L'hommage: Nina Simone
self: Nina Simone

[@aououiuoa1341]

0:00 Sunday In Savannah 2:24 I'll Look Around 5:14 Nina’s Blues 10:04 When I Was In My Prime 14:50 Zungo 17:27 For All We Know 21:23 Strawberry Woman/I Loves You, Porgy 27:01 Eretz Zavat Chalav

[@williamhurrelbrink3324]

Thank you thank you. “When I was in my prime” really gets me.. phew..

[@Ell_Simone]

Thanks for numeration, but third tune called "Nina's Blues" and last tune its "Eretz Zavat Chalav"

[@tomaswilliamson9685]

I woke up and couldn't get back to sleep. I've loved Nina since I was a teenager - I'll be 71 next month, and to stumble upon this rare recording is like a sweet dream. For others who love Nina, if you haven't yet heard her covers of Dylan you're in for a delightful discovery. Her soulful and unique phrasing are absolutely wonderful.

[@chingper199]

Glad you got to hear this, Thomas. Hope you are still enjoying it

[@fhg2165]

Она прекрасна

[@normaj.3305]

I think she was born to sing Dylan, her interpretation of his songs are the emotional I have ever heard

[@tomaswilliamson9685]

​@@chingper199 Yes, very much.

[@javiercortez1688]

This performance is truly a love letter for the 60's. Truly ahead of her time. She was a vessel of what a dream can be. Thank you Nina!

[@chevydude658]

I would LOVE to hear her play classical piano! She was such a unique talent because she was able to create an ethereal, weightless sound that seemed to come from nowhere, yet everywhere at the same time. She was genius.

[@LuckygirlK]

Yes. Genius

[@johndillinger5142]

would be to easy for her

[@nightperuser]

I’ve searched everywhere to find her playing classical piano - what a shame there is none 😢 I would listen to it day and night!

[@vincelong9141]

The closest I got to Nina playing classical is her recording of Love Me or Leave me.

[@ellengreenlaw8839]

Send us your spirit, Nina. We need your love, power and passion. Calling to you June 2020

[@user-cc9cr1pe8m]

05/2024

[@joeythechamp]

One of the most misunderstood and one the most influential artists of her time. She gives me a feeling only she can recreate

[@lorenzobaines6222]

Damn, she could make you cry just looking at her sing from her soul. I'm overcome.

[@percyg1]

She sang & played with feelings of sadnees & was an outstanding star in the history of music.

[@JoJo-hl4tz]

Every time I am having a rough time Rn the last 2 years with isolation I come accross a gem that helps me get through the nights and this time I found this recording.

[@ssballs]

Wow...what a gift 60 years later...

[@dianerittgers8747]

Queen of soul

[@royJazzzz]

Nina Simone was an artist like no other. Thank you so much for posting this.

[@ojshilinski8358]

What a fantastic pianist!! And depth of soul no words can adequately how deep the feeling goes......

[@murph5438]

The. Queen of beautiful songs -- she can take your heart -- cannot be compared to anyone

[@bethsherdell2413]

So right!

[@ThriftStoreJunkie05]

This was my favorite lineup: Al Schackman (guitar), Bobby Hamilton (drums), and Chris White (bass). Beautiful.

[@sibengerard1856]

ESPECIALLY SCHACKMAN

[@ericcoffin3883]

Im speechless

[@leondavisjr5332]

I'm such a Nina Simone Fan I develop more of an appreciate not just for her music but the she spend on this earth and the gift she left behind. This video especially the last song WOW. I just feel she's not given all her roses

[@charlesbrazell2136]

I dig the way she plays piano also; she had a mastery and command of the instrument that is often not mentioned and overlooked...and thank you Mr. Aaron Overfield, for posting this rare video-and performance by Miss Nina Simone! She threw down also, in another rare and almost forgotten performance, in 1969, in Harlem NYC, in what has since come to be regarded as the "Summer Of Soul"; it's available on DVD, for those of you who are interested-and has performances also by some of the great soul and Jazz artists of the day! 4-23 and 29-23.

[@cheri238]

Thank you for this video of the legendary Ms. Nina Simone . ❤

[@georgiacromergalant471]

❤ la classe; la discipline, et l'élégance, au top... Mlle Simone ... ❤

[@viniciusrodrigues4111]

Beautiful songs i love nina simone

[@MrRatherino]

from the first note I ever heard her sing...'62? I knew I was hearing a giant..gracias..and the sound quality..superb!

[@cgordonjr]

17:28 - 20:21 - Magnificent!

[@ruinovaes9243]

Name?

[@ingridfrancetravels]

Rui Novaes For all we know

[@santiagovillagra3204]

@@ruinovaes9243 for all we now... la canción mas linda que existe

[@nathanluz]

I was just broken in this part. Trying to know what is!

[@at8561]

I just knew from the very first I discovered Nina Simone.. She is the best.. The most amazing art.. She's vain.. But I like it.. She seems like a human.. Not like other people who sings Jazz. I'm just in love.. In love with her.. I could just sit all day and Listening to her and smiles.. Oh my god.. This is just amazing..

[@prcty]

Great artist are always produced by the people who need them...James Baldwin

[@losberju]

For all we know --> sublime.

[@loribrosen]

Happy Hbday 2-21 . Who is here in 2020?

[@tobyjoey1]

here.. Lori

[@tsopuaifa]

Ninas music is one of the corner stones in my music education, or in my life education for that matter.

[@AlexanderThePianist]

Know exactly what you mram

[@13jonfu]

I agree! Twenty some years ago, I spoke of it in a song I wrote.

[@suzanneherzstam8222]

This was fantastic

[@josephcummings1073]

Mesmerizing

[@bran3eyedraven840]

Thank you soo sooo much for this Gem .. Nina is just amazingly beautiful here ...only her voice could melt butter ...rip lovely lady

[@denisebowman5372]

I think she was way above here time that's coming from someone who was born in the sixties such divine music

[@berenice6938]

Sublime love you Nina for ever!!!

[@roberthenryeller]

A beautiful and rare gift. Thank you.

[@dwightglanville7908]

Liked Zungo!

[@axolotl1272]

This is an awesome document. Thanks a gazillion times for this!

[@mpasebapaseba1394]

Mercy!!..That Crescendo begins 25:49

[@missbjwash5516]

Watching this Video in 2020 She was so talented her music calms me during this time of racial unrest in the USA with national guards in our cities and the treats of military action RIP Nina

[@marioquintas808]

Timeless. Thanks so much for sharing.

[@ralphellectual6975]

Nina once asked me what genre of music I would put her in. I replied: "I really don't know." To which she responded: "Neither do I."

[@Badie20]

These songs are still amazing coming from a 17 year old, I think I’ve always been an old soul lol love Nina and her amazing music

[@worldcapers]

Sublime! 👏💕💕💕

[@timessquarerecordscom1469]

A class by herself. Is It Jazz, Is it folk, Is it blues

[@mpasebapaseba1394]

Great question! Miss Simone's compositions were "unclassifiable"!!!

[@ingridfrancetravels]

Timessquarerecords com she said black classical music

[@LeahTVdotcom]

Lovely.

[@renatocellobr]

Beautiful!! Thank you so !!

[@rubengrau8550]

Divina ! No hay palabras cuando la Diosa canta !!!

[@delaney46]

Really gorgeous. Thank you.

[@tita4ewa]

Absolute beauty. Thank youfoe.

[@klieis9491]

Wow

[@plainforgiven]

💜💜💜 Sublime. All heart.

[@bigrobtheactor]

Wow... Way ahead of the time..

[@olu2009ad]

Thanks Terence for turning me on to Nina may you both rip love you both

[@krollpeter]

Her piano!!! Peter Kroll, Singapore

[@alejandrogurvit8900]

es una locura esto... que maravilla... es grandioso ... estoy estupefacto

[@christopherjones2334]

Very special vintage wine 🍷

[@rodrigosabarreto]

Many thanks for this upload!! Absolutely breathtaking! ♥

[@TheAjax911]

Thank you for these performances; they are a gift!

[@MoDeLesMalkY]

Many thanks for the great upload,,,

[@Pr3tty_daii]

This is amazing. Amazing!

[@juanbernales447]

¡Gracias Aaron! ¡GRACIAS NINA!

[@johndillinger5142]

thank you

[@einavzash]

Just for general knowledge, the last song isn't completely improvised. She sings in hebrew the song "Eretz Zavat Halav u'Dvash", Land of Milk and Honey. What a moving performance, thank you for the upload.

[@JamilaFord]

Thank you so much for posting this! Brilliant!

[@nadinesobusiak6196]

Merci💚💛❤️💜

[@ardidejong7034]

Heart moving music❤️

[@williamhurrelbrink3324]

Oh thank you for this!!

[@BlindManBert]

“Nina Simone has always been hard to classify” is right. Transcendent might be an appropriate term to use. Or just listen and don’t label, right?

[@susankennedy5739]

THANK YOU so much for posting! What is the song that starts at 10:00? I've loved her for over 50 years but never heard much of what is in this video!

[@AaronOverfield]

That song is called "When I Was In My Prime"

[@at8561]

i am always feeling i am an old soul.. i wish that nina is still with us.. to be in love.... that would be nice..

[@rodrigosabarreto]

[@RanBlakePiano]

So fine!

[@RonCarterBassist]

👏🏾👏🏾

[@justsaying8868]

"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being over whelmed by the tribe...." 'Fredrick Nietzeche' I love this lady and she is a lady for all of time !

[@QB42477]

CLASSY comment. .... LOVE

[@leoouellet7696]

Genious ! I love the conga player too... Montego Joe... I'm trying to find the name of the last song, can anyone help ?

[@Ma1nguy]

Ms Simone, you were gone way too soon before your time, loved your music and versatility on the piano, I'm so sorry you never achieved your dream of being a concert pianist because of a racist American society when you were a young woman

[@jsales25]

canta muitoooooooooooo

[@bobo9537]

I love this one. What is the actual song list? I love the duet with Al, folk song... What is the name of it?

[@BlindManBert]

+Bo Bo The DVD of this material is available on Netflix and Amazon as “Nina Simone: Live” (2004/2005). A partial track list is available from Netflix: Match it up to reality as needed. Tunes include "Sunday in Savannah," "I'll Look Around," "When I Was in My Prime," "For All We Know," "Strawberry Woman," "Crab Man," "I Loves You, Porgy," and "Zungo," a Nigerian chain-gang song Simone learned from renowned drummer Babatunde Olatunji.

[@stacy-annstrachan8309]

Blind Man Bert

[@machadodeassis9997]

lindo de mais!

[@francescaviceconti3770]

as a Black woman she saw her errors and stopped straightening her hair...

[@wellingtonjesuorobo9872]

My body is Cold!

[@alinelevita5427]

incrivel

[@swisscottagecleanairaction]

was this sold on vinyl ?

[@zonegreat5273]

2:23 on heavy rotation

[@Bahaafk]

[@josephcummings1073]

Me

[@mateozeppelin]

17:28 what song is this one???

[@suzannepilou8389]

For all we know

[@ayelet-sharon]

ב27:00 היא שרה ארץ זבת חלב ודבש בעברית! .ואוו

[@robertomax3058]

Talento obstruccionado por la discriminación practicada en el país que mas defiende los derechos humanos ---- ¡ Viva Nina Simone !

[@LjClock]

Al = TRAD Traditional Gypsy flamenCo Rising SuN 🌈 = 5 otheR soLs 🇲🇽

[@GeoCoppens]

Nina Simone was not a very good singer! Very overrated!

[@wellingtonjesuorobo9872]

GeoCoppens you wouldn't have said that

[@GeoCoppens]

@@wellingtonjesuorobo9872 Well, I did and it's true!

[@trismeister]

Technically not the best singer but with a lot of feeling though. Very pleasant to listen to in my opinion.

[@GeoCoppens]

@@trismeister Here is something to listen to: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pqOsk2hpiZh8fK8

[@Lebron98]

GeoCoppens Her music is more than just her voice. If you want smooth vocals and wide range then listen to Ella Fitzgerald.