''Nina Simone at Carnegie Hall'' is a 1963 album by jazz singer/pianist/songwriter Nina Simone.

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/ref> It is a live album recorded at Simone's first solo appearance at

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in New York City, on April 12, 1963,"1963 April 12: New York Carnegie Hall", The Nina Simone Database.
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Track listing

# "Black Swan" (

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) # " Theme from ''Samson and Delilah''" (instrumental) (

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) # "If You Knew" (Nina Simone) # "Theme from '' Sayonara''" (instrumental) ( Irving Berlin) # "

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(l)) # "Will I Find My Love Today" (Alex Fogarty (m), Sidney Shaw (l)) # "The Other Woman/ Cotton-Eyed Joe" ( Jessie Mae Robinson, Nina Simone/Traditional) Complete 2-CD Set: This edition combines the original ''Carnegie Hall'' album (disc 1) with another album recorded at the same concert, ''

Folksy Nina ''Folksy Nina'' is an album by singer/pianist/songwriter Nina Simone. It includes live tracks recorded on April 12, 1963, at Carnegie Hall. The previous album, ''Nina Simone at Carnegie Hall'' (1963) uses songs from the same concert. It was relea ...

'', plus bonus tracks. Disc One: # "Black Swan" (

) # " Theme from ''Samson and Delilah''" (instrumental) (

) # "If You Knew" (Nina Simone) # "Theme from ''Sayonara''" (instrumental) ( Irving Berlin) # "

" ( Jerry Livingston (m),

(l)) # "Will I Find My Love Today" (Alex Fogarty (m), Sidney Shaw (l)) # "The Other Woman/ Cotton-Eyed Joe" ( Jessie Mae Robinson, Nina Simone/Traditional) # "Work Song" ( Nat Adderley)

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Disc Two: # "Silver City Bound" (

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) # "When I Was a Young Girl" (Sebastian "Billy" Mure) # "Eratz Zavat Chalav U'dvash" (Eliahu Gamliel) # "Lass of the Low Country" (Traditional; arranged by Nina Simone) # "The Young Knight" (Charles Kingsley, Joseph Hathaway) # "Vaynikehu" (also known as "Israeli Song In 5/4 Time") (Gil Aldema) # "

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" (Ethelbert Nevin, Frank Stanton) # "Hush Little Baby" (Traditional) # "Little Liza Jane" (Traditional)

# "Will I Find a Resting Place?" (Traditional)

# "Blackbird" (Herbert Sacker, Nina Simone)

Personnel

*Nina Simone - vocals, piano * Alvin Schackman, Phil Orlando - guitar * Lisle Atkinson - bass *Montego Joe (Roger Sanders) - drums *The Malcolm Dodds Singers - backing vocals

References

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