Nina Simone at Town Hall

Nina Simone at Town Hall
Live album by Nina Simone
Released	1959
Recorded	live at The Town Hall New York City September 15, 1959 studio tracks recorded the following month
Genre	Jazz, blues, folk
Label	Colpix
Producer	Jack Gold and Bob Blake
Nina Simone chronology
The Amazing Nina Simone (1959) Nina Simone at Town Hall (1959) Nina Simone at Newport (1960)

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Nina Simone at Town Hall is a 1959 live album by Nina Simone. It was recorded live at The Town Hall, New York, on 15 September 1959 and released as her second album for Colpix Records that same year. Some of the songs were featured in the concert but were re-recorded in a studio for the album. The cover photography was credited to Herb Snitzer.

Information about songs on this album

• "Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair" also features on the albums Wild Is the Wind (1966) and Black Gold (1970).
• "The Other Woman" is written by Jessie Mae Robinson and also features on the albums Nina Simone at Carnegie Hall (1963), Let It All Out (1966), and Live at Ronnie Scott's (1984). The song was covered by American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey and is the eleventh track on her third studio album, Ultraviolence (2014).
• "Wild Is the Wind" also features on the album Wild Is the Wind (1966).

Track listing

1. "Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair" (Traditional)
2. "Exactly Like You" (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields)
3. "The Other Woman" (Jessie Mae Robinson)
4. "Under the Lowest" (Simone)
5. "You Can Have Him" (Irving Berlin)
6. "Summertime (Instr.)" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward)
7. "Summertime (Vocal)" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward)
8. "Cotton-Eyed Joe" (Traditional)
9. "Return Home" (Simone)
10. "Wild Is the Wind" (Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington)
11. "Fine and Mellow" (Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog, Jr.)

References

1. Allmusic review