Nina Simone at Town Hall

Nina Simone at Town Hall is a 1959 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.

Nina Simone at Town Hall
Live album by
Released1959
RecordedSeptember 15, 1959 - Studio tracks recorded October 1959
VenueThe Town Hall New York City
GenreJazz, blues, folk
LabelColpix
ProducerJack Gold, Bob Blake
Nina Simone chronology
The Amazing Nina Simone
(1959)
Nina Simone at Town Hall
(1959)
Nina Simone at Newport
(1960)
Professional ratings
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Songs

Track listing

  1. "Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair" (Traditional) – 3:31
  2. "Exactly Like You" (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) – 3:13
  3. "The Other Woman" (Jessie Mae Robinson) – 3:00
  4. "Under the Lowest" (Simone) – 5:32
  5. "You Can Have Him" (Irving Berlin) – 5:49
  6. "Summertime" (Instrumental) (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) – 2:54
  7. "Summertime" (Vocal) (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) – 2:41
  8. "Cotton-Eyed Joe" (Traditional) – 2:51
  9. "Return Home" (Simone) – 5:27
  10. "Wild Is the Wind" (Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington) – 3:28
  11. "Fine and Mellow" (Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog Jr.) – 3:32

References

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