Nina at the Village Gate

Nina Simone at the Village Gate
Live album by Nina Simone
Released	January 15, 1962
Recorded	1961
Venue	The Village Gate, New York City
Genre	Vocal, jazz, blues, folk
Length	44:47
Label	Colpix; CP 421 (mono), SCP 421 (stereo)
Producer	Cal Lampey
Nina Simone chronology

Nina Simone at the Village Gate is an album by singer/pianist/songwriter Nina Simone. It was her third live album for Colpix recorded at The Village Gate, a nightclub in Greenwich Village, New York. It is particularly notable for the number of folk songs and African related songs on the album early in Simone's career. Richard Pryor had one of his first nights as a comedian opening for her.[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Gaslight Records	[2]

Use in media

"Just in Time" was used at the end of the movie Before Sunset (2004).

Critical reception

The record received a glowing response when reviewed in 2012 by Gaslight Records, being given a rating of 9.5/10. The reviewer highlighted the "rawness of the recording technique", stating that it catches the "incredible atmosphere" of the nightclub and succeeds in presenting "a young Nina Simone in her most real and free flowing state yet and this is perhaps most apparent in the way that her flawless vocal along with her innovative and dynamic piano playing shine through as effortless and unrivalled abilities without any need for recording studio gloss or trickery."[2] AllMusic's reviewer stated that "Nina Simone, who was always in a category by herself, is heard throughout in her early prime," and that she "has the rare ability of really being able to dig into material and bring out unexpected meaning in familiar lyrics."[1]

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Just in Time"	Adolph Green Betty Comden Jule Styne	6:34
2.	"He Was Too Good to Me"	Richard Rodgers Lorenz Hart	4:52
3.	"House of the Rising Sun"	Josh White Libby Reynolds Holmes Nicholas Ray	4:37
4.	"Bye Bye Blackbird" (instrumental)	Mort Dixon Ray Henderson	8:15

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"Brown Baby"	Oscar Brown	5:46
6.	"Zungo"	Babatunde Olatunji	3:00
7.	"If He Changed My Name"	Robert MacGimsey	3:58
8.	"Children Go Where I Send You"	Traditional; arranged by Nina Simone	7:45
Total length:			44:47

2005 CD bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
9.	"Eretz Zavat Chalav U'dvash"	Eliahu Gamiel	7:10
10.	"Vaynikehu"	Gil Aldema	2:18
11.	"Sinnerman"	Traditional; arranged by Nina Simone	7:57
12.	"You'll Never Walk Alone"	Richard Rodgers Oscar Hammerstein II	5:30
Total length:			67:42

Personnel

Nina Simone – vocals, piano
Al Schackman – guitar
Chris White – bass
Bobby Hamilton – drums

References

Yanow, Scott. "Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
"Album review". Gaslight Records. 2 January 2012. Archived from the original on 24 February 2015.
Simone about Pryor's first night: “He shook like he had malaria, he was so nervous. I couldn't bear to watch him shiver, so I put my arms around him there in the dark and rocked him like a baby until he calmed down. The next night was the same, and the next, and I rocked him each time.” In: Nina Simone & Stephen Cleary, I Put a Spell on You, pp. 70–71

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[allmusic-1] Yanow, Scott. "Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 April 2016.

[gaslight-2] "Album review". Gaslight Records. 2 January 2012. Archived from the original on 24 February 2015.

[3] Simone about Pryor's first night: “He shook like he had malaria, he was so nervous. I couldn't bear to watch him shiver, so I put my arms around him there in the dark and rocked him like a baby until he calmed down. The next night was the same, and the next, and I rocked him each time.” In: Nina Simone & Stephen Cleary, I Put a Spell on You, pp. 70–71