5.0 out of 5 stars
Quintessential compilation, December 29, 2011
This review is from: How It Feels to Be Free (Audio CD)
There is an essential list of songs that are to be heard from an artist and this compilation contains the essential list of songs from Nina Simone. Her complete works is very broad but this compilation contains the the songs that are well known and loved by young and old alike, which is rare. I looked for a long time before I was able to find all of these songs, which were the minimum I wanted together, and here they are on a single CD.
If you have never listened to her before and you enjoy jazz, blues, fusion or funk, you have got to get this album! The songs put together here keenly demonstrate her throaty singing, her beats, the cymbals! and the beats that make you want to snap your fingers, tap your toe, wiggle in your seat and spontaneously shout out along with her: "Oh Sinnerman, where you gonna run to?!?"
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Simply a collection of Nina at her best., August 12, 2008
This review is from: How It Feels to Be Free (Audio CD)
Among the numerous recordings I have of this great artist, this collection contains many of the favorite reasons I love to listen to her. There is a certain raw quality in this mix that communicates the essence of her style. She played and sang in your face but let you in to feel her hurt,and anger and her disappointment with love and life. I bought this in a Starbucks one night while getting a cup of coffee. I was driving on a business trip and the radio just wasn't cutting it. Not only was the coffee great but this album was just right. It also convinced me that I had found a new source to browse for some thoughtful musical collections. If you want to introduce friends to Nina Simone, you give them this album. I have.
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