Nina Simone's Finest Hour
Nina Simone, Bobby Hamilton (drums), Lisle Atkinson (double bass), Rudy Stevenson (guitar), Rudy Stevenson (flute), Lisle Atkinson (upright bass), Al Shackman (guitar), Al Shackman (harmonica), Hal Mooney (music director & conductor)
Horace Ott
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Donaldson, Wa: Love Me or Leave Me
- Nina Simone (vocalist), Nina Simone (keyboard), Rudy Stevenson (guitar), Lisle Atkinson (doublebass), Bobby Hamilton (drumkit)
- Recorded: 1965-10-01
- Recording Venue: New York, NY
Ned Washington, Dimitri Tiomkin: Wild Is The Wind
- Nina Simone (vocalist), Nina Simone (recordingarranger), Bobby Hamilton (drumkit), Rudy Stevenson (guitar), Rudy Stevenson (flute), Lisle Atkinson (uprightbass)
- Recorded: 1966
- Recording Venue: New York City, NY
Hawkins, Jay: I Put a Spell on You
- Nina Simone (vocalist), Hal Mooney (recordingarranger), Rudy Stevenson (guitar), Bobby Hamilton (drumkit), Lisle Atkinson (uprightbass)
- Hal Mooney
- Recorded: 1965-01
- Recording Venue: New York, NY
Nat Adderley, Oscar Brown, Jr.: Work Song
- Nina Simone (vocalist), Hal Mooney (recordingarranger)
- Recorded: 1966-04-01
- Recording Venue: New York, NY
Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog Jr.: Don't Explain
- Nina Simone (vocalist), Nina Simone (recordingarranger), Rudy Stevenson (guitar), Rudy Stevenson (flute), Lisle Atkinson (doublebass), Bobby Hamilton (drumkit)
- Recorded: 1965-09-30
- Recording Venue: New York, NY
Jessie Mae Robinson: The Other Woman
- Nina Simone (recordingarranger), Rudy Stevenson (guitar), Rudy Stevenson (flute), Bobby Hamilton (drumkit), Lisle Atkinson (doublebass), Al Shackman (guitar), Al Shackman (harmonica)
- Recorded: 1966
- Recording Venue: New York City, NY
Simone, N: Mississippi Goddam
- Nina Simone (vocalist), Nina Simone (recordingarranger), Rudy Stevenson (guitar), Rudy Stevenson (flute), Lisle Atkinson (uprightbass), Bobby Hamilton (drumkit)
- Recorded: 1964-03-21
- Recording Venue: Carnegie Hall, New York City
Simone, N: Four Women
- Nina Simone (vocalist), Nina Simone (recordingarranger), Rudy Stevenson (guitar), Rudy Stevenson (flute), Lisle Atkinson (doublebass), Bobby Hamilton (drumkit)
- Recorded: 1965-10-01
- Recording Venue: New York City, NY
Bertolt Brecht, Marc Blitzstein, Kurt Weill: Pirate Jenny
- Nina Simone (recordingarranger), Rudy Stevenson (guitar), Rudy Stevenson (flute), Lisle Atkinson (doublebass), Bobby Hamilton (drumkit)
- Recorded: 1964-04-04
- Recording Venue: New York, NY
Gershwin: I loves you Porgy (from Porgy and Bess)
- Nina Simone (vocalist), Nina Simone (recordingarranger), Bobby Hamilton (drumkit), Rudy Stevenson (guitar), Rudy Stevenson (flute), Lisle Atkinson (uprightbass)
- Recorded: 1964-03-21
- Recording Venue: Carnegie Hall, New York City
Berlin, I: This Year's Kisses
- Nina Simone (recordingarranger), Rudy Stevenson (guitar), Rudy Stevenson (flute), Lisle Atkinson (doublebass), Bobby Hamilton (drumkit)
- Horace Ott
- Recorded: 1965-09-30
- Recording Venue: New York, NY
Rodgers, R: Jumbo: Little Girl Blue
- Nina Simone (recordingarranger), Rudy Stevenson (guitar), Rudy Stevenson (flute), Lisle Atkinson (doublebass), Bobby Hamilton (drumkit), Al Shackman (guitar), Al Shackman (harmonica)
- Recorded: 1995
- Recording Venue: New York City, NY
Bennie Benjamin, Gloria Caldwell, Sol Marcus: Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
- Nina Simone (vocalist), Horace Ott (recordingarranger)
- Horace Ott
- Recorded: 1964
- Recording Venue: New York City, NY
Brel, J: Ne me quitte pas
- Nina Simone (vocalist), Hal Mooney (recordingarranger), Rudy Stevenson (guitar), Bobby Hamilton (drumkit), Lisle Atkinson (uprightbass)
- Hal Mooney
- Recorded: 1965-01
- Recording Venue: New York, NY
William Robison: Don't Smoke In Bed
- Nina Simone (recordingarranger), Rudy Stevenson (guitar), Rudy Stevenson (flute), Lisle Atkinson (doublebass), Bobby Hamilton (drumkit)
- Recorded: 1964-03-21
- Recording Venue: New York, NY