The complete 'Little Girl Blue'' album plus bonus track on 1 CD packaged together with a deluxe 88-page hardback book by renowned Penguin Guide To Jazz writer, Brian Morton.
'Little Girl Blue' was iconic singer/pianist Nina Simone's debut album and her first studio recording ever. Taped when she was 25 years old, it was a tremendous success and led to a fabulous career that would produce more than eighty studio sessions.
In this accompanying book, renowned Penguin Guide to Jazz and BBC writer Brian Morton explores Nina's life and career, as well as the making of this perennial jazz masterpiece, which contains such classics as Nina's renditions of 'My Baby Just Cares for Me' and 'I Loves You Porgy'.
The book is fully illustrated with classic, rare, and never before published photos by such important jazz photographers as Herb Snitzer, Gilles Petard, David Redfern, Jack Robinson, and Ian Showell, among others. Also included inside is the CD of 'Little Girl Blue' in its entirety, plus nine bonus tracks.