Simone,Nina Nina Simone: The Montreux Years CD

Nina Simone's story from the late sixties to the nineties can be told through her legendary performances in Montreux. Taking to the Montreux stage for the first time on 16 June 1968 for the festival's second edition, Simone built a lasting relationship with Montreux Jazz Festival and it's Creator and Founder Claude Nobs, which uniqueness, trust and electricity can be clearly felt on the recordings. Simone's multi-faceted and radical story is laid bare on Nina Simone: THE MONTREUX YEARS. From Nina's glorious and emotional 1968 performance to her fiery and unpredictable concert in 1976, one of the festival's most remarkable performances ever witnessed, the collection includes recordings from all of her five legendary Montreux concerts - 1968, 1976, 1981, 1987 and 1990.

1. Someone to Watch Over Me 2. Backlash Blues 3. I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free 4. See-Line Woman 5. Little Girl Blue 6. Don't Smoke in Bed 7. Stars 8. What a Little Moonlight Can Do 9. African Mailman 10. Four Women 11. No Woman No Cry 12. Liberian Calypso 13. Ne Me Quitte Pas 14. Montreux Blues 15. My Baby Just Cares for Me 16. Intro 17. Go to Hell 18. Just in Time 19. When I Was a Young Girl 20. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood 21. Ne Me Quitte Pas 22. To Love Somebody 23. Backlash Blues 24. The House of the Rising Sun 25. See-Line Woman 26. Please Read Me 27. Ain't Got No, I Got Life 28. Gin House Blues 29. I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free