Nina Simone: The Montreux Years

Description

The Montreux Jazz Festival takes place for two weeks every summer in Switzerland, on the shores of Lake Geneva. Created in 1967 by Claude Nobs, the Montreux Jazz Festival has become over the years an essential event, generating fantastic stories and legendary performances. In it’s 50 year plus history, Montreux has hosted iconic performances by artists including Nina Simone, Miles Davis, Aretha Franklin, Ella Fitzgerald, Marvin Gaye, Prince, Leonard Cohen, David Bowie, Elton John and Stevie Wonder. The High Priestess of Soul made five appearances at the Montreux Festival between 1968 and 1990. The essential 180g vinyl 2LP compilation The Montreux Years gathers material from all five of her storied performances (1968, 1976, 1981, 1987 and 1990) there and serves as one of Simone’s definitive live collections!

Tracks

• – Disc 1 –
• 1Someone to Watch Over Me (Intro)
• 2Backlash Blues
• 3I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free
• 4See-Line Woman
• – Disc 2 –
• 1Little Girl Blue (PT 1 and 2)
• 2Don’t Smoke in Bed
• 3Stars
• 4What a Little Moonlight Can Do
• – Disc 3 –
• 1African Mailman
• 2Just in Time
• 3Four Women
• 4No Woman No Cry
• – Disc 4 –
• 1Liberian Calypso
• 2Ne Me Quitte Pas
• 3Montreux Blues
• 4My Baby Just Cares for Me