• DISCOGRAPHIE

Chez BETHLEHEM (1957-1959) (LP)

"Jazz As Played In An Exclusive Side Street Club" (US, 1958, BETHLEHEM BCP 6028) • Arrangeur: Nina Simone. • Nina Simone (chant, piano), Jimmy Bond (basse), Al Heath (batterie), New York, 1957. • Mood Indigo, Don't Smoke In Bed, He Needs Me, Little Girl Blue, Love Me Or Leave Me, My Baby Just Cares For Me, Good Bait (instrumental), Plain Gold Ring, You'll Never Walk Alone (instrumental), I Loves You Porgy, Central Park Blues (instrumental). • album aussi connu sous le nom de "Little Girl Blue".

"Nina Simone And Her Friends" (US, 1959, BETHLEHEM BCP 6041) • Arr: Nina Simone • Nina Simone (chant, piano), Jimmy Bond (basse), Al Heath (batterie). New York, 1957. • He's Got The Whole World In His Hands, I Loves You Porgy (reprise du précédent album), For All We Know, African Mailman (instrumental). • Four tracks by Nina Simone (+ 4 morceaux par Chris Connor et 4 par Carmen McRae).

Chez COLPIX (1959-1964) (LP)

"The Amazing Nina Simone" (US, 1959, COLPIX CP 407) • Arrangement: Bob Mersey. Prod: Hecky Krasnow. • Nina Simone (chant, piano) + Orch. New York City, 1959. • Blue Prelude, Children Go Where I Send You, Tomorrow (We Will Meet Once More), Stompin' At The Savoy, It Might As Well Be Spring, You've Been Gone Too Long, That's Him Over There, Chilly Winds Don't Blow, Theme de "Middle Of The Night", Can't Get Out Of This Mood, Willow Weep For Me, Solitaire.

"Nina Simone At Town Hall" (US, 1959, COLPIX CP 409) • Arr: Nina Simone. Prod: Bob Blake-Jack Gold. • Nina Simone (chant, piano), Jimmy Bond (basse), Al Heath (batterie). Live at Town Hall, New York, September 12 1959. Inclus des morceaux studio enregistrés le moi précédents.. • Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair, Exactly Like You, The Other Woman, Under The Lowest (instr), You Can Have Him, Summertime (instr)-Summertime (chant), Cotton Eyed Joe, Return Home (instr), Wild Is The Wind, Fine And Mellow.

"Nina Simone At Newport" (US, 1960, COLPIX CP 412) • Arr: Nina Simone. Prod: Stu Philips. • Nina Simone (chant, piano), Al Schackman (guitare), Chris White (basse), Bobby Hamilton (batterie). Live at Newport Jazz Festival, June 30 1960. • Trouble In Mind, Porgy, Little Liza Jane, You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To, Flo Me La, Nina's Blues (instr), In The Evening By The Moonlight.

"Forbidden Fruit" (US, 1961, COLPIX CP 419) • Arr: Nina Simone. Prod: Cal Lampley. • Nina Simone (chant, piano), Al Schackman (guitare), Chris White (basse), Bobby Hamilton (batterie). New York City 1961. • Rags And Old Iron, No Good Man, Gin House Blues, I'll Look Around, I Love To Love, Work Song, Where Can I Go Without You, Just Say I Love Him, Memphis In June, Forbidden Fruit.

"Nina Simone At The Village Gate" (US, 1962, COLPIX CP 421) • Arr: Nina Simone. Prod: Cal Lampley. • Nina Simone (chant, piano), Al Schackman (guitare), Chris White (basse), Bobby Hamilton (batterie). Live at The Village Gate 1961 (en avril probablement). • Just In Time, He Was Too Good To Me, House Of The Rising Sun, Bye Bye Blackbird (instr), Brown Baby, Zungo, If He Changed My Name, Children Go Where I Send You.

"Nina Simone Sings Ellington" (US, 1962, COLPIX CP 425) • Arr: Nina Simone. Prod: Stu Philips. • Nina Simone (chant, piano), Malcolm Dodds Singers (chant) + Orch. New York City 1961. • Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me, I Got It Bad, Hey Buddy Bolden, Merry Mending, Something To Live For, You Better Know It, I Like The Sunrise, Solitude, The Gal From Joe's, Satin Doll (instr), It Don't Mean A Thing.

"Nina Simone At Carnegie Hall" (US, 1963, COLPIX CP 455) • Arr: Nina Simone. Prod: Jack Lewis. • Nina Simone (chant, piano), Al Schackman-Phil Orlando (guitare), Lisle Atkinson (basse), Montego Joe (batterie), Malcolm Dodds Singers (chant). Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, May 12 1963. • Black Swan, Theme From "Samson And Delilah" (instr), If You Knew, Theme From "Sayonara" (instr), The Twelfth Of Never, Will I Find My Love Today, The Other Woman-Cotton Eyed Joe.

"Folksy Nina" (US, 1964, COLPIX CP 465) • Arr: Nina Simone. Prod: Jack Lewis. • Nina Simone (chant, piano), Al Schackman-Phil Orlando (guitare), Lisle Atkinson (basse), Montego Joe (batterie). Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, May 12 1963. • Silver City Bound, When I Was A Young Girl, Erets Zavat Chalav, Lass Of The Low Country, The Young Knight, The Twelfth Of Never (reprise du précédent abum), Vanetihu (instr), You Can Sing A Rainbow-Mighty Lak A Rose-Hush Little Baby. • certaines versions de l'album indiquent "You Can Sing A Rainbow-Hush Little Baby" comme le titre de la dernière chanson, d'autres "Mighty Lak A Rose-Hush Little Baby". En réalité, Nina mélange ces trois chansons.

"Nina Simone With Strings" (US, 1966, COLPIX CP 496) • Arr: Nina Simone. • I Loves You Porgy, Blackbird, Falling In Love Again (Can't Help It), Baubles Bangles And Beads, Spring Is Here, That's All, Work Song, The Man With A Horn, Porgy I Is Your Woman Now, Gimme A Pigfoot And A Bottle Of Beer. • Bien que l'album original indique "Chain Gang" comme étant le titre d'une des pistes, la chanson en question est "Work Song". Nina Simone n'a jamais enregistré le "Chain Gang" de Sam Cooke.

Chez PHILIPS (1964-1967) (LP)

"Nina Simone In Concert" (US, 1964, PHILIPS PHM 200-135) • Arr: Nina Simone. • Nina Simone (chant, piano), Rudy Stevenson (guitare, flute), Lisle Atkinson (basse), Bobby Hamilton (batterie). Live in New York, March 21, April 1 & 6 1964. • I Loves You Porgy, Plain Gold Ring, Pirate Jenny, Old Jim Crow, Don't Smoke In Bed, Go Limp, Mississippi Goddam.

"Broadway. Blues. Ballads." (US, 1964, PHILIPS PHM 200-148) • Arr, cond: Nina Simone (9), Horace Ott (1-5-7-8-10-11), Hal Mooney (2-3-4-6-12). • Nina Simone (chant, piano), Horace Ott's orchestra (1-5-7-8-10-11), Hal Mooney's Orchestra (2-3-4-6-12) • 1. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood 2. Night Song 3. The Laziest Gal In Town 4. Something Wonderful 5. Don't Take All Night 6. Nobody 7. I Am Blessed 8. Of This I'm Sure 9. See Line Woman 10. Our Love (Will See Us Through) 11. How Can I? 12. The Last Rose Of Summer

"I Put A Spell On You" (US, 1965, PHILIPS PHM 200-172) • Arr, dir: Hal Mooney (1-3-4-5-7-8-10), Horace Ott (2-6-11-12), sauf la 9: Arr: Nina Simone. • Nina Simone (chant, piano), Rudy Stevenson (guitare) + Orch + Ch. New York, Janvier 1965. • 1. I Put A Spell On You 2. Tomorrow Is My Turn 3. Ne Me Quitte Pas 4. Marriage For Old Folks 5. 5 July Tree 6. Gimme Some 7. Feeling Good 8. One September Day 9. Blues On Purpose (instr) 10. Beautiful Land 11. You've Got To Learn 12. Take Care Of Business.

"Pastel Blues" (US, 1965, PHILIPS PHM 200-187) • Arr: Nina Simone. • Nina Simone (chant, piano), Al Schackman (harmonica, guitare), Rudy Stevenson (guitare, flute), Lisle Atkinson (basse), Bobby Hamilton (batterie), sauf pour la 6: pareil sauf Al Schackman. New York, 19 et 20 Mai 1965, excepté a 6: live à New York, 21 Mars, 1er et 6 Avril 1964. • 1. Be My Husband 2. Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out 3. End Of The Line 4. Trouble In Mind 5. Tell Me More And More And Then Some 6. Chilly Winds Don't Blow 7. Ain't No Use 8. Strange Fruit 9. Sinnerman.

"Let It All Out" (US, 1966, PHILIPS PHM 200-202) • Arr: Nina Simone. • Nina Simone (chant, piano), Rudy Stevenson (guitare & flute), Lisle Atkinson (basse), Bobby Hamilton. sauf la 8 & la 11: pareil + Al Schackman (harmonica & guitare). Enregistré à New York, 30 Septembre, 1er Octobre 1965. Sauf 2, 5 &10: live à New York, 21 Mars, 1er et 6 avril 1964 and 8 & 11: New York, 19 et 20 Mai 1965. • 1. Mood Indigo 2. The Other Woman 3. Love Me Or Leave Me 4. Don't Explain 5. Little Girl Blue 6. Chauffeur 7. For Myself 8. The Ballad Of Hollis Brown 9. This Year's Kisses 10. Images 11. Nearer Blessed Lord.

"Wild Is The Wind" (US, 1966, PHILIPS PHM 200-207) • Arr: Nina Simone (2, 4, 8, 9, 10), Horace Ott (1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 11). • 1: Nina Simone (chant, piano), Rudy Stevenson (guitare) + Orch & Ch, dir: Horace Ott. New York, Janvier 1965. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 11: Nina Simone (chant, piano), Rudy Stevenson (guitare, flute), Lisle Atkinson (basse), Bobby Hamilton (batterie). New York, 30 Septembre, 1er Octobre 1965. 7: Nina Simone (chant) + Orch & Ch, dir: Horace Ott. 1964. 8 & 9: Nina Simone (chant, piano), Rudy Stevenson (guitare, flute), Lisle Atkinson (basse), Bobby Hamilton (batterie). Live à New York, 21 Mars, 1er et 9 Avril 1964. 10: Nina Simone (chant, piano), Al Schackman (harmonica & guitare), Rudy Stevenson (guitare, flute), Lisle Atkinson (basse), Bobby Hamilton (batterie). New York, 19 et 20 Mai 1965. • 1. I Love Your Lovin' Ways 2. Four Women 3. What More Can I Say 4. Lilac Wine 5. That's All I Ask 6. Breakdown And Let It All Out 7. Why Keep On Breaking My Heart 8. Wild Is The Wind 9. Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair 10. If I Should Lose You 11. Either Way I Lose.

"High Priestess Of Soul" (US, 1967, PHILIPS PHM 200-219) • Arr: Hal Mooney. • Nina Simone (chant, piano) + Orch, dir: Hal Mooney. 1966. • Don't You Pay Them No Mind, I'm Gonna Leave You, Brown Eyed Handsome Man, Keeper Of The Flame, The Gal From Joe's, Take Me To The Water, I'm Going Back Home, I Hold No Grudge, Come Ye, He Ain't Comin' Home No More, Work Song, I Love My Baby.

Chez RCA (1967-1974) (LP)

"Nina Simone Sings The Blues" (US , 1967, RCA VICTOR LSP 3789) • Arr: Nina Simone. Prod: Danny Davis. • Nina Simone (chant, piano), Rudy Stevenson-Eric Gale (guitare), Bernard Purdie (batterie), Bob Bushnell (basse), Ernest Hayes (orgue), Buddy Lucas (hamonica, saxophone tenor). RCA Studio's B, New York City, 19 et 22 Decembre 1966, 5 Janvier 1967. • Do I Move You, Day And Night, In The Dark, Real Real, My Man's Gone Now, Backlash Blues, I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl, Buck, Since I Fell For You, The House Of The Rising Sun, Blues For Mama.

"Black Gold" (US, 1970, RCA VICTOR LSP 4248) • Arr: Nina Simone. Prod: Stroud Prod. & Ent. Inc. • Nina Simone (chant, piano), Tom Smith (guitare), Emile Latimer (guitare, chant), Don Alias (batterie), Jumma Santos (conga), Weldon Irvine Jr (orgue), The Swordsmen (chant). Live at Philarmonic Hall, New York City, 26 Octobre 1969. • Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair (chant: Nina Simone), Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair (chant: Emile Latimer), Ain't Got No-I Got Life, Westwind, Who Knows Where The Time Goes, The Assignment Sequence, To Be Young Gifted And Black.

"Here Comes The Sun" (US, 1971, RCA VICTOR LSP 4536) • Arr: Nina Simone-Harold Wheeler. Prod: Harold Wheeler-Nat Shapiro. • Nina Simone (chant, piano). Orch dirigé par Kermit Moore. Corky Hale, hp. Choeurs dirigés par Howard Roberts. Enregistré dans le Studio B de la RCA's, New York City, 9, 12 & 17 Février 1971. • Here Comes The Sun, Just Like A Woman, O-O-H Child, Mr. Bojangles, New World Coming, Angel Of The Morning, How Long Must I Wander, My Way.

"Emergency Ward" (US, 1972, RCA VICTOR LSP 4757) • arr Choeurs: Weldon Irvine Jr. Orchestrations par Weldon Irvine Jr. Prod: Nina Simone-Andrew Stroud-Weldon Irvine Jr. • (1) Nina Simone (chant, piano), Sam Waymon (chant), Lisa Stroud (polyrhythmes), Bethany Baptist Church Junior Choir of South Jamaica, NY (chant). Live à Fort Dix, 18 Novembre 1971. (2) Nina Simone (chant, piano), Studio de la RCA, New York, 17 Février 1971 & 1, 3, 9 & 10 Février 1972 (3) same + Orch. • 1. My Sweet Lord-Today Is A Killer 2. Isn't It A Pity 3. Poppies.

Chez CTI (1978) (LP)

Chez CARRERE (1982) (LP)

Chez VPI (1985) (CD)

"Nina's Back" (US, VPI 100-7A) • Arr: Hence Powell. Prod: Eddie Singleton. • Nina Simone (chant, piano), Hence Powell (synthétiseur, diadème), Arthur Adams (guitare, basse), Luke Metoyer (percussions), Ray Brown-Hence Powell (trompette), Allan Barnes (saxophone), George Bohannon (trombone), The Waters Family (chant). Studio de la Rock Steady, Hollywood, CA & The Power Plant , NYC, 1985. • It's Cold Out There, I Loves You Porgy, I Sing Just To Know That I'm Alive, For A While, Fodder In Her Wings, Touching And Caring, Saratoga, You Must Have Another Lover.

"Live & Kickin'" (US, 1987, VPI) • Arr: Nina Simone. Prod: Eddie Singleton. • Nina Simone (vo, p), Cornell McFadden (d), Al Schackman (g), Leopoldo Fleming (perc). Live, US, 1985. • Pirate Jenny, For A While, You Took My Teeth, I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl, Backlash Blues, Do What You Gotta Do, Mississippi Goddam, See Line Woman, The Other Woman, Porgy, Four Women, I Sing Just To Know That I'm Alive, My Baby Just Cares For Me.

Chez VERVE (1987) (LP)

"Let It Be Me" (US, Verve 831 437-1) • Arr: Nina Simone. Prod: David Kreisberg-Miriam Cutler-Ron Berninstein. • Nina Simone (chant, piano), Arthur Adams (guitare, basse), Cornell McFadden (batterie). Live at Vine St. Bar & Grill, Hollywood, California. • My Baby Just Cares For Me, I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl, Fodder In Her Wings, Be My Husband, Just Like A Woman, Balm In Gilead, Stars, If You Pray Right (Heaven Belongs To You), If You Knew-Let It Be Me, Baltimore • Additional tracks on CD (Verve/Digital 831 437-2) only: Four Women, Mississippi Goddam.

Chez HENDRING-WADHAM (1987) (CD)

"Live At Ronnie Scott's" (UK, WHCD 006) • Arr: Nina Simone. • Nina Simone (chant, piano), Paul Robinson (batterie). Live au Ronnie Scott's, London, 17 Novembre 1984. • God God God, If You Knew, Mr Smith, Fodder In Her Wings, Be My Husband, I Loves You Porgy, The Other Woman, Mississippi Goddam-Moon Over Alabama, For A While, See Line Woman, I Sing Just To Know That I'm Alive, My Baby Just Cares For Me. • Ce concert fut produit en vidéo (UK, Hendring, VHS HEN 2 017 Z).

Chez ELEKTRA (1993) (CD)

"A Single Woman" (US, Elektra 7559-61503-2) • Arr: Nina Simone (8,10), Nina Simone-Jeremy Lubbock (6), Jeremy Lubbock (1,4), John Clayton (2, 7,9), Richard Evans (3, 5). Prod: Andre Fischer. • Michael Melvoin (p) except 8: Nina Simone (p), John Clayton-Jim Hughart (b), Jeffrey Hamilton-Paul Robinson (d), Larry Bunker (perc), John Chiodini-Al Schackman (g), Gerald Albright (ts), Frank Marocco (acc), Jack Sheldon (tp) + str & wi. • A Single Woman, Lonseome Cities, If I Should Lose You, The Folks Who Live On The Hill, Love's Been Good To Me, Il n'y A Pas d'Amour Heureux, Just Say I Love Him, The More I See You, Marry Me.

Chez JUST A MEMORY RECORDS (1994) (CD)

"The Rising Sun Collection: Nina Simone" (Canada, RSC 0004) • Arr: Nina Simone. • Nina Simone (chant, piano), Tony Armstrong (basse), Lucky Wedgestone (batterie), Hannibal (chant, flute). Live à la Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier de la Place Des Arts, Montreal, Quebec, 18 Juillet 1980. • Stars, That's All I Want From You, Ain't Got No-I Got Life, Be My Husband, See Line Woman, Let It Be Me, Mississippi Goddam.

Chez METEOR (1999) (CD)

"Live At Ronnie Scott's" (UK, CDMT 028) • Arr: Nina Simone. Prod: Eddie Singleton. • Nina Simone (chant, piano, harmonica), Arthur Adams (basse), Paul Robinson (batterie). Live au Ronnie Scott's, Londres, 25 Aout 1984 & 4 mai 1985. • God God God, Just In Time, Let It Be Me, The Other Woman, Ain't Got No-I Got Life, If You Knew, To Be Young Gifted And Black, Moon Over Alabama-Mississippi Goddam, Compensation-My Father, Mr Smith-There Is No Returning (Let No One Deceive You)-Fodder In Her Wings, American Pie, I Sing Just To Know That I'm Alive.