• MASTERWORKS COLORED SERIES
• LIMITED 180 GRAM VINYL EDITION
• INCLUDES 2 BONUS TRACKS
 
The breathtaking originality of the second half of the show is whatmakes this album great. Opening withOscar Brown, Jr.’s “Brown Baby” and then Michael Olatunji’s “Zungo” and delivering a long version of another traditional song “Children, Go Where I Send You”, Simone makes a profound stand on the black musical tradition, drawing on her deep reading in Frantz Fanon’s auto-theory and Léopold Senghor’s ideas on négritude to create a body of work that transcends jazz styles and critical pigeonholes. She was unique, but only because she drew on multitudes." - Penguin Guide to Jazz
"Always surprising, but nevertheless totally coherent and devoid of any artifice, At the Village Gate is one of the most emblematic albums recorded by the unparalleled talent of Nina Simone." - Jazz Magazine
 
PERSONNEL:
Nina Simone - vocals & piano
Al Schackman - guitar
Chris White - bass
Rob Hamilton - drums
 
The Village Gate, New York, April 1961.
(*) Bonus tracks:
Nina Simone (p, voc); Wilbur Ware (b); Ben Riley (d)
Town Hall, New York, September 12, 1959.
 
 
SIDE A:
A1 JUST IN TIME
A2 HE WAS TOO GOOD TO ME
A3 HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN
A4 BYE BYE BLACKBIRD
A5 BLACK IS THE COLOR OF MY TRUE LOVE’S HAIR (*)
 
SIDE B:
B1 BROWN BABY
B2 ZUNGO
B3 IF HE CHANGED MY NAME
B4 CHILDREN GO WHERE I SEND YOU
B5 SUMMERTIME [Parts 1 & 2] (*)