Nina Simone - At The Village Gate (Remastered) (1962/2021)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 441 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 172 MB
1:15:10 | Soul-Jazz | Label: 20th Century Masterworks
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 441 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 172 MB
1:15:10 | Soul-Jazz | Label: 20th Century Masterworks
The breathtaking originality of the second half of the show is what makes this album great. Opening with Oscar 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.