This is really a compilation for first time Nina Simone listeners, and, an absolute must have for those who are already devoted to her. Superb live recordings such as 'My Baby Just Cares for Me', 'I Loves You Porgy.' Actually, the majority of them appear to be live takes, or at least sound that way. 'Ne Me Quitte Pas' is glorious, 'See-Line Woman', unforgettable. Mississippi Goddamn, a live concert version, shows her passion and strength. 'Work Song' is another track that will stay in your head long after you've stopped listening. There's just too many things that are so good about this compilation. Hearing is believing! What a truly great musician she was!

Tracklist:

01. Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair
02. I Put A Spell On You
03. Love Me Or Leave Me
04. Little Girl Blue
05. My Baby Just Cares For Me
06. I Loves You Porgy
07. Work Song
08. Ne Me Quitte Pas
09. Wild Is The Wind
10. See-Line Woman
11. Strange Fruit
12. Pirate Jenny
13. Four Women
14. Mississippi Goddam
15. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
16. I Hold No Grudge

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The final CD of the Classic label's complete reissuance of Cab Calloway's 1930-47 recordings also includes the last recordings of Cab with his regularly working big band. This 1998 CD starts out with a couple of superior but originally rejected numbers ("What's Buzzin', Cousin?" and "Chant of the Jungle") from 1942, followed by a couple of rare V-disc numbers from 1944. Otherwise, the material dates from 1945 or 1947 with just two selections from 1946.


During this era, the still-popular Calloway was finding it increasingly difficult to keep his orchestra together, as were all the other bandleaders, but the quality of his music remained fairly high, even touched slightly by bop in some of the arranged passages. Some of the vocals are a bit silly, particularly "Dawn Time and "Afternoon Moon," but there are also a few near-classic jive numbers. Highlights include the snobbish "A Blue Serge Suit With a Belt in the Back," "Don't Falter at the Altar" (released here for the first time), "The Jungle King" (one of two numbers done with a septet called the Cab-Jivers), "Give Me Twenty Nickels for a Dollar," "Two Blocks Down, Turn to the Left," "The Calloway Boogie," "Everybody Eats When They Come To My House," and the somewhat bizarre "The San Francisco Fan." Although Calloway dominates the music, there are scattered and consistently worthwhile solos by trumpeter Jonah Jones and tenors Ike Quebec and Sam "The Man" Taylor. Virtually all of these recordings are obscure, making the release of this music quite noteworthy both for swing collectors and Calloway fans. Recommended, as are all of the CDs in Classics' perfectly done Cab Calloway series.

Tracks:
01 - What's Buzzin', Cousin?
02 - Chant Of The Jungle
03 - I'm Making Believe
04 - Foo A Little Ballyhoo
05 - Let's Take The Long Way Home
06 - Foo A Little Ballyhoo
07 - All At Once
08 - Dawn Time
09 - If This Isn't Love
10 - A Blue Serge Suit With A Belt In The Back
11 - Here I Go Just Dreamin' Away
12 - The Honeydripper
13 - Afternoon Moon
14 - Hey Now, Hey Now
15 - I Got A Gal Named Nellie
16 - Hi-De-Ho Man
17 - Necessity
18 - Oh Grandpa
19 - Don't Falter At The Alter
20 - Give Me Twenty Nickels For A Dollar
21 - The Jungle King
22 - Two Blocks Down, Turn To The Left
23 - San Francisco Fan
24 - The Calloway Boogie
25 - Everybody Eats When They Come To My House

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