RCA
FOREVER YOUNG GIFTED & BLACK: SONGS OF FREEDOM
$14.99
Details
- Artist
- SIMONE, NINA
- Format
- CD
- Label
- RCA
- Released
- Jan 17, 2006
- Catalog #
- RCA74413.2
- UPC
- 828767441320
About
This album is a stunning collection by a fearless innovator whose voice and vision, and valor and vulnerability, set a modern standard for unflinching honesty and integrity. Also includes liner notes by Alicia Keys.
Tracklist 11 tracks
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1 To Be Young, Gifted and Black (2005 Remix) 02:52
- Track
- 1
- Title
- To Be Young, Gifted and Black (2005 Remix)
- Duration
- 02:52
- Composer
- Nina Simone
- Performer
- Nina Simone, Ralph H. Fields, Eileen Gilbert, Jerome Graff, Milt Grayson, Noah Hopkins, Maeretha Stewart, Barbara Webb, Joe Shepley, Jimmy Nottingham, Harold Johnson, Wilbur Bascomb, Jimmy Cleveland, Richard Harris, Seldon Powell, George Coleman, Norris Turney, Haywood Henry, Eric J. Gale, Everett Barksdale, Jerry Jemmott, Richard Tee, Bernard Purdie, Gordon Powell, Montego Joe, George Devens
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2 Backlash Blues 03:32
- Track
- 2
- Title
- Backlash Blues
- Duration
- 03:32
- Composer
- Nina Simone
- Performer
- Nina Simone, Rudy Stevenson, Sam Waymon, Gene Taylor, Buck Clarke
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3 I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free 03:09
- Track
- 3
- Title
- I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free
- Duration
- 03:09
- Composer
- William Taylor
- Performer
- Nina Simone, Ernie Royal, Marky Markowitz, Seldon Powell, Mel Tax, Eric J. Gale, Rudy Stevenson, Gene Taylor, Ernie Hayes, Bernard Purdie
- Conductor
- Sammy Lowe
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4 Why? (The King of Love Is Dead) 12:55
- Track
- 4
- Title
- Why? (The King of Love Is Dead)
- Duration
- 12:55
- Composer
- Gene Taylor
- Performer
- Nina Simone, Rudy Stevenson, Gene Taylor, Sam Waymon
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5 Mississippi Goddam 06:53
- Track
- 5
- Title
- Mississippi Goddam
- Duration
- 06:53
- Composer
- Nina Simone
- Performer
- Nina Simone, Rudy Stevenson, Sam Waymon, Gene Taylor, Buck Clarke
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6 Revolution, Parts I and II 04:34
- Track
- 6
- Title
- Revolution, Parts I and II
- Duration
- 04:34
- Composer
- Weldon Irvine, Nina Simone
- Performer
- Ernest Calabria, Doris Willingham, Virdia Crawford, Eric J. Gale, Al Schackman, Stuart Scharf, Gene Perla, Weldon Irvine, Bernard Purdie, Don Alias
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7 Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season) (alternate version) 02:25
- Track
- 7
- Title
- Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season) (alternate version)
- Duration
- 02:25
- Composer
- Pete Seeger
- Performer
- Nina Simone, Doris Willingham, Virdia Crawford
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8 Hair: Ain't Got No - I Got Life (alternate version) 03:15
- Track
- 8
- Title
- Hair: Ain't Got No - I Got Life (alternate version)
- Duration
- 03:15
- Composer
- Galt Macdermot
- Performer
- Nina Simone, Joe Shepley, Harold Johnson, Wilbur Bascomb, Garnett Brown, Haywood Henry, Eric J. Gale, Henry Young, Carl Lynch, Ernie Hayes, Paul Griffin, Jerry Jemmott, Bernard Purdie
- Conductor
- Horace Ott
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9 Westwind 08:52
- Track
- 9
- Title
- Westwind
- Duration
- 08:52
- Composer
- William "Salty Bill" Salter, Caiphus Semenya
- Performer
- Nina Simone, Juma Santos, Don Alias
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10 The Times They Are a-Changin' 05:59
- Track
- 10
- Title
- The Times They Are a-Changin'
- Duration
- 05:59
- Composer
- Bob Dylan
- Performer
- Nina Simone
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11 To Be Young, Gifted and Black 09:36
- Track
- 11
- Title
- To Be Young, Gifted and Black
- Duration
- 09:36
- Composer
- Nina Simone
- Performer
- Nina Simone, Emile Latimer, Tom Smith, Weldon Irvine, Don Alias, Juma Santos
- Ensemble
- The Swordsmen