Nina Simone - Little Girl Blue

Nina Simone's iconic 'Little Girl Blue' plus 9 bonus tracks, includes 20-page booklet with new specially prepared liner notes by Penguin Guide to Jazz's writer Brian Morton and by Paris' prestigious Jazz Magazine.

Backed by Jimmy Bond and Albert 'Tootie' Heath, this album showcases her (Nina Simone) ballad voice as one of mystery and sensuality and her up-tempo jazz style with authority and an enigmatic down-home feel that is nonetheless elegant. The album also introduced a fine jazz pianist. Simone was a solid improviser who never strayed far from the blues. - Thom Jurek, AllMusic