Nina Simone – Little Girl Blue LP

Nina Simone – Little Girl Blue

Part of the Jean-Pierre Leloir Collection, Little Girl Blue, released in 1957, was Nina Simone’s first recording ever. Many of the tracks from this 180 gram LP would become true classics, among them her perennial version of “My Baby Just Cares For Me”. All Music Guide reviewer Thom Jurek gave the album four stars, stating that “Little Girl Blueshowcases her ballad voice as one of mystery and sensuality and showcases her up-tempo jazz style with authority and an enigmatic down-home feel that is nonetheless elegant.”

Tracklist:
1. Mood Indigo (Duke Ellington-Barney Bigard-Irving Mills) 4:01
2. Don't Smoke In Bed (Willard Robinson) 3:13
3. He Needs Me (Arthur Hamilton) 2:30
4. Little Girl Blue (Richard Rodgers-Lorenz Hart) 4:19
5. Love Me or Leave Me (Gus Kahn-Walter Donaldson) 3:22
6. My Baby Just Cares For Me (Gus Kahn-Walter Donaldson) 3:38
7. Good Bait (Tadd Dameron-Count Basie) [Instrumental] 5:28
8. Plain Gold Ring (Earl S. Burroughs) 3:53
9. You'll Never Walk Alone (Richard Rodgers-Oscar Hammerstein I
10. I Loves You Porgy (George & Ira Gershwin) 4:11
11. Central Park Blues (Nina Simone) [Instrumental] 6:51

Label: Jazz Images
Released: 1959/2016