Nina Simone – Little Girl Blue

The album also introduced a fine jazz pianist. Simone was a solid improviser who never strayed far from the blues. Check the opener, her reading of Duke Ellington's "Mood Indigo," which finger-pops and swings while keeping the phrasing deep blue.

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Tracklist

A1 Mood Indigo
A2 Don’t Smoke In Bed
A3 He Needs Me
A4 Little Girl Blue
A5 Love Me Or Leave Me
A6 My Baby Just Cares For Me
A7 He’s Got The Whole World In His Hands
A8 African Mailman
B1 Good Bait
B2 Plain Gold Ring
B3 You’ll Never Walk Alone
B4 I Loves You Porgy
B5 Central Park Blues
B6 For All We Know