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Contains new specially prepared liner notes by Penguin Guide To Jazz writer Brian Morton, and by Paris’ prestigious Jazz Magazine.

“The breath-taking originality of the second half of the show is what makes this album great. Opening with Oscar Brown, Jr.’s “Brown Baby” and then Michael Olatunji’s “Zungo” and delivering a long version of another traditional song “Children, Go Where I Send You”, Simone makes a profound stand on the black musical tradition, drawing on her deep reading in Frantz Fanon’s auto-theory and Leopold Senghor’s ideas on n gritude to create a body of work that transcends jazz styles and critical pigeonholes. She was unique, but only because she drew on multitudes.” Brian Morton

TRACK LISTING

Just In Time
He Was Too Good To Me
House Of The Rising Sun
Bye Bye Blackbird
Black Is The Color Of My True Love’s Hair
Brown Baby
Zungo
If He Changed My Name
Children Go Where I Send You
Summertime [parts 1 & 2]