Album · 1959

The Amazing Nina Simone

by Nina Simone

The Amazing Nina Simone is a 1959 jazz album by Nina Simone. It runs 12 tracks across 35 minutes.

Jazz · Blues · Vocal Jazz

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Tracks: 35 min
Runtime: 117 bpm
Tempo: G# major
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12 tracks · 35 min

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The Amazing Nina Simone is an album by Jazz singer/pianist/songwriter Nina Simone. It was her first album for the label Colpix Records, which would quickly be followed by 8 albums on the same label, before signing with Philips Records in 1964. The album very much oozes the atmosphere of cool jazz, in accordance with the image she had on her debut album, Little Girl Blue (1958) for Bethlehem Records. It also has some gospel songs on it, for example "Children Go Where I Send You".

In brief

When was The Amazing Nina Simone released?: The Amazing Nina Simone was released in 1959.
How many tracks are on The Amazing Nina Simone?: The Amazing Nina Simone has 12 tracks, with a runtime of 35 minutes.
What genre is The Amazing Nina Simone?: The Amazing Nina Simone is catalogued under Jazz, Blues, Vocal Jazz.
What BPM is The Amazing Nina Simone?: The Amazing Nina Simone runs at a median tempo of 117 BPM across its tracks, most often in G# major, measured from audio analysis.
What albums are similar to The Amazing Nina Simone?: Listeners of The Amazing Nina Simone also rate At Last! by Etta James, Solitude by Billie Holiday, What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong.