Nina Simone and Piano

{{Infobox album

| name = Nina Simone and Piano!

| type = studio

| artist = Nina Simone

| cover = Ninasimoneandpiano.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1969

| recorded = September 16 & October 1, 1968

| venue =

| studio = RCA Studios, New York City

| genre = Vocal jazz

| length = 49:37

| label = RCA Victor

| producer = Stroud Productions

| prev_title = 'Nuff Said!

| prev_year = 1968

| next_title = To Love Somebody

| next_year = 1969

}}

{{Album reviews

|rev1 = Allmusic

|rev1score = {{rating|2.5|5}}{{cite web |last1=Bush |first1=John |title=Nina Simone and Piano! |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/nina-simone-and-piano%21-mw0000016181 |website=AllMusic |accessdate=30 September 2018}}

|rev2 = Tom Hull

|rev2Score = B{{cite web|last=Hull|first=Tom|author-link=Tom Hull (critic)|date=n.d.|url=http://www.tomhull.com/ocston/nm/vocal-50.html|title=Jazz/Pop Vocals (1950s-70s)|website=tomhull.com|accessdate=June 18, 2020}}

}}

Nina Simone and Piano! is an album by American jazz singer, songwriter, and pianist Nina Simone, with Simone accompanying herself on piano.

Track listing

{{Track listing

| title1 = Seems I'm Never Tired Lovin' You

| writer1 = Carolyn Franklin

| length1 = 3:01

| title2 = It's Nobody's Fault but Mine

| writer2 = Simone

| length2 = 2:59

| title3 = I Think It's Going to Rain Today

| writer3 = Randy Newman

| length3 = 3:20

| title4 = Everyone's Gone to the Moon

| writer4 = Jonathan King

| length4 = 3:07

| title5 = Compensation

| writer5 = Paul Laurence Dunbar, Simone

| length5 = 1:36

| title6 = Who Am I?

| writer6 = Leonard Bernstein

| length6 = 4:09

| title7 = Another Spring

| writer7 = Angelo Badalamenti, John Clifford

| length7 = 3:32

| title8 = The Human Touch

| writer8 = Charles Reuben

| length8 = 2:09

| title9 = I Get Along Without You Very Well (Except Sometimes)

| writer9 = Hoagy Carmichael

| length9 = 4:49

| title10 = The Desperate Ones

| writer10 = Eric Blau, Gérard Jouannest, Mort Shuman

| length10 = 4:42

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = 2003 re-release bonus tracks

| title11 = Music for Lovers

| writer11 = Bart Howard

| length11 = 4:23

| title12 = In Love in Vain

| writer12 = Jerome Kern, Leo Robin

| length12 = 2:29

| title13 = I'll Look Around

| writer13 = George C. Cory Jr., Douglass Cross

| length13 = 5:12

| title14 = The Man with the Horn

| writer14 = Eddie DeLange, Jack Jenney, Bonnie Lake

| length14 = 3:39

}}

Personnel

  • Nina Simone - vocals, piano, arrangements

;Technical

  • Ray Hall - engineer
  • Joseph Dylewski - photography

References