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Forbidden Fruit (Nina Simone album)

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Released
  
1961

Producer
  
Cal Lampley

Release date
  
1961

Recorded
  
New York City 1961

Artist
  
Nina Simone

Label
  
Colpix Records

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Forbidden Fruit (1961)
  
Nina at the Village Gate (1962)

Genres
  
Jazz, Blues, Vocal jazz, Folk music, Vocal music

Similar
  
Nina Simone albums, Blues albums

Forbidden Fruit is an album by the jazz singer/pianist/songwriter Nina Simone. It was her second studio album for Colpix. The rhythm section accompanying her is the same trio as on both live albums before and after this release.

Contents

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Information about songs on this album

  • "Gin House Blues", Simone re-recorded this song in a more upbeat way on Nuff Said (1968).
  • "Work Song", written by Oscar Brown, Jr and Nat Adderley tells the story of a chain gang. This song also appears on Nina’s Choice (1963), Nina Simone with Strings (1966) and High Priestess of Soul (1967).
  • "Forbidden Fruit", the title song, one of three on the album by Oscar Brown, Jr It's a "humorous up-tempo take on Adam and Eve was part nursery rhyme, part call and response."

    • Track listing

    1. "Rags and Old Iron" (Norman Curtis, Oscar Brown, Jr)
    2. "No Good Man" (Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham, Sammy Gallop)
    3. "Gin House Blues" (Fletcher Henderson, Henry Troy)
    4. "I'll Look Around" (George Cory, Douglas Cross)
    5. "I Love to Love" (Lennie Hayton, Herbert Baker)
    6. "Work Song" (Nat Adderley, Oscar Brown, Jr)
    7. "Where Can I Go Without You" (Peggy Lee, Victor Young)
    8. "Just Say I Love Him" (Enzo Fusco, Rodolfo Falvo; Jack Val, Jimmy Dale, Martin Kalmanoff, Sam Ward)
    9. "Memphis in June" (Paul Francis Webster, Hoagy Carmichael)
    10. "Forbidden Fruit" (Oscar Brown, Jr)

    Personnel

  • Nina Simone - vocals, piano
  • Al Shackman - guitar
  • Chris White - bass
  • Bobby Hamilton - drums

    • Songs

    1Rags & Old Iron4:09
    2No Good Man3:39
    3Gin House Blues3:04

    References

    Forbidden Fruit (Nina Simone album) Wikipedia
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