Nina Simone “Pastel Blues” LP

Pastel Blues puts the focus on piano, jazz, blues, gospel, soul, and a vocal style built around dramatic phrasing.

• Simone's piano and voice move from intimate blues to gospel-driven intensity, with guitarist Al Schackman among her regular collaborators of the period.
• The album includes “Sinnerman,” “Strange Fruit,” and “Be My Husband,” three performances that show very different sides of her arranging instincts.
• Its stark dynamics and blend of blues, spirituals, folk, and jazz make it one of Simone's essential 1960s records.

For fans of Billie Holiday, Abbey Lincoln, and Aretha Franklin.

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