I've got to thank Abi for this one. She introduced me to it just over a year ago and it blew my mind.
Eunice Waymon played the piano at 4 and trained to become a classical pianist. To support her family she got a job in a bar where she was told she had to sing as well as play piano. In 1954 she became Nina Simone. In the late '50s she recorded some tracks for the Bethlehem label and one song 'I Love You' from Porgy & Bess became a hit and the rest, as they say, is history. I love so many of her songs, compositions and arrangements...
'You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To' was written by Cole Porter in 1943 for a film and Nina arranged and sang this at Newport Jazz Festival in 1960 which is where this recording is taken from. I recommend listening to it loud with no interruptions.
Under stars chilled by the winter
Under an August moon shining above
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