| Nina Simone - Live at Montreux 1976 | 
| Actor: Nina Simone
Studio: Eagle Rock Ent
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (7 reviews)
Sales Rank: 16511
Format: Color, Dolby, Dts Surround Sound, Dvd-video, Live, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 111 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 39106
UPC: 801213910694
EAN: 0801213910694
ASIN: B000BC8SVK
Release Date: September 19, 2006
Theatrical Release Date: October 18, 2005
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Description
Nina Simone was one of the great female vocalists of the 20th Century. She was equally at home singing jazz, blues, soul, gospel or pure pop. Hugely prolific throughout the fifties, sixties and seventies, she recorded only rarely in her later career, but remained a major live performer until well into the nineties when, becoming increasingly frail, she retired to France where she died in 2003 at the age of 70. Nina Simone made four appearances at the Montreux Festival between 1968 and 1990. This DVD features the whole performance from 1976 as the main feature and is supplemented by bonus features of two tracks from her concert in 1987 and four from her final show in 1990. This is the definitive Nina Simone Live At Montreux DVD. Tracklisting:
1976
1. Little Girl Blue
2. Backlash Blues
3. Be My Husband
4. I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel to be Free)
5. Stars / Feelings
6. African Mailman Bonus Tracks
1987
7. Someone to Watch Over Me
8. My Baby Just Cares For Me
1990
9. I Loves You Porgy
10. Liberian Calypso
11. Four Women / Mississippi Goddam
12. Ne Me Quitte Pas (Don't Leave Me)
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| Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...
Nina up-close and eerie. November 12, 2008
This is a really odd concert video. There are several parts: six songs from 1976, two songs from 1987, and four songs from 1990. The 1976 songs are my favorite. Nina's personality is strong and to be honest, really weird - just as i'd heard. a lot of the footage from this earlier concert is shot really close up to her face. this sounds like it would be really boring, but there's something really cool, intimate, and hypnotizing about it. that's what is odd about the concert footage. but i'm not saying it's bad, this is actually a very entertaining concert. the song choice includes some well known classic songs and some less popular (but good) songs. i haven't seen any other videos of Nina, but this one is really damn cool. the music is great - that's just a given.
 Totally worth it November 8, 2008
The quality is very good and she, of course, is marvelous. I found it too slow though and missed the absence of some of my preferred songs.
Breath Taking March 23, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was given this DVD as a gift a long while ago - and it sat on a shelf. Just played it this evening and I am awestruck at its power. Dr. Simone is more than expressive when she performs. I felt her passion so personally and deeply, because she lets it all out for the world to see. And her skill at the keyboard is simply unbelievable. I am grateful to the camera man who shot so close to catch her soul and her keying. I cannot recommend it enough. In fact, I have never bothered to write a review on Amazon.com; but this DVD was so compelling that I had to tell someone about it.
Montreux loved her ! March 9, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Spaning a period of 14 years you get 3 outstanding performances with 14 songs. The camera work is excellent and captures the total emotional impact of each song she delivers. The audience loves her no matter what she does, be it scolding a stage hand or reprimanding someone for distracting her. Her showmanship is only outdone by her outstanding work at the piano. Live at Montreux is the best!
Feelings, nothing more than feelings March 5, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I really enjoyed this dvd. The filming is great and Nina has some funny and touching moments as she performs. I also learned a little more about her as she would talk before some of her songs. This is truly a treasure. The song that touched me the most was "Stars/Feelings" The other songs are great too, but that stood out. It almost actually made me emotional. She took feelings a song that most people heard another version of and changed it into this beautiful and touching song, just by the way she sung it and the way she changed the words. YOU HAVE TO SEE IT!
BUY IT!
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