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Just like a woman - hymn to Nina

Barb Jungr

Just like a woman - hymn to Nina

...Barb Jungr sings Nina Simone
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1
Black is the Colour / Break down and let it all out

Black is the Colour / Break down and let it all out

Soloist Barb Jungr - vocals
Band

Jenny Carr - piano, Jessica Lauren - keyboards & harmonicas, Johnny Lee - drums & percussion, Danny Thompson - bass, Mark Lockheart - saxophones & clarinets

Writer

Traditional /  Van McCoy

Arranger Barb Jungr, Jenny Carr, Jessica Lauren
4:32 Play $1.70
2
Just Like a Woman

Just Like a Woman

Soloist Barb Jungr - vocals
Band

Jenny Carr - piano, Jessica Lauren - keyboards & harmonicas, Johnny Lee - drums & percussion, Danny Thompson - bass, Mark Lockheart - saxophones & clarinets

Writer

Bob Dylan

Arranger Barb Jungr, Jenny Carr, Jessica Lauren
5:34 Play $3.40
3
Lilac wine

Lilac wine

Soloist Barb Jungr - vocals
Band

Jenny Carr - piano, Jessica Lauren - keyboards & harmonicas, Johnny Lee - drums & percussion, Danny Thompson - bass, Mark Lockheart - saxophones & clarinets

Writer

James H Shelton

Arranger Barb Jungr, Jenny Carr, Jessica Lauren
5:10 Play $3.40
4
The times they are a-changin’

The times they are a-changin’

Soloist Barb Jungr - vocals
Band

Jenny Carr - piano, Jessica Lauren - keyboards & harmonicas, Johnny Lee - drums & percussion, Danny Thompson - bass, Mark Lockheart - saxophones & clarinets

Writer

Bob Dylan

Arranger Barb Jungr, Jenny Carr, Jessica Lauren
3:16 Play $1.70
5
Angel of the Morning

Angel of the Morning

Soloist Barb Jungr - vocals
Band

Jenny Carr - piano, Jessica Lauren - keyboards & harmonicas, Johnny Lee - drums & percussion, Danny Thompson - bass, Mark Lockheart - saxophones & clarinets

Writer

Chip Taylor

Arranger Barb Jungr, Jenny Carr, Jessica Lauren
5:28 Play $3.40
6
Don’t let me be misunderstood

Don’t let me be misunderstood

Soloist Barb Jungr - vocals
Band

Jenny Carr - piano, Jessica Lauren - keyboards & harmonicas, Johnny Lee - drums & percussion, Danny Thompson - bass, Mark Lockheart - saxophones & clarinets

Writer

Bennie Benjamin, Gloria Caldwell & Sol Marcus

Arranger Barb Jungr, Jenny Carr, Jessica Lauren
4:29 Play $1.70
7
Keeper of the flame

Keeper of the flame

Soloist Barb Jungr - vocals
Band

Jenny Carr - piano, Jessica Lauren - keyboards & harmonicas, Johnny Lee - drums & percussion, Danny Thompson - bass, Mark Lockheart - saxophones & clarinets

Writer

Charles Derringer

Arranger Barb Jungr, Jenny Carr, Jessica Lauren
4:38 Play $1.70
8
To love somebody

To love somebody

Soloist Barb Jungr - vocals
Band

Jenny Carr - piano, Jessica Lauren - keyboards & harmonicas, Johnny Lee - drums & percussion, Danny Thompson - bass, Mark Lockheart - saxophones & clarinets

Writer

Barry Alan Gibb and Robin Hugh Gibb

Arranger Barb Jungr, Jenny Carr, Jessica Lauren
5:20 Play $3.40
9
One Morning in May / The Pusher

One Morning in May / The Pusher

Soloist Barb Jungr - vocals
Band

Jenny Carr - piano, Jessica Lauren - keyboards & harmonicas, Johnny Lee - drums & percussion, Danny Thompson - bass, Mark Lockheart - saxophones & clarinets

Writer

Traditional / Hoyt Wayne Axton

Arranger Barb Jungr, Jenny Carr, Jessica Lauren
6:39 Play $3.40
10
Ballad of Hollis Brown

Ballad of Hollis Brown

Soloist Barb Jungr - vocals
Band

Jenny Carr - piano, Jessica Lauren - keyboards & harmonicas, Johnny Lee - drums & percussion, Danny Thompson - bass, Mark Lockheart - saxophones & clarinets

Writer

Bob Dylan

Arranger Barb Jungr, Jenny Carr, Jessica Lauren
4:57 Play $1.70
11
Feeling good

Feeling good

Soloist Barb Jungr - vocals
Band

Jenny Carr - piano, Jessica Lauren - keyboards & harmonicas, Johnny Lee - drums & percussion, Danny Thompson - bass, Mark Lockheart - saxophones & clarinets

Writer

Leslie Bricusse, Anthony George Newley

Arranger Barb Jungr, Jenny Carr, Jessica Lauren
3:18 Play $1.70
Total Running Time 53 minutes Purchase all tracks 
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Barb Jungr's hymn to the late, great Nina Simone. This beautiful, haunting album combines Barb's compelling arrangements and resolute delivery to bring a fresh perspective on songs associated with her heroine Nina Simone. 

The SACD layer is both 5.1 channel and 2-channel / The Studio Master files are 88.2kHz / 24 bit.

Produced by calum malcolm with barb jungr


barb jungr - vocals and backing vocals
jenny carr - musical director, piano and backing vocals
jessica lauren - organ, harmonicas, mbira, autoharp, mellotron, electronic tanpura and backing vocals
johnny lee - percussion, drums, clock sample
danny thompson - bass
mark lockheart - saxophones and clarinets

recorded at the livingston studios on the 19th-21st november 2007
engineered by calum malcolm, assisted by sonny
mixed by calum malcolm at carlekemp studios, north berwick, uk
photography by steve ullathorne
design by the art surgery

Nina Simone embraced utterly louis armstrong's understanding of music: "what we play is life" and, "my whole life, my whole soul, my whole spirit is to blow that horn." Nina sang and played with everything she had, and she took songs and inspiration from everything in her life and world. this was both her strength and her weakness, for that full commitment, that passion, is too strong a flavour for those of faint heart.

i grew up loving Nina Simone; that uncategorisable voice, her uncompromising approach to material, fearlessness in changing lyric and arrangement to make songs personal, and courageous musicianship. so when i heard her spirit speak demanding that i make a collection dedicated to her, i complied without question. this is my ‘hymn to Nina'. barb jungr january 2008


black is the color of my true love's hair
the water flows to the sea, and when we stand beside that mighty river, it's easy to cry for all that lost love and time, easy to break down and let it all out.

just like a woman
it's just like bob dylan to write a song as beautiful as this.

lilac wine

there's a unique and near perfect relationship between lovelessness and drink that only the abandoned truly understand. and in this song there's also a supernatural aspect, that lilac tree is surely in a graveyard, the lilac flowers hanging over the lichen-covered stones as the clock of time ticks slowly, endlessly on.

the times they are a-changin'
this song is as perfect today as it was when it was written, the sense for Nina of those changing times may have been different, but every word of this rings true, right here, right now.

angel of the morning

this song is the reverse of ‘maggie may', indeed it might be her song. such a simple song, with so much quiet depth.

don't let me be misunderstood

"i have thoughts like every other one", a very dark, dark song, velvet... and bloodstained.

keeper of the flame
"when the fire is burning out and the angels call my name" i may still be singing this beautiful and true torch song.

to love somebody

the gibb brothers have written some stunning songs, and this has always been one of my favourites.

one morning in may / the pusher

these songs had to go together, and the pusher became a hymn all of its own suddenly, and it is about so much more than drugs.

ballad of hollis brown
why would a man kill all of his family and turn a gun on himself? as always dylan reveals the reason by simply telling the story.

feeling good
"it's a new dawn, it's a new day, it's a new life".  this is my 6th recording for linn records, but it feels like the first, somehow. "and i'm feeling good".

all tracks arranged by barb jungr with jenny carr and jessica lauren
all songs previously recorded by Nina Simone

Linn Records' Colin Cook interviewed on The Jazz House
22 February 2008
Listen to an interview from the BBC Radio jazz programme
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Barb's Hymn to Nina at Ronnie Scott's
04 February 2008
Following her recent Nightlife 2008 Award in New York, Barb Jungr performs material from her forthcoming album at the legendary Ronnie Scott's.
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The Jazz Rag
A constantly-gripping programme.
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Jazzwise
3 Stars
Jungr's phrasing and ability to slide across end rhymes in to the next line are the stuff of revelation.
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Record Collector
4 Stars
A fabulous new album by Barb Jungr
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The Independent
Jazz Album of the Week: Classy doesn't begin to sum it up.
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The Times
3 Stars
Imaginative arrangements of tunes associated with Nina Simone.
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The Scotsman
3 Stars
At first glance the title might lead you to expect another foray into Dylan territory, but the sub-title. "Hymn to Nina", reveals the real subject of this latest outing.
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Blues Art Journal
Nina's fans will be delighted with this joyous set, as no doubt will be Barb's too.
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Scotland on Sunday
3 Stars
Jungr's pure, throaty vocals have a fluidity and agility which allow her to pull off the trickiest numbers with graceful ease.
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Evening Standard
Barb Jungr is neither jazz diva nor blues belter, but she does have a compelling way of injecting truth into a song.
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The Sunday Times
4 Stars
The real pleasure lies in the typically thoughtful juxtapositions of material
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The Independent
4 Stars
The most startling pieces here are the medleys.
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Uncut
Brave Simone tribute from classy British-based jazz singer.
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03 May 2008
England
Library Theatre, Manchester
Celebrating Linda Smith

08 May 2008 to 10 May 2008
England
Pizza Express Jazz Club, Soho, London
Just Like a Woman - Hymn to Nina

23 May 2008
England
New Greenham Arts, Newbury
The Blue Hours Cabaret

20 June 2008
England
New Greenham Arts, Newbury
The Blue Hours Cabaret

21 June 2008
England, London
The Vortex Jazz Bar, N16


22 June 2008
England, London
606 Jazz Club, Chelsea


25 June 2008
England
unknown, Wellingborough
Just Like a Woman - hymn to Nina

29 June 2008
England, London
The Bloomsbury Theatre
The Lovely Russell

22 July 2008
England, London
The Almeida Theatre
No Regrets - The Remarkable Barb Jungr

25 July 2008
England
The Wintergarden Hotel, Margate
The Margate Big Sky Jazz Festival

01 August 2008
England
The Fleece, Boxford
Just Like a Woman - hymn to Nina

06 August 2008 to 07 August 2008
Scotland
The Queens Hall, Edinburgh
Just Like a Woman - Barb Jungr sings Nina Simone

22 August 2008 to 23 August 2008
England, London
Pizza Express Jazz Club, Soho
New York Stories - with Ian Shaw

04 September 2008 to 06 September 2008
North America
The Metropolitan Room, New York
No Regrets - The Remarkable Barb Jungr

11 September 2008 to 13 September 2008
North America
The Metropolitan Room, New York
No Regrets - The Remarkable Barb Jungr

18 September 2008 to 20 September 2008
North America
The Metropolitan Room, New York
No Regrets - The Remarkable Barb Jungr

02 October 2008 to 04 October 2008
England, London
Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, Soho
Just Like a Woman - hymn to Nina

07 November 2008
Scotland
Strathclyde Suite, Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow
Just Like a Woman - hymn to Nina

15 November 2008
England, London
The Vortex Jazz Bar, N16
London Jazz Festival

20 December 2008
England, London
The Vortex Jazz Bar, N16