Nina Simone, rodným menom Eunice Kathleen Waymon, bola americká speváčka, klaviristka a aktivistka za občianske práva. Jej hudobný štýl spájal jazz, soul, blues, gospel i klasiku, inšpirovanú najmä Bachom. Rolling Stone ju zaradil medzi najväčšie speváčky všetkých čias a v roku 2018 bola uvedená do Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Album The Montreux Years vyšiel na dvojalbume LP a predstavuje prierez všetkými piatimi vystúpeniami umelkyne na prestížnom švajčiarskom Montreux Jazz Festival z rokov 1968, 1976, 1981, 1987 a 1990. Kolekcia zahŕňa jej najznámejšie skladby (My Baby Just Cares for Me, Four Women, I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free), ako aj menej známe perly ako Montreux Blues či francúzsku verziu Ne Me Quitte Pas. Nahrávky zachytávajú energiu a emotívnu hĺbku jej legendárnych koncertných prejavov.
Skladby
LP1
1. A1 Someone to Watch Over Me (Intro) (Live At Casino Montreux, 10th July 1987)
2. A2 Backlash Blues (Live At Casino Montreux, 3rd July 1976)
3. A3 I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free (Live At Casino Montreux, 3rd July 1976)
4. A4 See-Line Woman (Live At Casino Montreux, 13th July 1990)
5. B1 Little Girl Blue (Pt. 1 and 2) (Live At Casino Montreux, 3rd July 1976)
6. B2 Don't Smoke in Bed (Live At Casino Montreux, 13th July 1990)
7. B3 Stars (Live At Casino Montreux, 3rd July 1976)
8. B4 What a Little Moonlight Can Do (Live At Casino Montreux, 13th July 1990)
LP2
1. C1 African Mailman (Live At Casino Montreux, 3rd July 1976)
2. C2 Just in Time (Live At Casino Kursaal, 16th June 1968)
3. C3 Four Women (Live At Casino Montreux, 13th July 1990)
4. C4 No Woman No Cry (Live At Casino Montreux, 13th July 1990)
5. D1 Liberian Calypso (Live At Casino Montreux, 13th July 1990)
6. D2 Ne Me Quitte Pas (Live At Casino Montreux, 13th July 1990)
7. D3 Montreux Blues (Live At Casino Montreux, 19th July 1981)
8. D4 My Baby Just Cares for Me (Live At Casino Montreux, 13th July 1990)
