Originally recorded in 1985, following a lengthy semi-retirement from the music business, NINA'S BACK is pure Nina Simone.
Her vocals and piano front a small and sympathetic band on a well-chosen set of standards and several Simone originals.
Of those, "Fodder For Her Wings" and the intensely personal "I Sing Just To Know I Am Alive" rank among Nina Simone's finest late-era compositions.
The other tracks, particularly an inviting "It's Cold Out There," are equally fine.