In her autobiography I Put a Spell on You, Nina Simone recalled her Greenwich Village days, when the micro scenes that had formed around folk, blues, and jazz all embraced the singer-pianist with equal fervor. The album of the same name, her third for Philips, illustrates why that was: Simone covers everyone from Screamin' Jay Hawkins to Jacques Brei to contemporary Broadway songsmiths Newley and Bricusse, subsuming all these sources into her own inimitable artistic persona. Her voice is haunted, spellbinding, fragile yet commanding all at once, fluent in rock, soul, jazz, and everything in between; her piano underscoring is consummately tasteful and unpredictable. - Apple Music