A Single Woman is the final studio album by the singer Nina Simone, released in 1993 via Elektra Records.
In November of 2025, Omnivore Records released A Single Woman: The Complete Elektra Recordings- a double-album featuring the complete collection of material that Simone recorded during those sessions. It features covers of Bob Dylan, Prince, The Beatles, and Bob Marley, originally intended for a follow-up album that never happened. https://omnivorerecordings.com/shop/a-single-woman/
Critical reception The Times wrote: "Despite the strings, the woodwinds, the French accordions or the 'My Way' overtones of many of these songs, [Simone] speaks with bleak honesty and unashamed recalcitrance to many people who value such qualities above sham professionalism or artifice."
Reviewing a reissue, Clash wrote that Simone's "voice is richer and deeper; her phrasing resembles more than ever the tender voicing of a jazz trumpet."
Track listing
Personnel Nina Simone – vocals, piano John Chiodini, Al Schackman – guitar John Clayton, Steve Edelman, Christopher Hanulik, Jim Hughart, Buell Neidlinger, John Peña, Susan Ranney, Margaret Storer, David Young – bass guitar Mike Melvoin – piano Andre Fischer, Jeff Hamilton, Paul Robinson – drums Larry Bunker, Darryl Munyungo Jackson, Bill Summers – percussion Gerald Albright – tenor saxophone Jack Sheldon – trumpet Frank Marocco – accordion Ann Stockton, Carol Robbins – harp Assa Drori, Connie Kupka, Gina Kronstadt, Gordon Marron, Henry Ferber, Irving Geller, Isabelle Daskoff, Israel Baker, Jay Rosen, Joel Derouin, Kathleen Lenski, Mari Tsumura, Mark Cargill, Shari Zippert, Yvette Devereaux – violin Evan Wilson, Herschel Wise, Margot MacLaine, Marilyn Baker, Rollice Dale – viola David Speltz, Frederick Seykora, Igor Horoshevsky, Marie Fera, Melissa Hasin, Suzie Katayama – cello Bob Tricarico, Earl Dumler, Gary Foster, Jack Nimitz, Jeff Clayton, Jon Kip, Valerie King – woodwind, reeds Brad Warnaar, Jeff DeRosa, Marilyn Johnson, Richard Todd – French horn Gerald Vinci – concertmaster, violin Jeremy Lubbock, John Clayton, Richard Evans, Nina Simone, Andre Fischer – arrangements
Technical Andre Fischer – Producer Al Schmitt – mixing, recording Michael Alago – executive producer Carol Friedman – photography
Charts Chart (1993) Peak position US Jazz Albums19
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