This 180 gram purple virgin vinyl LP reissue of Nina Simones Forbidden Fruit includes three bonus tracks. On the 1960/1 recording Nina sings and plays piano, accompanied by Al Shackman, guitar Chris White, bass and Bobby Hamilton, drums. The bonus tracks are from 1957 with Jimmy Bond on bass and Albert Tootie Heath on drums. The specially prepared liner notes are by Penguin Guide to Jazzs writer Brian Morton and by Frances prestigious Jazz Magazine. With Forbidden Fruit, Simone became one of the defining voices of the 1960s. Penguin Guide to Jazz