Original flyer for a series of performances by Nina Simone and Geoffrey Holder at the Village Gate and a concert by Simone at Hunter College, 1960

New York: Village Gate, 1960. Vintage flyer announcing a series of performances by Nina Simone, Geoffrey Holder, Bill Harris, the Ramsey Lewis Trio, and Elly Stone at the Village Gate, and a concert by Nina Simone at Hunter College, 1960.

The Village Gate performances announced on the flyer include Nina Simone, Geoffrey Holder, and Bill Harris, September 8 through September 17, 1960, and Geoffrey Holder, the Ramsey Lewis Trio, and Elly Stone, September 19 through October 11, 1960, with an announcement of a Nina Simone concert, Friday, October 21, 1960 at the Main Hall at Hunter College, in the lower third of the flyer.

A arts polymath, (truncated) Geoffrey Holder was a dancer, choreographer, actor, composer, musician, designer, and painter. He made his Broadway debut in 1954 in the Truman Capote musical "House of Flowers," and was the principal dancer for the Metropolitan Opera in 1955-1956. Holder began his film career in 1957, and his best known as the villainous Voodoo henchman Baron Samedi in the 1973 James Bond film "Live and Let Die," directed by Guy Hamilton, and starring Roger Moore.

8.5 x 11 inches. Near Fine, with faint toning to the extremities. (Inventory #: 159886)