A Goddess and Queen Nina Simone, STARS
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jujube
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I visited her home in Tryon, NC, this summer. It has been designated a "National Treasure" and will become a sort of museum when it has been fully repaired.
A Raised Voice
How Nina Simone turned the movement into music. (LINK)
Simone with James Baldwin in the early sixties. Her intelligence and restless force attracted African-American culture’s finest minds.
How Nina Simone turned the movement into music. (LINK)
Simone with James Baldwin in the early sixties. Her intelligence and restless force attracted African-American culture’s finest minds.
OneEyedDiva
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I heard a V-Jay interview Ms. Simone while riding in the car with my husband several years ago. I was so disappointed. My God was that woman rude! I saw no reason for it.
I love her music .. disappointing to hear about her rudeness.
Nina Simone: Sound of Silence
"Sound of Silence" performed by @Nina Simone (Simon and Garfunkel). Recording session: Studio, 1968 during trip for Montreux Jazz Festival
Nina Simone: Blues For Mama
"Blues For Mama" performed by @Nina Simone Recording session: August 25, 1967 in Berlin. Gala evening on German television for the inauguration of color broadcasting.
old medic
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You should have swung by and said hello...we're about 10 miles away...
Nina Simone - Wikipedia
1965
Eunice Kathleen Waymon (February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003), known professionally as Nina Simone, was an American singer, songwriter, musician, arranger, and civil rights activist. Her music spanned a broad range of musical styles including classical, jazz, blues, folk, R&B, gospel, and pop.
The sixth of eight children born to a poor family in Tryon, North Carolina, Simone initially aspired to be a concert pianist.[1] With the help of a few supporters in her hometown, she enrolled in the Juilliard School of Music in New York City.[2] She then applied for a scholarship to study at the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where she was denied admission despite a well-received audition,[3] which she attributed to racial discrimination. In 2003, just days before her death, the Institute awarded her an honorary degree.[4]
To make a living, Simone started playing piano at a nightclub in Atlantic City. She changed her name to "Nina Simone" to disguise herself from family members, having chosen to play "the devil's music"[3] or so-called "cocktail piano". She was told in the nightclub that she would have to sing to her own accompaniment, which effectively launched her career as a jazz vocalist.[5] She went on to record more than 40 albums between 1958 and 1974, making her debut with Little Girl Blue. She had a hit single in the United States in 1958 with "I Loves You, Porgy".[1] Her musical style fused gospel and pop with classical music, in particular Johann Sebastian Bach,[6] and accompanied expressive, jazz-like singing in her contralto voice.[7][8]
1965
Eunice Kathleen Waymon (February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003), known professionally as Nina Simone, was an American singer, songwriter, musician, arranger, and civil rights activist. Her music spanned a broad range of musical styles including classical, jazz, blues, folk, R&B, gospel, and pop.
The sixth of eight children born to a poor family in Tryon, North Carolina, Simone initially aspired to be a concert pianist.[1] With the help of a few supporters in her hometown, she enrolled in the Juilliard School of Music in New York City.[2] She then applied for a scholarship to study at the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where she was denied admission despite a well-received audition,[3] which she attributed to racial discrimination. In 2003, just days before her death, the Institute awarded her an honorary degree.[4]
To make a living, Simone started playing piano at a nightclub in Atlantic City. She changed her name to "Nina Simone" to disguise herself from family members, having chosen to play "the devil's music"[3] or so-called "cocktail piano". She was told in the nightclub that she would have to sing to her own accompaniment, which effectively launched her career as a jazz vocalist.[5] She went on to record more than 40 albums between 1958 and 1974, making her debut with Little Girl Blue. She had a hit single in the United States in 1958 with "I Loves You, Porgy".[1] Her musical style fused gospel and pop with classical music, in particular Johann Sebastian Bach,[6] and accompanied expressive, jazz-like singing in her contralto voice.[7][8]
