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Eunice Kathleen Waymon, better known by her stage name Nina Simone (IPA: ˈniːnə sɨˈmoʊn) (February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003), was a fifteen-time Grammy Award-nominated american singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist.
Although she disliked being categorized, Simone is generally classified as a jazz musician; She personally preferred the term “black classical music”. Simone originally aspired to become a classical pianist, but her work covers an eclectic variety of musical styles besides her classical basis, such as jazz, soul, folk, rnb, gospel, and pop music. Her vocal style (with an alto vocal range) is characterized by intense passion, breathiness, and tremolo. Sometimes known as the High Priestess of Soul, she paid great attention to the musical expression of emotions. Within one album or concert she could fluctuate between exuberant happiness or tragic melancholy. These fluctuations also characterized her own personality and personal life, worsened by a bipolar disorder with which she was diagnosed in the mid-sixties, but was kept secret until 2004.
Simone recorded over 40 live and studio albums, the biggest body of her work being released between 1958 (when she made her debut with Little Girl Blue) and 1974.
Although she disliked being categorized, Simone is generally classified as a jazz musician; She personally preferred the term “black classical music”. Simone originally aspired to become a classical pianist, but her work covers an eclectic variety of musical styles besides her classical basis, such as jazz, soul, folk, rnb, gospel, and pop music. Her vocal style (with an alto vocal range) is characterized by intense passion, breathiness, and tremolo. Sometimes known as the High Priestess of Soul, she paid great attention to the musical expression of emotions. Within one album or concert she could fluctuate between exuberant happiness or tragic melancholy. These fluctuations also characterized her own personality and personal life, worsened by a bipolar disorder with which she was diagnosed in the mid-sixties, but was kept secret until 2004.
Simone recorded over 40 live and studio albums, the biggest body of her work being released between 1958 (when she made her debut with Little Girl Blue) and 1974.
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My Baby Just Cares For Me (Jazz Club)
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Ne Me Quitte Pas
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Little Girl Blue
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I Put A Spell On You
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Love Me Or Leave Me
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Here Comes The Sun
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I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl
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I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free
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To Love Somebody
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I Loves You Porgy
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Mood Indigo
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Wild Is The Wind
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Work Song
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Strange Fruit
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Vorobushkina wrote:
Like her voice. It's amazing!!!
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kajalkero wrote:
Does anyone know where you can get the doco Nina Simone: La Legende? I can't find it anywhere.
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cliquott wrote:
her voice is so addictive
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Space_Doggy wrote:
I AM SO HAPPY! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0493076/
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GaLv_ wrote:
"black" singers make better music than most of the "white" singers
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mathewjordan wrote:
hero
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idonthaveidea wrote:
I love her
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Bananasaur wrote:
An idol and inspiration of mine. So genius.
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Space_Doggy wrote:
and me too
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manunison wrote:
me too!
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stuntcat wrote:
dammit, I should be in the very top listeners!!!!!! <3 <3
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hetisjeboy wrote:
sinnerman remix wit felix da housecat is such an ace tune!
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andreworopeza wrote:
she's selling cellphones from beyond the grave. [grrr]
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Count_Blah wrote:
Strange Fruit
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whythe60shateus wrote:
Love .___.
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socialdemocrat wrote:
@FarCrysss: You lost the war: find a constructive way to deal with your anger, and get over it.
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davidsantoza wrote:
it almost makes me cry. i call it happiness. ♥
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deep_artofsin wrote:
rarely have i heard of such a beautiful voice..
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tamuss_geniuss wrote:
♥
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"# FarCrysss wrote: Saturday evening what a slut View Profile | Leave FarCrysss a shout" shut up.
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In the grand hierarchy of the greatest African-American female vocalists of the 20th century – Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Mahalia Jackson, Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington, and ...
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