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| DR. NINA SIMONE (Eunice Kathleen Waymon) SINGER - PIANIST - ARRANGER - COMPOSER QUEEN OF AFRICAN ROOTED CLASSICAL MUSIC HONORARY DOCTOR IN MUSIC AND HUMANITIES 2/21/33-4/21/03 |
| This is a tribute to Dr. Nina Simone - one of our most gifted, provocative and, unfortunately, under appreciated musicians. Nina Simone deserves to be kept high in public esteem for her powerful music and passionate work for civil rights. She may have left this world somewhat bitter - and rightfully so - but perhaps we can fight to keep her memory as timeless as her music. |
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| Nina was dubbed the 'High Priestess of Soul' but she did not prefer this title as she did not want to be labeled as a strictly or mainly "soul" artist. She felt these types of categorizations were often rooted in racism. With respect for Nina's versatility as an artist, it seems more appropriate to use the title High Priestess of Song as it doesn't attribute any particular genre to her music while it recognizes her as the religious figure she is to many of her fans. You can use the navigation menu on the left to learn all about Dr. Simone's life, music, social contributions and her ongoing legacy. |
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| Dr. Nina Simone’s daughter, Simone, has recorded a big band tribute to her mother produced by Grammy-winning jazz musician and arranger Bob Belden: “Simone on Simone”. |
| “Protest Anthology” is a collection of eight previously unreleased video interviews, in which Dr. Nina Simone expresses her views on political and racial issues, and eleven unheard tracks. This is the first in a series of five anthologies of Dr. Simone rarities, produced by Simone’s ex-husband and manager Andy Stroud. |
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| Nina Simone was one of those controversial figures American pop music puts forward from time to time, with the notable exception that she started her controversy earlier in the 1960s than, say, Bob Dylan. To see this African-American woman get angry about the racial situation in her country, right there on stage, was a shock to people who'd come to hear her sing "I Loves You, Porgy." Not that she cared; she figured that it was the artist's job to deliver the truth, and if the truth hurt, so be it. Of course, events wound up proving her right, but she never stopped being prickly about one thing or another. It was just part of who she was, and part of why her music has endured while that of some of her contemporaries has faded: she's still contemporary.
To Be Free: The Nina Simone Story is a 3 CD Career Retrospective (1957-1993) including her work for Bethlehem, Colpix, Philips, RCA, CTI and Elektra, PLUS a DVD featuring the 1970 Emmy-nominated never-before-released documentary. This package includes 54 songs, 8 previously unreleased tracks, including some never recorded elsewhere. The box includes all chart hits (U.S. and U.K.) and her most famous signature songs. An added bonus are liner notes which include track-by-track commentary from Simone biographer, David Nathan, and introduction by Ed Ward, NPR's "rock & roll historian", and never-before-seen photos from her family archives, recording sessions and performances. |
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| DVD: Jazz Icons - Nina Simone Live 1965 & 1968
Jazz Icons is doing for jazz what the Criterion Collection has done for classic and important films. This is the folk Nina (The Ballad of Hollis Brown) and the jazz Nina (Love Me Or Leave Me) presented here in live club and TV performances in typically Nina Simone spellbinding fashion. Nina recalls the passion, fury and angst of the Civil Rights struggle and the 1960s with impassioned renditions of Brown Baby, Four Women and Mississippi Goddamn. This collection of Nina Simone, a superb vocalist-pianist who absolutely defied catergorization, includes a stirring rendition of her signature song I Loves You Porgy. Featuring a 24 page booklet with liner notes by Rob Bowman, forward by Nina's daughter, Lisa Simone Kelly, rare photographs, and memorabilia collage. |
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