Nina Simone

Nina Simone was a singer, pianist, and songwriter from the USA whose music joined jazz, blues, classical training, gospel, folk, and civil-rights protest. Her best-known recordings include I Loves You, Porgy, Feeling Good, Mississippi Goddam, and Sinnerman. Simone’s performances often carried the intensity of theatre, politics, and improvisation at once.

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