A look at the Nina Simone cover of 'I Put A Spell On You' and how it's her greatest vocal performance in a career of great ...

There was another ... The release of this magnificent album, recorded live at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1966, is headline news for fans of Nina Simone. None of the material, all of it high grade, ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Mt. Olivet Baptist Church honored Jazz singer Nina Simone with a gala and Spring jazz concert. The Mt. Olivet church concert featured multiple musical groups including ...

Nina Simone's daughter is a jazz singer just like her late mother Nina Simone was not only a cultural icon, jazz singer and civil rights activist, she was also a mother to her daughter Lisa Simone.

Nina Simone’s timeless legacy isn’t just heard ... Just three years later, she embraced the regal Nefertiti-inspired updo at the Newport Jazz Festival, a style that cemented her as a beauty ...

Johan Grimonprez's film charts both the hopes and the tragedies of Africa's freedom movements in the shadow of the Cold War, as the Soviet Union and the U.S. jockey for influence in the "new world." ...

Nina Simone: vocals, piano; Eric Gale, Everett Barksdale, Rudy Stevenson: guitar; Weldon Irvine, Richard Tee: organ; Ernie Hayes: piano, harpsichord; Gene Taylor ...

Nina Simone was a luminary who continues to shape the world and new artists to this day. But before she became the High Priestess of Soul, Simone was Eunice Waymon, a girl from North Carolina ...

Alyn Shipton presents jazz records of all styles including music from Nina Simone, Soft Machine, Stan Kenton, Sara Niemietz and more. Get in touch: [email protected] Show more Alyn Shipton presents ...

The marriage of jazz and fragrance has always proven intoxicating: Nina Simone’s version of “My Baby Just Cares for Me”, which underscored a 1986 advertisement for Chanel No5, is only one ...

For two weeks every summer in Switzerland, the shores of Lake Geneva metamorphosize into a stage for the Montreux Jazz Festival ... Bob Dylan, Nina Simone, Marvin Gaye, Miles Davis, Ms. Lauryn ...

Simone made a career of standing in her power and held that truth almost to the point of reverence. This can often be hard, but Simone shows us that it’s worth it.