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    American singer, songwriter and pianist and civil rights activist (1933–2003)
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    Nina Simone was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, composer, arranger, and civil rights activist. Her music spanned styles including classical, folk, gospel, blues, jazz, R&B, and pop. Her piano playing was strongly influenced by baroque and classical music, especially Johann Sebastian Bach, and accompanied expressive, jazz-like singing in her contralto voice. The sixth of eight children born into a poor family in North Carolina, Simone initially aspired to be a concert pianist. With the help of a few supporters in her hometown, she enrolled in the Juilliard School of Music in New York City. She then applied for a scholarship to study at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where, despite a well received audition, she was denied admission, which she attributed to racism. In 2003, just days before her death, the institute awarded her an honorary degree. Early in her career, to make a living, Simone played piano at a nightclub in Atlantic City. Wikipedia

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    Nina Simone (/ ˈ n iː n ə s ɪ ˈ m oʊ n / NEE-nə sim-OHN; [1] born Eunice Kathleen Waymon; February 21, 1933 - April 21, 2003) was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, composer, arranger, and civil rights activist.Her music spanned styles including classical, folk, gospel, blues, jazz, R&B, and pop.Her piano playing was strongly influenced by baroque and classical music, especially ...
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    Dec 16, 2024Nina Simone (born February 21, 1933, Tryon, North Carolina, U.S.—died April 21, 2003, Carry-le-Rouet, France) was an American singer who created urgent emotional intensity by singing songs of love, protest, and Black empowerment in a dramatic style, with a rough-edged voice.. A precocious child, Simone played piano and organ in girlhood. She became sensitive to racism when at age 12 she gave ...
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  6. womenshistory.org

    Nina Simone was born Eunice Kathleen Waymon on February 21, 1933, in Tryon, North Carolina. Her mother, Mary Kate Irvin, was a Methodist preacher and housekeeper, and her father, John Divine Waymon, worked as an entertainer, barber, and dry-cleaner. The family's home was filled with music and Simone's mother encouraged her musical pursuits ...
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    The Official Home of Nina Simone

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    Simone's multi-faceted and radical story is laid bare on 'Nina Simone: The Montreux Years'. From Nina's glorious and emotional 1968 performance to her fiery and unpredictable concert in 1976, one of the festival's most remarkable performances ever witnessed, the collection includes recordings from all of her five legendary Montreux ...
  8. chaospin.com

    Apr 17, 2024Here's our pick of the 10 best Nina Simone songs of all time. 10. I Ain't Got No / I've Got Life. The album 'Nuff Said was recorded at the Westbury Music Fair just three days after the assassination of Martin Luther King. The program was dedicated to his memory, and the album captures the shock and the raw emotion that followed his death.
  9. picturingblackhistory.org

    Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images. By 1963, jazz musician Nina Simone already had an established music career. But two events that year permanently altered her direction. The first was the murder of NAACP activist Medgar Evers on June 12.
  10. simple.wikipedia.org

    Nina Simone (born Eunice Kathleen Waymon; February 21, 1933 - April 21, 2003) was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist. Simone did not like people to classify her music, or say what genre it fell into, but people often call her a jazz musician. She was often called "The High Priestess of Soul".

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