Jazz Articles about Nina Simone

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Nina Simone: Baltimore

by Jim Santella
March 7, 2005

Nina Simone was called “The High Priestess of Soul." We remember her for the eclectic approach she applied to pop music and the emotion she poured into her music every time out. While Baltimore wasn't among her most memorable projects, it does offer a clear picture of the artist's spirit. This reissue provides an opportunity for collectors to secure a sampling of her lesser-known material.

Folk, pop, reggae, and gospel all come together on one program where Simone ...

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Nina Simone: Recognition of a Signifyin' Songbird

by Marc Minsker
January 16, 2005

Nina Simone spent her entire life jumping. Jumping from one continent to another, from the South to the North, from the church to the blues, from jazz to pop. Her incredibly diverse repertoire demonstrates the kind of genre-hopping she undertook during her long and illustrious career. But what's most impressive about Nina Simone's work is not the sheer the number of songs she sang and played on piano (well over 500 tunes at one point) nor is it her distinct, ...

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I Put a Spell on You

by Kyle Simpler
October 20, 2003

I Put a Spell on You Nina Simone with Stephen Cleary Da Capo Books ISBN: 0306813270 2003

When Nina Simone died earlier this year, the world lost one of its most memorable voices. She rose from a depression-era southern background to become not only “the high priestess of soul” but an important figure of the Civil Rights Movement during the 1960s. Fortunately, she left behind quite an impressive musical legacy, ...

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Nina Simone: To Love Somebody

by Trevor MacLaren
February 7, 2003

Nina Simone To Love Somebody RCA 1969

In the changing ways and times that were the late sixties, jazz was about to grasp some very revolutionary changes itself. Readers are likely to recall the work that was about to become the legendary genre of fusion. Although fusion was all about to happen, a record by one of the jazz's most overlooked innovators was already out, To Love Somebody by pianist/vocalist Nina Simone. The recording ...