Nina Simone
@ninasimone
Official Bluesky for the Estate & Legacy of Dr. Nina Simone Pianist | Singer | Songwriter | Activist | Icon High Priestess of Soul
"Nobody knows how deep my love for you really goes..." - #ninasimone #thatsalliask - 🎨 by Earl Gold
36 years ago today - on July 22nd, 1990 - #ninasimone performed at the One World Music Festival in Cologne #someonetowatchoverme
Celebrating the life and legacy of Jimmy Scott today, on what would have been his 101st birthday. #littlejimmyscott #jimmyscott - 📷 by Bleddyn Butcher
57 years ago today - on July 15th, 1969 - #ninasimone appeared on The David Frost Show #aintgotno #igotlife
36 years ago today - on July 13th, 1990 - #ninasimone performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival #fourwomen
39 years ago today - on July 10th, 1987 - #ninasimone performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival #someonetowatchoverme
“Oh sinnerman, where you gonna run to…” - #ninasimone #sinnerman - 🎨 by Objectif Lune
50 years ago today — on July 3rd, 1976 — #ninasimone performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival, giving what is now considered to be one of her most poignant and provocative concerts.
41 years ago today - on June 26th, 1985 - #ninasimone performed at the Kool Jazz Festival in NY. A few months later Nina was interviewed by John Wade for Late Night America in Detroit where she discussed her refusal to be considered as only a “jazz” artist.
58 years ago today — on June 16th, 1968 — #ninasimone performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival #seelinewoman - 📷 by Jan Persson
BEHIND THE TRACK: That's All I Ask • Written by Horace Ott • Originally released in 1966 on Nina Simone's album 'Wild Is The Wind' • Popular cover version(s) recorded by Jeff Buckley #ninasimone #thatsalliask #wildisthewind
Happy Birthday, Duke Ellington! #dukeellington #heavenlybirthday #ninasimone - 📷 by Herb Snitzer
BEHIND THE TRACK: Baltimore (photos by Robert Breck Chapman) Stay tuned this Friday for a Baltimore remix from Supershy via Verve Remixed! #ninasimone #baltimore
Revisiting this gem from Amerigo Gazaway. Stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-THq...
“You’ll miss the greatest mama that you ever ever ever had…” - #ninasimone #afteryouvegone - 🎨 by PorfirioArt4U
“When I was a young girl, I used to seek pleasure…” - #ninasimone #wheniwasayounggirl - 🎨 artist unknown
