Nina Simone - Vinyl Story [LP + ILLUSTRATED BOOK]

Diggers Factory

£28.78

Format: LP + ILLUSTRATED BOOK
Catalogue No.: VS5
Barcode: 3760300317662
Release Date: 09 Sep 2022
Genre: Jazz

TRACKLISTING:
A1. Wild is The Wind
A2. Willow Weep For Me
A3. Blue Prelude
A4. Love Me or Leave Me
A5. I Don’t Want Him
B1. My Baby Just Cares For Me
B2. Something To Live For
B3. Mood Indigo
B4. Little Girl Blue
B5. The Other Woman

Nina Simone rightly belongs in the Pantheon of exceptional voices, as an immense artist whose fervour and mastery of the piano made every performance a uniquely original work of jazz, soul and classical music combined.

A whirlwind of triumphs and frustrations characterized her life, perhaps explained by a mixture of exceptional gifts, a seriously classical piano education, and three critical episodes that came without warning: the Curtis Institute's refusal to accept her as a pupil; the departure of her husband and manager; and the suffering of black people in Sixties' America. These circumstances forged her into one of the most gifted vocalists of her generation, as well as one of its most controversial personalities, fascinating milli