Eunice Kathleen Waymon, better known by her stage name Nina Simone (IPA: nin?? s??m??n??) (February 21, 1933 ??? April 21, 2003), was a fifteen-time Grammy Award-nominated american singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist. Although she disliked being categorized, Simone is generally classified as a jazz musician; She personally preferred the term "black classical music". Simone originally aspired to become a classical pianist, but her work covers an eclectic variety of musical styles besides her classical basis, such as jazz, soul, folk, rnb, gospel, and pop music. Her vocal style (with an alto vocal range) is characterized by intense passion, breathiness, and tremolo. Sometimes known as the High Priestess of Soul, she paid great attention to the musical expression of emotions. Within one album or concert she could fluctuate between exuberant happiness or tragic melancholy. These fluctuations also characterized her own personality and personal life, worsened by a bipolar disorder with which she was diagnosed in the mid-sixties, but was kept secret until 2004.
1 | I Put A Spell On You | Finest Hour |
2 | Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood | Finest Hour |
3 | Work Song | Finest Hour |
4 | Don't Smoke In Bed | House Of The Rising Sun |
5 | See-Line Woman (Masters At Work remix) | Verve Remixed |
6 | African Mailman | House Of The Rising Sun |
7 | Little Girl Blue | Finest Hour |
8 | See-Line Woman | Verve Remixed |
9 | Four Women | House Of The Rising Sun |
10 | This Year's Kiss | Finest Hour |
11 | Sinnerman (Get By) | Kanye West-The Samples (Vol. 2 |
12 | Ain't No Use | House Of The Rising Sun |
13 | Mississippi Goddam | Finest Hour |
14 | Ne Me Quitte Pas | Finest Hour |
15 | Wild Is The Wind | Finest Hour |
16 | See-Line Woman | Verve Remixed |
17 | Pirate Jenny | Finest Hour |
18 | Fodder On Her Wings | House Of The Rising Sun |
19 | I Got It Bad & That Ain't Good | The Big Lebowski |
20 | Don't Explain | Finest Hour |