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 | Strange fruit | Jazz Masters 17 |
2 | Work Song | Finest Hour |
3 | Feelin' Good (Joe Claussell remix) | Verve Remixed |
4 | See-Line Woman (Masters At Work remix) | Verve Remixed |
5 | African Mailman | House Of The Rising Sun |
6 | Saratoga | House Of The Rising Sun |
7 | Little Girl Blue | Finest Hour |
8 | The Look Of Love (Madison Park Vs. Lenny B Remix) | Sex And The City Original Soundtrack |
9 | Don't Explain | Finest Hour |
10 | Here Comes The Sun (Francois K. Remix) | Hed Kandi: Serve Chilled 2008 |
11 | It's Cold Out Here | House Of The Rising Sun |
12 | Four Women | Finest Hour |
13 | I Got It Bad & That Ain't Good | The Big Lebowski |
14 | Good Bait | House Of The Rising Sun |
15 | See-Line Woman | Verve Remixed |
16 | Ain't No Use | House Of The Rising Sun |
17 | Four Women | House Of The Rising Sun |
18 | See-Line Woman | Verve Remixed |
19 | Love Me Or Leave Me | Finest Hour |
20 | Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood | Finest Hour |