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 | See-Line Woman | Verve Remixed |
2 | Sinnerman (Get By) | Kanye West-The Samples (Vol. 2 |
3 | This Year's Kiss | Finest Hour |
4 | Four Women | Finest Hour |
5 | Love Me Or Leave Me | House Of The Rising Sun |
6 | Funkier Than A Mosquito's Tweeter | Skye Presents The Breaks |
7 | After You've Gone | House Of The Rising Sun |
8 | Ain't No Use | House Of The Rising Sun |
9 | Mississippi Goddam | Finest Hour |
10 | Strange fruit | Jazz Masters 17 |
11 | See-Line Woman (Masters At Work remix) | Verve Remixed |
12 | Don't Explain | Finest Hour |
13 | Central Park Blues | House Of The Rising Sun |
14 | Four Women | House Of The Rising Sun |
15 | Feelin' Good | Verve Remixed |
16 | Pirate Jenny | Finest Hour |
17 | The Other Woman | Finest Hour |
18 | I Loves You, Porgy | Finest Hour |
19 | See-Line Woman | Verve Remixed |
20 | African Mailman | House Of The Rising Sun |