Artist
Nina Simone
Nina Simone is a jazz artist from North Carolina, USA formed in 1954. 53 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Jazz · North Carolina, USA · Best jazz albums
- 53
- Releases
- 1959–2023
- Active years
- 1954
- Formed
Artist
Nina Simone is a jazz artist from North Carolina, USA formed in 1954. 53 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Jazz · North Carolina, USA · Best jazz albums
Most popular
Nina Simone Sings the Blues
1967
Baltimore
1978
Here Comes the Sun
1971
Silk & Soul
1967
A Single Woman
1993
Black Gold
1969
Forbidden Fruit
1961
The Amazing Nina Simone
1959
To Love Somebody
1969
Folksy Nina
1964
Best of Nina Simone
2023
Nina Simone at Town Hall
2022
Nina at Newport (60th Anniversary Edition) (Live)
2020
New World Coming
2020
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
2018
The Colpix Singles (Mono; 2017 Remaster)
2018
Mood Indigo: The Complete Bethlehem Singles
2018
Nina with Strings
2015
It Is Finished (Expanded Edition)
2012
At the Village Gate
2012
Emergency Ward (Expanded Edition)
2012
'Nuff Said (Expanded Edition)
2012
Nina Simone Sings Ellington
2011
Nina Simone at Newport
2009
The Very Best of Nina Simone Volume 2
2006
The Very Best of Nina Simone
2006
At Carnegie Hall
2005
The Greatest Hits
2003
Anthology
2003
Midnite Jazz & Blues: I Loves You Porgy
2000
The Very Best Of Nina Simone 1967-1972 - Sugar In My Bowl
1998
At Newport, at The Village Gate, and Elsewhere…
1998
Feeling Good: The Very Best of Nina Simone
1994
A Single Woman: The Complete Elektra Recordings
1993
The Essential Nina Simone
1993
The Best Of - The Colpix Years
1992
Pastel Blues / Let It All Out
1990
In Concert / I Put a Spell on You
1990
Nina's Back
1985
My Baby Just Cares for Me
1982
In Concert: Emergency Ward!
1972
Nina Simone and Piano!
1970
High Priestess of Soul
1967
Wild Is the Wind
1966
Let It All Out
1966
Nina Simone With Strings
1966
Pastel Blues
1965
I Put a Spell on You
1965
Broadway Blues Ballads
1964
Little Girl Blue
1959
At Town Hall
1959
Nina Simone and Her Friends: An Intimate Variety of Vocal Charm
1959
Eunice Kathleen Waymon, better known by her stage name Nina Simone, was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist widely associated with jazz music. Simone aspired to become a classical pianist while working in a broad range of styles including classical, jazz, blues, folk, R&B, gospel, and pop. Born the sixth child of a preacher's family in North Carolina, Simone aspired to be a concert pianist. Her musical path changed direction after she was denied a scholarship to the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, despite a well-received audition. Simone was later told by someone working at Curtis that she was rejected because she was black. When she began playing in a small club in Philadelphia to fund her continuing musical education and become a classical pianist she was required to sing as well. She was approached for a recording by Bethlehem Records, and her rendering of "I Loves You Porgy" was a hit in the United States in 1958. Over the length of her career Simone recorded more than 40 albums, mostly between 1958 - when she made her debut with Little Girl Blue - and 1974. Her musical style arose from a fusion of gospel and pop s…
