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Nina Simone
Nina Simone is a jazz artist from North Carolina, USA formed in 1954. 58 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Jazz · North Carolina, USA · Best jazz albums
- 58
- Releases
- 1959–2026
- Active years
- 1954
- Formed
Discography
56
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Nina Simone Sings the Blues
1967 · 13 tracks
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
The Colpix Singles (Mono; 2017 Remaster)
2018
Mood Indigo: The Complete Bethlehem Singles
2018
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
2018
Nina with Strings
2015
'Nuff Said (Expanded Edition)
2012
At the Village Gate
2012
It Is Finished (Expanded Edition)
2012
Emergency Ward (Expanded Edition)
2012
Nina at the Village Gate
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
At Newport
2005
Anthology
2003
The Greatest Hits
2003
Midnite Jazz & Blues: I Loves You Porgy
2000
At Newport, at The Village Gate, and Elsewhere…
1998
The Very Best Of Nina Simone 1967-1972 - Sugar In My Bowl
1998
Feeling Good: The Very Best of Nina Simone
1994
The Essential Nina Simone
1993
A Single Woman: The Complete Elektra Recordings
1993
The Best Of - The Colpix Years
1992
In Concert / I Put a Spell on You
1990
Pastel Blues / Let It All Out
1990
Nina's Back
1985
My Baby Just Cares for Me
1982
In Concert: Emergency Ward!
1972
Nina Simone and Piano!
1970
The Best Of Nina Simone
1970
High Priestess of Soul
1967
Let It All Out
1966
Nina Simone With Strings
1966
Wild Is the Wind
1966
Pastel Blues
1965
I Put a Spell on You
1965
Broadway Blues Ballads
1964
Nina's Choice
1963
At Town Hall
1959
Little Girl Blue
1959
Nina Simone and Her Friends: An Intimate Variety of Vocal Charm
1959
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About
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.
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Her musical style arose from a fusion of gospel and pop songs with classical music, in particular with influences from her first inspiration, Johann Sebastian Bach, and accompanied with her expressive jazz-like singing in her characteristic contralto. She injected as much of her classical background into her music as possible to give it more depth and quality, as she felt that pop music was inferior to classical. Her intuitive grasp on the audience-performer relationship was gained from a unique background of playing piano accompaniment for church revivals and sermons regularly from the early age of six years old. After 20 years of performing, she became involved in the civil rights movement and the direction of her life shifted once again. Simone's music was highly influential in the fight for equal rights in the US.
Nina Simone in brief
- How many Nina Simone releases are on Riffiter?
- 58 releases are catalogued, spanning 1959 to 2026.
- When was Nina Simone formed?
- Nina Simone formed in 1954, in North Carolina, USA.
- What genre is Nina Simone?
- Nina Simone is catalogued under Jazz.
- What is the most recent Nina Simone release on Riffiter?
- Tell Me More And More And Then Some (dublon Remix), released in 2026.