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1. www.newyorker.com › magazine › 2014/08/11The Many Battles of Nina Simone - The New Yorker

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   Aug 3, 2014 · Claudia Roth Pierpont on how the struggle for civil rights shaped Nina Simone’s life and career, and on a controversial new movie, “Nina,” starring Zoe Saldana.

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2. nowordsnosong.medium.com › i-wish-i-knew-how-it“I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free” — Nina Simone

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   Jun 16, 2018 · Nina Simone once defined “feeling free” as “having no fears”. I think that’s a pretty good working definition. Rights should be interpreted not by what you can do when you possess them, but...

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4. www.pbs.org › wnet › americanmastersHow Nina Simone reinvented herself after a rejection from ...

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   Jan 27, 2021 · But through a series of twists and turns that took the budding musician to music schools and eventually clubs around Philadelphia, Atlantic City and New York City, she was compelled to reinvent...

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5. www.beatstimesandlife.com › nina-simone-queenNina Simone: Queen of Interpretation, Ruler of Improvisation

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   Nov 11, 2016 · Taking what may be a pre-arranged piece and adding that brand new flavor in your ear, in real time. One of the best ways to analyze differences in interpretation is through the art of the cover. Nina was a prolific original songwriter, however some of her most famous songs are covers.

6. www.wealdenwordsmith.co.uk › arts-culture-blogNina Simone: How The High Priestess of Soul Defined Her Times

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   Feb 21, 2024 · With this song, the High Priestess of Soul gave explicit voice to the concept of black pride. The song was inspired by Simone's friend and playwright Lorraine Hansberry, the first Black writer to have a hit Broadway show. They had a shared passion for radical politics and Simone described Hansberry as deepening her political education.

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7. www.mentalfloss.com › article › 7566613 Fascinating Facts About Nina Simone - Mental Floss

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   Feb 21, 2019 · Though she chose to keep her personal life shrouded in secrecy, these facts grant VIP access into a life well-lived and the music that still lives on. 1. Nina Simone was her stage name. The...

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   How does Nina Simone end feeling good?

   • Nina Simone expresses feeling good at the end of 'Feeling Good' through masterful scatting. Around 2:20, she goes into a section with no words or lyrics, just sounds that help build tension as the song ends and shine a light on her originality and willingness to be totally free with her music.

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   Why is Nina Simone so famous?

   • “I think women play a major part in opening the doors for better understanding around the world,” the “Strange Fruit” songstress once said. Though she chose to keep her personal life shrouded in secrecy, these facts grant VIP access into a life well-lived and the music that still lives on. 1. Nina Simone was her stage name.

   13 Fascinating Facts About Nina Simone | Mental Floss

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   How does Nina improvise in get by?

   • In the song 'Get By', Nina Simone improvises a field holler section. Her piano sounds like an African Baliphone, and the drummer expresses his emotions along with her. They build tension for nearly 90 seconds before the song concludes.

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   How does Nina Simone interpret music?

   • Nina Simone was a master of musical interpretation and ruled the stage with improvisation. Her interpretation of an existing piece of music is the 'way' in which she decided to perform it. Improvisation includes all the 'ill ad-libs, piano runs, shouts, hollers, and solosthat Nina and the band perform on the spot.

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   What school did Nina Simone go to?

   • 3. Nina Simone was a star student. Simone, who graduated valedictorian of her high school class, studied at the prestigious Julliard School of Music for a brief period of time before applying to Philadelphia’s Curtis Institute of Music. Unfortunately, Simone was denied admission.

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   Why did Eunice Waymon become Nina Simone?

   • In the summer of 1954, in need of money, Eunice Waymon took a job playing cocktail piano in an Atlantic City dive—the owner demanded that she also sing—and, hoping to keep the news of this unholy employment from her mother, turned herself into Nina Simone, feeling every right to the anger that Nina Simone displayed forever after.

   The Many Battles of Nina Simone | The New Yorker

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9. www.vice.com › en › articleThe Revolutionary Legacy of Nina Simone Remains as ... - VICE

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   Jul 8, 2015 · There’s a memorable scene in the new documentary What Happened, Miss Simone? in which the legendary blues and jazz singer is being interviewed. The year is 1968, and we’re at the end of the civil...