For Alexander Simone, legacy is walking down the road created by two iconic Black women while paving his own. As the grandson ...

There was another ... The release of this magnificent album, recorded live at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1966, is headline news for fans of Nina Simone. None of the material, all of it high grade, ...

A look at the Nina Simone cover of 'I Put A Spell On You' and how it's her greatest vocal performance in a career of great ...

Nina Simone's daughter is a jazz singer just like her late mother Nina Simone was not only a cultural icon, jazz singer and civil rights activist, she was also a mother to her daughter Lisa Simone.

Nina Simone: vocals, piano; Eric Gale, Everett Barksdale, Rudy Stevenson: guitar; Weldon Irvine, Richard Tee: organ; Ernie Hayes: piano, harpsichord; Gene Taylor ...

Nina Simone will be honored in a three-day event at London’s Southbank Centre next year. The Independent reports that this event is part of an initiative with the Montreux Jazz Festival and a ...

Nina Simone’s timeless legacy isn’t just heard ... Just three years later, she embraced the regal Nefertiti-inspired updo at the Newport Jazz Festival, a style that cemented her as a beauty ...

Alyn Shipton presents jazz records of all styles including music from Nina Simone, Soft Machine, Stan Kenton, Sara Niemietz and more. Get in touch: [email protected] Show more Alyn Shipton presents ...

The marriage of jazz and fragrance has always proven intoxicating: Nina Simone’s version of “My Baby Just Cares for Me”, which underscored a 1986 advertisement for Chanel No5, is only one ...

For two weeks every summer in Switzerland, the shores of Lake Geneva metamorphosize into a stage for the Montreux Jazz Festival ... Bob Dylan, Nina Simone, Marvin Gaye, Miles Davis, Ms. Lauryn ...