Featured on this year’s official 2021 poster is pianist, singer, songwriter, storyteller and civil rights activist Nina Simone. This year, Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM) recognized the historical ...

A Nina Simone song is recognizable from its opening notes. First comes the piano, keys striking at the ineffable point where classical music meets jazz, blues, and pop. Then the voice, deep and ...

*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 ...

All About Jazz is celebrating Nina Simone's birthday today! The High Priestess- Eunice Waymon was born in Tryon, North Carolina as the sixth of seven children in a poor family. The child prodigy ...

CARRY-LE-ROUET, France (AP) -- Remembering her artistry and activism, hundreds of mourners crowded a church in southern France on Friday to bid farewell to jazz singer Nina Simone.

Jazz in the Park, one of Romania’s best-known music festivals, will return to Cluj-Napoca this summer with Lisa Simone, the daughter of legendary jazz musician Nina Simone, announced as the first ...

In the late 18th and early 1900s, black communities in New Orleans fused African rhythms and European harmonies, creating Jazz—a genre that reflects the melting pot of American culture. Jazz has ...

She could move from a whisper to a roar within a phrase, and her repertoire covered jazz standards, protest songs, blues and pop. Listen to these 11 favorites. By Marcus J. Moore Music played a huge ...

Nina Simone is one of the greatest ever jazz singers, but she was also a leading light in the Civil rights struggle – her soulful, occasionally edgy, and always perfectly paced songs of love and inner ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... La Paloma’s Nina Simone tribute Thursday. If you’re hankering for more than the occasional Nina Simone cover, immerse yourself in the legendary jazz singer’s ...

Lorraine Nygaard, singer and soloist, leads this compelling tribute, joined by Attila Fias on piano Ross MacDonald on bass, and Hans Verhoeven on drums.A victoria-based songwriter, Lorraine has been ...

For Alexander Simone, legacy is walking down the road created by two iconic Black women while paving his own. As the grandson of jazz and soul legend Nina Simone and the son of singer and actress Lisa ...