ElmerJFudd Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 With your voice that moves mountains and hands for the concert stage. There's some winter sun on my face this Wednesday morning and it shines brighter because of you. ❤️ 4 Quote Yamaha CP88, Casio PX-560 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Bryce Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 I have her singing this on vinyl. 🥰 dB 2 Quote ==> David Bryce Music • Funky Young Monks <== Professional Affiliations: Royer Labs • Music Player Network Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marino Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 Nina. How not to love her. When I was a young teenager and trying to learn jazz, I got a little demo record about a "History of Jazz" series of LPs I was interested in. The very first song on that record was "Black is the Color", sung by Nina with a *very* sparse piano comping. It was a moving, even shocking experience; I had never heard anything like that. I was a Nina Simone addicted aver since, still am. As a side note, just a few days later I read an interview with Peter Gabriel, then in full steam with early Genesis - and he said that one of is main singing influences was Nina Simone, "a black American singer". Ha. When I learned that this song didn't come from the blues tradition, I was very surprised. It seems it has British/Scottish origins... but Nina certainly makes it sound like a blues. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tusker Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 Love the posts about Nina Simone. I came to her late. There was a remake of the Thomas Crown Affair movie which had "Sinner Man" running behind one of the scenes. It blew away everything else in the movie and I had to track it down. It was then I came to admire her other work ... and the beautiful arc of a courageous life well lived. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KuruPrionz Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 Long ago, I was hanging out with a friend and he had just gotten a compilation of Nina Simone. Everyone's Gone To The Moon came on and it hit me. I remembered the one hit wonder by Jonathan King, a happy snappy pop song. Not Nina's version, it was stark and bleak and wonderful. I learned the song shortly thereafter. I play it slow and low, accompanied by an acoustic 12 string guitar. Nina was awesome. 1 Quote It took a chunk of my life to get here and I am still not sure where "here" is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfD Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 I was just listening to Nina Simone's "Baltimore" album on vinyl last week. 😎 Quote PD "The greatest thing you'll ever learn, is just to love and be loved in return."--E. Ahbez "Nature Boy" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill bosco Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 i wish i knew how it would feel to be free , Suzanne , her piano rendition of you'll never walk alone , priceless 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tusker Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 On 1/26/2022 at 10:58 AM, marino said: "As a side note, just a few days later I read an interview with Peter Gabriel, then in full steam with early Genesis - and he said that one of is main singing influences was Nina Simone, "a black American singer". I never knew. Interestingly, PG did his own version of LC's Suzanne in 1995. The influence of LC, or the influence of NS? 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MathOfInsects Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 One of a kind. "Do I Move You"--perfect. I still love that "gang vox from anywhere in the room" effect, even now. There was a sort of weariness in her voice that made everything feel CRUCIAL when she said it. And yes, she sang sort of "flat" to the pitch--but not to the emotion. She was dead-on-pitch for the feeling conveyed, and "perfection" would just have undermined it. Quote Now out! "Mind the Gap," a 24-song album of new material. www.joshweinstein.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
analogika Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 This performance had me openly weeping. What unfiltered sheer… energy. Quote "The Angels of Libra are in the European vanguard of the [retro soul] movement" (Bill Buckley, Soul and Jazz and Funk) The Drawbars | off jazz organ trio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamanzarek Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 She was very serious about her Piano playing and continued to study classical with prominent teachers long after she became well known. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018 mainly for her influence on many rock and soul performers. Apparently was an influence on The Animals as they had hits with songs Nina did first. Quote Gibson G101, Fender Rhodes Piano Bass, Vox Continental, RMI Electra-Piano and Harpsichord 300A, Hammond M102A, Hohner Combo Pianet, OB8, Matrix 12, Jupiter 6, Prophet 5 rev. 2, Pro-One, CS70M, CP35, PX-5S, WK-3800, Stage 3 Compact Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marino Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 On 1/28/2022 at 7:17 PM, analogika said: This performance had me openly weeping. What unfiltered sheer… energy God, that's devastating - I had never watched it. It feels like she's making up the entire first part on the spot (or is it an actual song?!), thinking out loud thoughts of a dry, absolute melanchony. Then the famous song coming afterwards, sung in an almost childish/mechanical fashion, makes the whole thing even more unconfortable and alienating. She's opening a door on the darkest corner of her soul... I wonder in what spirit the audience applauded so enthusiastically. I also wonder if this disturbing number was prepared in advance, or improvised on stage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marino Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 Ok, so I found that "Stars" is a song by Janis Ian - another great artist with a strong personality and great talent which showed early. Nina certainly makes the song her own, giving the definite impression that she's singing about herself. She also plays a bit with the lyrics (even including Janis herself), and creating that emotional crescendo in the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mynameisdanno Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 On 1/28/2022 at 10:17 AM, analogika said: This performance had me openly weeping. What unfiltered sheer… energy. Another one I return to again and again, from that same set at Montreux '76. A soul communicating fully to the world through music. Magic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yannis D Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 I guess everyone with a good taste in music love Nina Simone, both as a musician and as an advocate of human rights She could be a hard lady to deal with, but i can understand why... Quote Be grateful for what you've got - a Nord, a laptop and two hands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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