Nina Simone

Last week I did posts on three of the greatest Rock & Roll pianist. But I cannot move on from pianist until I do a post on Nina Simone. She is usually classified as a Jazz artist, but she does not fit in any genre. She is pretty much in a class of her own making. I saw her perform twice, once in D.C. and once in Chicago. I believe the Chicago concert was part of the last U.S. tour that she did.


In my Animation post I included an animated version of one of her most popular song, "My Baby Just Cares For Me".

Here she is performing "Ain't Got No", a song from the Musical Hair.



Simone was a classically train pianist, so I am trying to pick videos that show off here piano playing. "Little Girl Blue" is the title track off her first album released in 1958.



Here is another song that was on that first album, "I Loves You Porgy". This is actually the third version of this song that I have posted. Both the Billie Holiday and Lizz Wright posts include this song.