From: ** myrna ** (medea_13_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 2003-04-21 23:03:08
Definitely one of my favorite vocalists. She was with me on the plane to CA
this weekend and always with me when I carry music.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/21/obit.nina.simone.ap/
"Simone spent much of her recent time in France. In 1998, she blamed racism
in the United States for her decision to live abroad, saying that as a black
person she has "paid a heavy price for fighting the establishment." She did
not elaborate but said racial inequality in the United States was now "worse
than ever."
http://www.boscarol.com/nina/index.htm
Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair and Don't Explain always knock me
over.
RIP
>From: icehouse_at_redshift.com
>To: downtempo_at_downtempo.com
>CC: acid-jazz_at_ucsd.edu
>Subject: [acid-jazz] Nina Simone
>Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 13:28:30 -0700
>
>I just read that Nina Simone passed awayin France at the age of 70 and to
>say that I am bummed
>is to put it extremely mildly! This woman was a real original and so very
>talented and just
>knowing that she has crossed the Great Divide leaves a hole in my soul. I
>loved so much about
>Nina Simone that it is hard to know where to begin in terms of saying some
>things about her,
>her piano playing grabbed me, it was gutsy and oh so rhythmic and it
>employed elements of
>music ranging from stride piano all the way through to sounds that were
>prescient in their
>innovative execution, listen to "The Postman", and then there was her
>voice, that husky low-
>pitched jewel of an instrument that she used to embroider the music she
>played in an
>inimitable way, yes, I have loved the music of so many different singers
>but few of them meant
>as much to me as Nina Simone, I have been listening to a compilation on
>Verve since I read the
>news of Nina's passing and there was so much to love for any music-head,
>just listen to her
>version of "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" I could go on and on and I will
>inside of myself
>and in my heart! Nina Simone lives on in my soul, R.I.P. Nina!
>
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