Tag Archives: Nina Simone

KEXP Documentaries: “Sirens of Jazz” ‒ Nina Simone

Nina Simone’s vocal work, like Billie Holiday’s, is so strong it gets airplay on non-jazz stations.  And after decades of play, her songs are still popular today.  She is one of the 10 female jazz singers we’re profiling in our new KEXP Documentary series Sirens of Jazz. Nina Simone started out as a child prodigyRead more...

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KEXP Documentaries: Civil Rights Songs - Mississippi Goddam

Nina Simone was a famous African-American jazz singer when horrifying civil rights struggles were happening on June 11, 1963, when President Kennedy made a speech to the nation. That same day he had sent national troops to Alabama so that two African-American college students could enter the University of Alabama without being killed by angryRead more...

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