Nina Simone

Birth name: Eunice Kathleen Waymon
Years active: 1954 - 2003
Born: 21-02-1933
Birth Place: Tryon, North Carolina, United States
Death: 21-04-2003
Death Place: Carry-le-Rouet, PACA, France
Genre: Jazz , Soul , Blues

Nina Simone was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist. Although she disliked being categorized, Simone is arguably most associated with her performance of jazz music. Simone originally aspired to become a classical pianist, but her work covers an eclectic variety of musical styles that include classical music, jazz, the blues, soul, folk, R&B, gospel, and pop...  [read more]