Nina Simone

Nina Simone (/ˈniːnə sᵻˈmoʊn/; born Eunice Kathleen Waymon; February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003) was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist who worked in a broad range of musical styles including classical, jazz, blues, folk, R&B, gospel, and pop.

Born in North Carolina, the sixth child of a preacher, Simone aspired to be a concert pianist. With the help of her supporters in Tryon, she enrolled in the Juilliard School of Music in New York but was unable to continue because of the high fees. She was later denied a scholarship to study at the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, despite a well-received audition. Simone became fully convinced her rejection had been entirely due to her race, a statement that has been a matter of controversy.

To make a living, Simone chose to play "cocktail piano" at a night club in Atlantic City, where she was told she had to sing to her own accompaniment, effectively launching her career as a jazz vocalist. She recorded more than forty albums, mostly between 1958, when she made her debut with Little Girl Blue, and 1974, and had a hit in the United States in 1958 with "I Loves You, Porgy".

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Reik (album)

Reik is the debut eponymous album from Mexican pop group Reik, released on May 24, 2005 through Sony Music. The album features the singles "Yo Quisiera", "Qué Vida La Mía", "Noviembre Sin Ti", "Niña" and "Levemente". The song "Noviembre Sin Ti" is also featured on the compilation album Now Esto Es Musica! Latino, while "Levemente" is featured on Now Esto Es Musica! Latino 2.

Track listing

  • "Levemente" (Lightly) - 3:57 (Ortiz, Vasquez)
  • "Amor Primero" (First Love) - 3:47 (Cibrian, Ruiz)
  • "Cuando Estás Conmigo" (When You're With Me) - 3:11 (Vasquez)
  • "Qué Vida La Mía" (What A Life Mine Is) - 2:52 (Cibrian, Ruiz)
  • "Vuelve" (Come Back) - 3:18 (Cibrian, Ruiz)
  • "Yo Quisiera" (I Wish) - 3:38 (Ortiz, Vasquez)
  • "Noviembre Sin Ti" (November Without You) - 3:38 (Vasquez)
  • "Niña" (Girl) - 2:52 (Cibrian, Curiel, Ruiz)
  • "No Sé Si Es Amor" (I Don't Know If It's Love) - 3:09 (Cibrian, Ruiz)
  • "Cada Mañana" (Every Morning) - 3:54 (Amaya, Vasquez)
  • "Cómo Me Duele" (How It Hurts Me) - 3:18 (Ramirez, Valdez)

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    Nina (opera)

    Nina, o sia La pazza per amore (Nina, or the Girl Driven Mad by Love) is an opera, described as a commedia in prosa ed in verso per musica, in two acts by Giovanni Paisiello to an Italian libretto by Giambattista (also Giovanni Battista) Lorenzi after Giuseppe Carpani's translation of Benoît-Joseph Marsollier's Nina, ou La folle par amour, set by Nicolas Dalayrac in 1786.

    The work is a sentimental comedy with set numbers, recitative and spoken dialog. It is set in Italy in the 18th century.

    Nina was first performed in a one act version at the Teatro del Reale Sito di Belvedere in Caserta, San Leucio on 25 June 1789. A revised two-act work was presented at the Teatro dei Fiorentini in Naples in the autumn of 1790.

    Roles

  • Nina (soprano)
  • Lindoro, her lover/Un Pastore (tenor)
  • The Count, her father (bass)
  • Susanna, her companion (mezzo-soprano)
  • Giorgio, the Count’s valet (bass)
  • A musician (tenor)
  • Second musician
  • Chorus (staff and patients at the sanatorium)

    • Discography

  • Arts Music Hans Ludwig Hirsch, 1998
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    Nina (Xiu Xiu album)

    Nina is a Nina Simone tribute album recorded by Xiu Xiu. It was released on Graveface Records on December 3, 2013 to generally favorable reviews.

    Recording

    The idea for the album came while Jamie Stewart was on tour with Swans.Nina was recorded in a day. The album features Jamie Stewart's voice, Ches Smith on drums, Tim Berne and Tony Malaby on saxophones, Andrea Parkins on accordion, and Mary Halvorson on guitar. The latter four had experience in avant jazz. The album reimagines rather than recreates Nina Simone's songs. It was released on Graveface Records on December 3, 2013.

    Reception

    Nina received a "generally favorable" score of 65 (out of 100) from the ratings aggregator Metacritic. Nate Chinen from The New York Times described the album as accentuating Simone's "spooky, unsettling side". He adds that Stewart's vocals add to the "psychodrama" in "Four Women" and "the wildness" in "Wild Is the Wild". Chinen thought the art rock Nina Simone covers field was already crowded before Nina. Heather Phares of AllMusic considered Stewart's stylistic choices "provocative" and the album Stewart's "most avant-garde ... in years". She added that the album considered the "more progressive aspects" of Simone's music. Kyle Fowle of Slant Magazine thought the album to be Xiu Xiu's "most ambitious ... in years". He thought Stewart's vocal style was out of place on "Don't Explain" and "Just Say I Love Him". Billy Hamilton of Under the Radar wrote that Simone would approve of the album. Mark Richardson of Pitchfork noted a mystical connection between Xiu Xiu and Simone as artists who perform raw emotions, but described the album as a "wasted opportunity" and "weirdly conservative". For this, he blamed Stewart's vocals for being "theatrical" and insincere. Richardson praised the album's selection of songs covered.

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    Seven Classic Albums Plus Bonus Tracks

    Released 2013

    My Baby Just Cares for Me

    Released 2012

    The Complete (1960-1961)

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    60 Essentials Remastered

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    Coleção Folha grandes vozes, Volume 6: Nina Simone

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    The Essential Nina Simone

    Released 2011

    The Legendary First Recording in New York City, 1957

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    The Complete RCA Albums Collection

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    My Best Songs

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    Free Soul: The Classic of Nina Simone

    Released 2010

    Greatest Hits (disc 1)

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    The Very Best of Nina Simone

    Released 2010

    Trilogy

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    3 Originals

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    The Essential Nina Simone Collection

    Released 2010

    Classic Hits

    Released 2010

    Songs to Sing: The Best of Nina Simone

    Released 2010

    Gifted & Black PLUS Live At Berkeley

    Released 2009

    Original Album Classics

    Released 2009

    The Ultimate Collection

    Released 2009

    My Baby Just Cares for Me

    Released 2009

    The Definitive Rarities Collection

    Released 2009

    Angel of the Morning: The Best of Nina Simone

    Released 2009

    My baby just cares for me

    Released 2008

    Colour Collection

    Released 2008

    My Baby Just Cares for Me

    Released 2008

    The Jazz Plays... The Definitive Nina Simone Collection

    Released 2008

    To Be Free: The Nina Simone Story

    Released 2008

    Tell It Like It Is: Rarities & Unreleased Recordings 1967-1973

    Released 2008

    Protest Anthology

    Released 2008

    20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Nina Simone

    Released 2007

    Nina Simone

    Released 2007

    Just Like a Woman: Nina Simone Sings Classic Songs of the '60s

    Released 2007

    The Very Best of Nina Simone Volume 2

    Released 2006

    The Nina Simone Collection

    Released 2006

    Collections

    Released 2006

    Broadway Blues Ballads

    Released 2006

    Feel the Groove

    Released 2006

    Legends

    Released 2005

    Nina Simone at Carnegie Hall

    Released 2005

    The Solid Gold Collection

    Released 2005

    Forbidden Fruit

    Released 2005

    The Amazing Nina Simone

    Released 2005

    Love Songs

    Released 2004

    Mood Indigo

    Released 2004

    The Nina Simone Collection

    Released 2004

    The Jazz Biography

    Released 2004

    My Baby Just Cares for Me

    Released 2003

    The Lady Has the Blues

    Released 2003

    Moon of Alabama

    Released 2003

    The Nina Simone Story

    Released 2003

    The Essential Album

    Released 2003

    Nina's Back

    Released 2003

    The Soul

    Released 2001

    Nina Simone

    Released 2001

    Misunderstood

    Released 2000

    The Essential Nina Simone

    Released 2000

    Sings Duke Ellington / At Carnegie Hall

    Released 2000

    Let It Be Me

    Released 1999

    Gin House Blues

    Released 1999

    Nina's Choice

    Released 1999

    To Love Somebody / Here Comes the Sun

    Released 1998

    Folksy Nina / Nina With Strings

    Released 1998

    NINA SIMONE

    Released 1997

    Nina Simone

    Released 1996

    The Wonderful Music Of...

    Released 1996

    My Baby Just Cares for Me

    Released 1996

    My Baby Just Cares for Me

    Released 1996

    My Baby Just Cares for Me

    Released 1996

    Legends

    Released 1994

    Little Girl Blue

    Released 1994

    The Great Nina Simone

    Released 1993

    28 Great Songs

    Released 1993

    The Essential Nina Simone

    Released 1993

    Nina Simone - Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me

    Released 1990

    My Way

    Released 1989

    The Best of Nina Simone

    Released 1988

    My Baby Just Cares for Me

    Released 1986

    Fodder on My Wings

    Released 1982

    Theatre Royal, Drury Lane 1977

    Released 1977

    The Great Show of Nina Simone "Live in Paris"

    Released 1974

    It Is Finished

    Released 1974

    Gospel According to Nina Simone

    Released 1973

    Nina Simone Sings Billie Holiday

    Released 1972

    Right On!

    Released 1972

    'Nuff Said!

    Released 1968

    Nina Simone With Strings

    Released 1966

    Wild Is the Wind

    Released 1966

    Nina Simone at Newport

    Released 1960

    Nina Simone at Town Hall

    Released 1959

    Little Girl Blue

    Released 1958

    My Baby Just Cares for Me

    Five Classic Albums Plus Bonus Tracks

    Deluxe

    My Baby Just Cares for Me

    My Baby Just Cares for Me

    My Baby Just Cares for Me

    My Baby Just Cares for Me

    The Essential Nina Simone

    Born: 1933-02-21

    Died: 2003-04-21

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    Near To You

    by: Nina Simone

    Near to you, near to you
    Even though you're far away
    So near to you, always near to you
    As near as april is to may
    Can't you feel me there, in my favourite chair
    Staring at the fireplace?
    Oh so near to you, always near to you
    Even now it seems we're face to face
    But it is just if though I was standing before you
    Telling you how much I adore you
    If I'm really dear to you, near to you
    We may be far apart and yet
    If I'm in your heart, really in your heart
    How near to you can I get
    (2x)
    Oh so near to you, always near to you
    As near as april is to may
    Can't you feel me there, in my favourite chair
    Staring at the fireplace?
    Oh so near to you, always near to you
    Even now it seems we're face to face
    But it is just if though I was standing before you
    Telling you how much I adore you
    If I'm really dear to you, near to you
    We may be far apart and yet
    If I'm in your heart, really in your heart
    How near to you can I get?
    How near to you can I get?




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