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Thumper
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, April 21, 2003 - 10:00 pm: | 
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Hello All,
I am so sad to report that Nina Simone is dead. I don't think that I have ever talked about Nina Simone before. When I started listening to jazz abotu 15 years ago, I ran into Nina Simone's music. I know much ado has been made over her 1957 recording of My Baby Just Cares For Me. But, I fell in love with her rendition of Little Girl Blue.
It is with much sadness that I say good bye to Nina Simone. |
Bernice L. McFadden
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, April 21, 2003 - 10:06 pm: |
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Thumper,
I too am a big Nina Simone fan. You are not alone in your sadness. |
Kola Boof
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, April 21, 2003 - 10:18 pm: |
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Nina's happy now.
"And the birds are the birthmark of the world."
As her Senegalese would say: "WOW!"
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Judy
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, April 21, 2003 - 10:37 pm: |
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THumper, I remember as a little girl being both scandalized and impressed by her recording of "Mississippi G. D."
She will be missed. |
K
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, April 22, 2003 - 12:12 am: |
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I'm just a soul whose intentions are good, please don't let me be misunderstood."
Rest in Peace Nina |
Linda
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, April 22, 2003 - 11:11 am: |
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Thumper and Everyone...you are not alone. I love jazz and will miss Nina terribly. |
sisgal
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, April 22, 2003 - 11:43 am: |
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Four women..loved it. She will be missed. |
Susan
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, April 22, 2003 - 09:14 pm: |
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Amen.
Susan |
Norwood Professionals
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, April 22, 2003 - 11:47 pm: |
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I think Verve Records just release one of her CDs recently.
As the 'High Preistest of Soul' Nina's voice is unmistakable. The loss is great, we must continue to remember her ...
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Cynique
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, April 23, 2003 - 12:03 am: |
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"I love you, Porgy", was arguably Nina's "tour de force", but let's not forget what a really great jazz pianist she also was. There's a piano passage on her vocal rendition of "Mood Indigo" that amazes. She was one of a kind. |
Sis E
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, April 23, 2003 - 08:23 am: |
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I spent my teenage years in Des Moines, Iowa listening to Nina Simone. And when I got on my own I did my best to collect as many of her albums as I could. She certainly influenced my life and my writing: Mississippi Goddam, I Loves You Porgy, Sun Gonna Shine in My Back Door Some Day; Here Comes the Sun (Little Darlin'); and her voodoo/sorcerer songs. So many! She was/is an international treasure.
And I applauded when she shot her gun at those skinhead teenagers who kept trespassing on her property. That was all she could stand -- can't stand no mo'! She will be deeply missed. |
Chris Hayden
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, April 23, 2003 - 10:43 am: |
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It's a shame that such a principled, committed and gifted artist had to seek refuge abroad. |
Claxton
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, May 05, 2003 - 04:34 pm: |
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I must plead ignorance...Until I saw the story on her on CBS News Sunday Morning, I'd never heard of her. Honestly, I hadn't...But it appears she's left the world quite a body of work. |
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