Nina at 90
Alyn Shipton presents your requests for music by the great American singer and pianist Nina Simone, who was born 90 years ago this week.
A selection of your favourite recordings by the iconic American singer and pianist Nina Simone, who was born 90 years ago this week, and an excerpt from the last radio interview she gave in the UK, in which she talked to Alyn Shipton about her admiration for Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela, and about the songs she most loved to sing. Get in touch: jrr@bbc.co.uk or use #jazzrecordrequests on social.
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Nina Simone
Mood Indigo
- Nina Simone & Her Trio - My Baby Just Cares For Me.
- Phoenix Records.
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Nina Simone
Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair
- Nina Simone - The Complete 1959-61 Live Recordings.
- Essential Jazz Classics.
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Nina Simone
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free
- Nina Simone - Silk & Soul.
- RCA Victor.
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Nina Simone
Backlash Blues
- Nina Simone: The Montreux Years.
- BMG.
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Nina Simone
You Can Have Him
- Nina Simone - The Complete 1959-61 Live Recordings.
- Essential Jazz Classics.
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Nina Simone
See Line Woman
- Nina Simone - The Montreux Years.
- BMG.
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Nina Simone
Feeling Good
- Nina Simone - I Put A Spell On You.
- Philips.
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Nina Simone
African Mailman
- Nina Simone & Her Trio - My Baby Just Cares For Me.
- Phoenix Records.
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Nina Simone
Just Say I Love Him
- Nina Simone - Forbidden Fruit.
- Essential Jazz Classics.
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Nina Simone
Sinnerman
- Compact Jazz - Nina Simone.
- Mercury.
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Nina Simone
My Baby Just Cares For Me
- Nina Simone - The Montreux Years.
- BMG.
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Broadcast
- Sun 19 Feb 2023 16:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
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