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Nina Simone at 90: Cherise

UK rising star Cherise is Jamie's guest for the first of three tributes to Nina Simone. She performs a special version of I Wish I Knew How it Would Feel to Be Free at Maida Vale.

In the year singer, songwriter, pianist, activist and 20th-century musical icon Nina Simone would have turned 90 years old, Jamie celebrates her legacy with the help of his favourite contemporary singers.

UK rising star Cherise kicks off this first of three tribute shows. She talks about first encountering Nina Simone's music before performing a special acapella version of I Wish I Knew How it Would Feel to Be Free at the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Maida Vale studios. We also hear a clip of an archive interview from 1968 and a couple more of Nina's classic songs.

Plus, there's new music from Bokani Dyer, Nick Walters and Eje Eje, alongside gems from Freddie Redd, Roy Hargrove and Blue Mitchell.

57 minutes

Last on

Tue 28 Mar 2023 21:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Nina Simone

    Feeling Good

    • Columbia.

  • Freddie Redd

    Dawn Mist

    • Get Happy With Freddie Redd.
    • Pye Nixa.

  • Bokani Dyer

    Resonance Of Truth

    • Brownswood Recordings.

  • Blue Mitchell

    The People In Nassau

    • Heads Up!.
    • Blue Note.

  • Jon Regen

    Satisfied Mind

    • Satisfied Mind.

  • Roy Hargrove

    Strasbourg/St. Denis

    • Earfood.
    • EmArcy.

  • Cherise

    I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free (Live at Maida Vale)

  • Nina Simone

    Mississippi Goddam (Live At Carnegie Hall, 1964)

  • Eje Eje

    Saved From The Jazz

    • single.
    • Batov Records.
    • 1.

  • Minnie Riperton

    Les Fleurs

    • Distinctive.

Broadcast

  • Tue 28 Mar 2023 21:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2