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His life has already inspired a film. Nina Simone would have turned 90 this week of February 20. The singer embodied jazz, rhythm and also a taste for justice that will never have left her.
A gifted pianist, Nina Simone has become a planetary legend. “It’s not easy to be a legend, it’s like being alone on top of a mountain”confided the artist. Nina Simone was refused at 17 from a prestigious conservatory because, according to her, of her skin color. Racism had already hit her years earlier for one of her first galas when her parents had to give up their seats to a white couple. The girl had then refused to play and had obtained that her parents return to the first row.
Generations of musicians marked
His commitment against racism will cost him dearly: radio boycotts, canceled concerts. She will finally choose to leave the United States to settle in Paris in the 80s. Nina Simone will sign a contract with a neighborhood jazz club Latin to play there every night. She is then at the bottom of the wave. Nina Simone’s standards still escape from Parisian cabarets, taken up by generations of musicians marked by the depth of her interpretations.
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