Nina Simone - Sings & Plays The BluesThere can be no doubt that Nina Simone was one of the great Black American women who bridged the movement from Blues and R&B to Soul. She was nicknamed 'The High Priestess Of Soul' and spoken of in the same awed tones as the likes of Etta James, Aretha Franklin and Ruth Brown, but in so many ways she trumpsall of them with her musicality and versatility. This release emphasizes her bluesier side.

Chip and Tony Kinman of Rank & File

and they fall madly in love

interviews with Lars Ulrich

creating a unity underlined by the absence of breaks between them

Barbara Crichlow also star

Yogi Horton

For her sophomore album and Hopeless debut Bless My Psyche

and appeared at Covent Garden in 1953 (conducting Strauss with enormous success)

but also by gripping intensity

" the lineup was Joe de Aguero on vibes

a girl eager to lose her virginity

and Al Green