NINA SIMONE.

Nina Simone could turn a well-known song on its head with just one pause. Piano, her vocals and timing tell both a personal and a larger story simultaneously.

Nina Simone can change the meaning of a song with a single shift in her voice. Her piano is not a neutral accompaniment, but a conversational partner that creates space, contradicts, or adds extra tension. Jazz, blues, soul, and classical influences come together in her playing without her limiting herself to a fixed role. The power of the repertoire lies in that inherent expressiveness: a familiar melody becomes a new story under her hands.

Little Girl, Blue, Pastel Blues, and Nina Simone Sings the Blues are different entry points into her music. A concert recording reveals once again how the relationship with the audience colors a performance. On vinyl, every album deserves its own attention. A long track can define the atmosphere of an entire side, while a shorter song gains extra weight precisely because of its position in the sequence. Thus, LP becomes a way to hear her interpretations in their original context.

At Carnegie Hall captures that tension for the audience; Silk & Soul reveals her rhythmic and soulful side. The catalog also contains many other studio and live recordings.

The artist story of NINA SIMONE follows her path between music and social engagement. Jazz and soul are not boundaries of her work, but two doors through which you can enter.

Amy Winehouse and Aretha Franklin make their phrasing immediately recognizable. Stevie Wonder and Joni Mitchell choose different colors; Kendrick Lamar demonstrates how a personal voice can also describe a time.

Read more in the album story of PASTEL BLUES. There, the coherence of the songs and the sound of the record take center stage.