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@Nina Simone - Don't let me misunderstood
Eunice Kathleen Waymon (February 21, 1933 -- April 21, 2003), better known by her stage name Nina Simone (/ˈniːnə sɨˈmoʊn/), was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist widely associated with jazz music. Simone aspired to become a classical pianist while working in a broad range of styles including classical, jazz, blues, folk, R&B, gospel, and pop. Born the sixth child of a preacher's family in North Carolina, Simone aspired to be a concert pianist as a child.[1] Her musical path changed direction after she was denied a scholarship to the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, despite a well-received audition. Simone was later told by someone working at Curtis that she was rejected because she was black.[2] She then began playing in a small club in Philadelphia to fund her continuing musical education to become a classical pianist and was required to sing as well. She was approached for a recording by Bethlehem Records, and her rendition of "I Loves You Porgy" became a smash hit in the United States in 1958. Over the length of her career, Simone recorded more than 40 albums, mostly between 1958 — when she made her debut with Little Girl Blue — and 1974. Her musical style arose from a fusion of gospel and pop songs with classical music, in particular with influences from her first inspiration, Johann Sebastian Bach, and accompanied with her expressive jazz-like singing in her characteristic low tenor. She injected as much of her classical background into her music as possible to give it more depth and quality, as she felt that pop music was inferior to classical. Her intuitive grasp on the audience-performer relationship was gained from a unique background of playing piano accompaniment for church revivals and sermons regularly from the early age of six years After 20 years of performing, she became involved in the civil rights movement and the direction of her life shifted once again. Simone's music was highly influential in the fight for equal rights in the US. Eunice Kathleen Waymon et de nom de scène Nina Simone, née le 21 février 1933 à Tryon (États-Unis) et décédée le 21 avril 2003 à Carry-le-Rouet (France), est une pianiste américaine, chanteuse, compositrice et militante pour les droits civiques et principalement associée à la musique jazz. Née dans une famille religieuse, la jeune future Nina est très attirée par la musique mais les réalités de la pauvreté et les préjugés raciaux ont raison de ses ambitions. Désirant à l'origine devenir une pianiste classique, elle a finalement joué dans des styles musicaux variés notamment le jazz, le blues, le classique, la soul, le folk, le R&B, le gospel et la pop. Son parcours musical change de direction lorsqu'elle se voit refuser une bourse d'étude à l'Institut Curtis. Alors qu'elle joue et chante dans un petit club de Philadelphie elle est contactée par le label Bethlehem Records pour un enregistrement et le morceau I Love you Porgy devient un grand succès en Amérique en 1958. Nina Simone enregistre au cours de sa carrière plus de 40 albums, de ses débuts avec l'album Little Blue Girl en 1958 jusqu'en 1974 environ. Son style original est issu de la fusion de chansons gospel et pop avec la musique classique. Après vingt ans de scène, elle s'engage dans le mouvement de défense des droits civiques et sa vie change de direction une fois de plus. Sa musique est très influente dans la lutte pour l'égalité des droits que mènent les Noirs à cette période aux États-Unis. Puissante, elle est une source d'inspiration pour cette génération et continue de l'être pour celles qui suivent.

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