Stunning shot of Nina Simone by Pittsburgh photography icon Charles “Teenie” Harris, circa 1965.
Nina Simone in the driver’s seat. She was born on this day in 1933.
Stumbled across this little gem tonight: Nina Simone in her dressing room.
James Baldwin and Nina Simone circa 1960s. Via the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
Nina Simone 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, soul, folk, R&B, gospel, and pop.
Here she explains what she considers to be the “definition of an artist”.
Nina Simone explains what she considers to be the “definition of an artist”.
(Source: theblacksophisticate)
