Redd Foxx and Nina Simone chilling in 1959. They were shot by G. Marshall Wilson (1906-1998), who was a staff photographer for EBONY for 33 years. In other news, this photo will be hanging on my wall in the near future…
For those who have found themselves discussing casting choices for the role of Nina Simone - the lady herself singing, “Four Women” at the Antibes Jazz Festival in 1969. Who do you think should play Nina Simone in the story of (any part of) her life?
Nina Simone in her dressing room at the Village Gate in Manhattan before a live recording session in March 1965. Photo by Sam Falk/New York Times Co./Getty Images.
Not to be taken personally on this Sunday morning… Nina Simone singing “Go to Hell,” live in London, 1968.
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”.
Nina Simone in the driver’s seat.
Nina Simone was born on this day in 1933.
