NINA SIMONE: I WISH I KNEW HOW IT WOULD FEEL TO BE FREE

NINA SIMONE LIVE AT THE 1976 MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL

American singer Nina Simone played the Montreux Jazz Festival four times during her career. This version of I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free features Simone at her best. She plays energetic, fluid piano lines accompanied by her confident – and inimitable – voice. The 1976 performance was filmed and is available on DVD.

Online publication AllMusic.com says this about her: “Nina Simone was one of the most gifted vocalists of her generation, and also one of the most eclectic. Simone was a singer, pianist, and songwriter who bent genres to her will rather than allowing herself to be confined by their boundaries; her work swung back and forth between jazz, blues, soul, classical, R&B, pop, gospel, and world music, with passion, emotional honesty, and a strong grasp of technique as the constants of her musical career. “

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08 February 2019