The Long Play

07:00 am Tue 03 Nov 26

Under The Influence: Nina Simone

Program Page: The Long Play

Duration: 30min

This week we explore the unique blend of classical training, spiritual traditions, and mid-century Jazz and Blues that inspired the legend that was Nina Simone.

Playlist:

Let There Be Drums by Sandy Nelson (int)

Release: Let There Be Drums

Little Girl Blue by Nina Simone (int)

Release: Little Girl Blue

Contrapunctus I (from The Art of Fugue) by Johann Sebastian Bach (performed by Phantasm) (int)

Release: The Art of Fugue (BWV 1080)

Love Me or Leave Me by Nina Simone (int)

Release: Little Girl Blue

West End Blues by Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five (loc)

Release: Single

Mood Indigo by Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra (int)

Release: Single (initially titled "Dreamy Blues")

I Loves You, Porgy by Billie Holiday (loc)

Release: Single

I Put a Spell on You by Screamin' Jay Hawkins (int)

Release: At Home with Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Sinnerman by Nina Simone (int)

Release: Pastel Blues

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