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Nina Simone’s Performance at Newport Jazz Festival Comes to Life on New Album

Margrira, Contributing WriterJuly 19, 2023

In celebration of the 90th birthday of the iconic Nina Simone, Verve Records and UMe have unveiled a hidden gem from her illustrious career. “Blues for Mama,” the second single from the newly-discovered live recording of Nina’s mesmerizing performance at the 1966 Newport Jazz Festival, has been released as part of the year-long commemoration.

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool — A Complicated Man Chased by Demons —A Brilliant Look at His Life

Lapacazo Sandoval, Contributing WriterMay 3, 2019

What Davis had, that others made comments upon, even from his earliest days was his “star” quality. That’s high praise since he was coming up with other jazz musicians who in turn also became legends yet they didn’t possess a mystic around their persona. Not like Davis who simply didn’t give an “F” and because of that his mystique only grew more. He burned through the ’50s and sauntered through the ’60s using and abusing, drugs and alcohol and building up his mystique which grew darker, and darker.