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The Rough Guide To Nina SimoneThe week before Nina Simones death in 2003, the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia awarded her an honorary doctorate to correct a grievous error half a century earlier when the conservatoire had rejected her application for a scholarship to study classical piano. Simone was convinced that she had been refused for no other reason than the colour of her skin. Yet in excluding the 20 year old Eunice Waymon as she then was the school made a vital

Joint Control was almost entirely finished

One of her most successful hits

Whilst singing and playing outside a tobacco warehouse during the winter of 1934-1935

Another on the scene was Jackson C

MPB and beyond

Priding themselves on their huge musical repertoires

It was during a very successful 2005 tour that he mentioned in passing that it might be an interesting collaboration and challenge for him to work with Irish traditional musicians this stuck in my mind

On 'Malo' Simo narrates his own life journey

woven through old folk lullabies and work songs

bossa nova

when the conflict made it impossible for Mali to host its renowned Festival in the Desert

Astatke's captivating soundtrack to Jim Jarmusch's film Broken Flowers in 2005 brought Ethio Jazz to even wider audiences

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