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Nina Simone @ninasimone.com · 01/10/2026

“Pastel Blues” turns 61 today! - 📸 by Ron Kroon

Nina Simone @ninasimone.com · 12/09/2026

67 years ago today - on September 12th, 1959 - Nina Simone played Town Hall in NYC. The recording became her second Colpix album...and the very first live album of her career.

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Nina Simone @ninasimone.com · 11/09/2026

66 years ago today - on September 11th, 1960 - Nina Simone appeared on The Ed Sullivan show, performing "Love Me Or Leave Me" and "I Loves You, Porgy"

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Nina Simone @ninasimone.com · 09/09/2026

OUT NOW: Legendary jazz guitarist and arranger Al Schackman’s memoir - “Me, My Guitar, and Nina Simone: Stories of My Musical Life and Adventures with Nina” Order: amzn.to/4xgf7bm

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Nina Simone @ninasimone.com · 08/09/2026

Step into an otherworldly future with all the VERVE // REMIXED: NINA SIMONE releases from 2026! Listen: linktr.ee/ververemixed

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Nina Simone @ninasimone.com · 24/08/2026

54 years ago today — Aug 24, 1972 — NINA: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE premiered on New York's WOR-TV. Peter Rodis' 26-minute film caught Nina Simone at full power, onstage at the Village Gate. Here: "Backlash Blues," lyrics written for her by Langston Hughes. She makes it a warning. #NinaSimone

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Nina Simone @ninasimone.com · 05/08/2026

"Nobody knows how deep my love for you really goes..." - #ninasimone #thatsalliask - 🎨 by Earl Gold

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Nina Simone @ninasimone.com · 22/07/2026

36 years ago today - on July 22nd, 1990 - #ninasimone performed at the One World Music Festival in Cologne #someonetowatchoverme

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Nina Simone @ninasimone.com · 17/07/2026

Celebrating the life and legacy of Jimmy Scott today, on what would have been his 101st birthday. #littlejimmyscott #jimmyscott - 📷 by Bleddyn Butcher

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Nina Simone @ninasimone.com · 15/07/2026

57 years ago today - on July 15th, 1969 - #ninasimone appeared on The David Frost Show #aintgotno #igotlife

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Nina Simone @ninasimone.com · 13/07/2026

36 years ago today - on July 13th, 1990 - #ninasimone performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival #fourwomen

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Nina Simone @ninasimone.com · 10/07/2026

39 years ago today - on July 10th, 1987 - #ninasimone performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival #someonetowatchoverme

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Nina Simone @ninasimone.com · 09/07/2026

“Oh sinnerman, where you gonna run to…” - #ninasimone #sinnerman - 🎨 by Objectif Lune

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Nina Simone @ninasimone.com · 03/07/2026

50 years ago today — on July 3rd, 1976 — #ninasimone performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival, giving what is now considered to be one of her most poignant and provocative concerts.

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Nina Simone @ninasimone.com · 26/06/2026

41 years ago today - on June 26th, 1985 - #ninasimone performed at the Kool Jazz Festival in NY. A few months later Nina was interviewed by John Wade for Late Night America in Detroit where she discussed her refusal to be considered as only a “jazz” artist.

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Nina Simone @ninasimone.com · 16/06/2026

58 years ago today — on June 16th, 1968 — #ninasimone performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival #seelinewoman - 📷 by Jan Persson

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Nina Simone @ninasimone.com · 12/05/2026

BEHIND THE TRACK: That's All I Ask • Written by Horace Ott • Originally released in 1966 on Nina Simone's album 'Wild Is The Wind' • Popular cover version(s) recorded by Jeff Buckley #ninasimone #thatsalliask #wildisthewind

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Nina Simone @ninasimone.com · 29/04/2026

Happy Birthday, Duke Ellington! #dukeellington #heavenlybirthday #ninasimone - 📷 by Herb Snitzer

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Nina Simone @ninasimone.com · 21/04/2026

Nina Simone (2/21/1933 - 4/21/2003) #ninasimone - 📷 by Steve Wood

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Nina Simone @ninasimone.com · 15/04/2026

BEHIND THE TRACK: Baltimore (photos by Robert Breck Chapman) Stay tuned this Friday for a Baltimore remix from Supershy via Verve Remixed! #ninasimone #baltimore

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Nina Simone @ninasimone.com · 18/03/2026

Revisiting this gem from Amerigo Gazaway. Stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-THq...

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Nina Simone @ninasimone.com · 09/03/2026

“You’ll miss the greatest mama that you ever ever ever had…” - #ninasimone #afteryouvegone - 🎨 by PorfirioArt4U

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Nina Simone @ninasimone.com · 22/01/2026

“When I was a young girl, I used to seek pleasure…” - #ninasimone #wheniwasayounggirl - 🎨 artist unknown

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Nina Simone @ninasimone.com · 20/01/2026

Celebrating the life and legacy of Etta James, who died on this day in 2012 #ettajames #idrathergoblind

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Nina Simone @ninasimone.com · 08/01/2026

“Everyone’s gone to the moon…” - #ninasimone #everyonesgonetothemoon #jonathanking - 📷 by Dwight Carter

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Nina Simone @ninasimone.com · 05/01/2026

Celebrating the life and legacy of bassist, composer, bandleader, and pianist Charles Mingus, who died on this day in 1979. #charlesmingus - 📷 by Frank Gauna @charlesmingus.com

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Nina Simone @ninasimone.com · 24/12/2025

Celebrate this year with Verve // Remixed Holiday! #ninasimone #ververemixed

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Nina Simone @ninasimone.com · 19/12/2025

59 years ago today - on December 19th, 1966 - #ninasimone conducted her first recording session for RCA, which became her album NINA SIMONE SINGS THE BLUES, released in June of 1967 - 📷 by David Hollander

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Nina Simone @ninasimone.com · 18/12/2025

Celebrating the life and legacy of singer and actor Kenny Lynch, who died on this day in 2019. This photo of #ninasimone and #kennylynch was taken in June of 1965 in London - 📷 credit Starstock/Photoshot

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Nina Simone @ninasimone.com · 15/12/2025

#ninasimone — 📷 by Gerald Simmons/Ulozi Photographics

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Nina Simone @ninasimone.com · 11/12/2025

60 years ago today - on December 11th, 1965 - #ninasimone performed on the Swedish television program, "De Ju Haven." #lovemeorleaveme

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Nina Simone @ninasimone.com · 10/12/2025

“Why oh why won’t love free me?” - #ninasimone #loveolove - 🎨 by Dennis Rogers

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Nina Simone @ninasimone.com · 08/12/2025

57 years ago today - on December 8th, 1968 - #ninasimone appeared on the David Frost television program, "Frost On Sunday" - 📷 by Michael Putland

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