#ninasimone - 🎨 by Dose Creative

#ninasimone - 📷 by Jim Simpson

“They’re a bit crazy…” - #ninasimone interviewed by Nick Owen on Good Morning Britain in April of 1985

"It's as close to God as I know..." - #ninasimone - 🎨 by Elin Eplet Sandström

Happy Birthday, Otis Redding! #otisredding #heavenlybirthday #ninasimone Photos of Otis & Nina are from Atlanta in 1967, taken by Vernon Merritt during the National Association of Radio Announcers convention.

35 years ago today — on September 4th, 1990 — Nina Simone, Miriam Makeba, and Odetta kicked off a brief tour of Italy, titled "Three Women For Freedom,” performing at Rocca dei Normanni in Paternò (Catania), followed by concerts in Salerno on 9/6, Cagliari on 9/8, and Bologna on 9/10.

#ninasimone performs at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1966 — 📷 by Gai Terrell

#ninasimone in Algiers, 1969 — 📷 by Philippe Gras

48 years ago today — on July 19th, 1977 — #ninasimone performed at the Jazz à Juan Festival in Antibes, France #fourwomen Nina’s entire concert is available to stream now on our official YouTube channel! Photos circa 1998 by Cathy Hassam, sourced from The Big Issue In The North Magazine (No. 239)

49 years ago today — on July 3rd, 1976 — #ninasimone performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival. #feelings #morrisalbert

#ninasimone #nemequittepas - 📷 by Burt Goldblatt

“Give him your attention day and night…” - #ninasimone #dayandnight

40 years ago today — on June 26th, 1985 — #ninasimone performed at Avery Fisher Hall for the Kool Jazz Festival — 📷 by Rene Perez

Nina Simone, circa 1977 — 📷 by Danny Gotfried

64 years ago today — on June 8th, 1961 — #ninasimone performed at the Daily News Jazz Festival at Madison Square Garden. 1st 📷 by Herb Snitzer shows Nina with Duke Ellington, Buddy Rich, and George Shearing - 2nd 📷 by Arthur Buckley, sourced from the 6/9/61 edition of the New York Daily News

Happy Birthday, Nikki Giovanni! #nikkigiovanni #heavenlybirthday — 📷 sourced via Pictorial Parade/Getty Images

#ninasimone — 📷 by Bruno Bebert

#ninasimone performing at the 6th Festival Banlieues Bleues in France, 1988 — 📷 by Christian Rose

37 years ago today — on June 4th, 1988 — #ninasimone appeared on the television program "Bain de minuit" in France — 📷 by Christian Rose

“I was at home…” - #ninasimone #hardtalk #timsebastian #liberia

#ninasimone #thelookoflove (photographer unknown)

Happy Birthday, Lauryn Hill! #laurynhill #ninasimone #readyornot #fugees

Langston Hughes (2/1/1901 - 5/22/1967) #langstonhughes "Words Like Freedom" recited by Langston Hughes at ULCA in February, 1967 - 📷 by Jack Delano

37 years ago today — on May 21st, 1988 — #ninasimone performed on Sábado Noche in Spain #mybabyjustcaresforme

#ninasimone #saveme — 🎨 by Ell La'Simone

37 years ago today — on May 18th, 1988 — #ninasimone performed on Sacrée Soirée in Paris #mybabyjustcaresforme

54 years ago today — on May 9th, 1971 — #ninasimone performed at Carnegie Hall in NYC #funkierthanamosquitostweeter — Nina’s entire concert at Carnegie Hall can be streamed via our official YouTube channel! (Photo sourced from Swing Journal, 1971)

#ninasimone #colorisabeautifulthing — Live on Les Visiteurs Du Jour, 1982

#ninasimone in 1982 — 📷 by Christian Rose

#ninasimone in 1991 — 📷 by Christian Rose

#ninasimone photographed during the filming of French television program "Numéro un" in 1977 — 📷 by Christian Rose

#ninasimone — (photographer unknown)

In honor of the 125th anniversary of Duke Ellington's birth, we're revisiting #ninasimone’s 1962 album “Nina Simone Sings Ellington!” #dukeellington #ninasimone #heybuddybolden

33 years ago today — on April 27th, 1992 — #ninasimone performed at the Poggibonsi Garibaldi Theatre in Italy — 📷 by Alessandro Botticelli

Happy Birthday, Ella Fitzgerald! #ellafitzgerald #firstladyofsong #heavenlybirthday #ninasimoneh

#ninasimone #feelinggood

Remembering #charlesmingus on the 103rd anniversary of his birth. "I'm trying to play the truth of what I am. The reason it's difficult is because I'm changing all the time." - Charles Mingus - 📷: K Abe - 🎵: "So Long Eric" live in Belgium, 1964 Charles Mingus April 22nd, 1922 - January 5th, 1979

Join us in celebrating the birth of @charlesmingus.com, born on this day in 1922! #charlesmingus #mingus #heavenlybirthday

We miss you, Miss Simone! Nina Simone (2/21/1933 - 4/21/2003) Today marks 22 years since Nina Simone's passing. Please join us in honoring the memory and legacy of the High Priestess of Soul. The spell she put on us will never be broken! #ninasimone #consummation

#ninasimone - 📷 by Marc Sharratt

"When they're ready, I play for them..." - #ninasimone #hardtalk #timsebastian

25 years ago today — on April 16th, 2000 — #ninasimone performed at the Bourbon Street Music Club in São Paulo, Brazil #seelinewoman

#ninasimone #africanmailman - 🎨 by Jean Okada

"I sing from intelligence..." - #ninasimone #hardtalk #timsebastian

Happy Heavenly Birthday to Billie Holiday, born on this day in 1915 #billieholiday #ninasimone #strangefruit

56 years ago today — on April 1st, 1969 — #ninasimone performed at Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen - 📷 by Jan Persson

53 years ago today: Berkeley, CA mayor Warren Widener declared March 31st, 1972 to be “Nina Simone Day” #ninasimone

“I’m a performer first and foremost…” - #ninasimone #martinbronstein

#ninasimone #brownbaby

#ninasimone #feelinggood #pixelart - 🎨 by Karakenio