High Priestess Of Soul

A blog dedicated to the incomparable Miss Nina Simone (21 Feb 1933—21 April 2003).

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Nina Simone & Bob Dylan, The Hague, Netherlands, 1989 © Christina Svane.

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Nina Simone (Nina Laughing), Photo by Herb Snitzer, 1959

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Nina Simone In a White Dress in London, England, 1965

pictured at a press reception for her Philips Record Company 1965

© Mirrorpix

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nina simone live at montreux, 1976.

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'forever young gifted and black,' nina simone cd packaging, printed 2006.

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Nina Simone, Miles Davis.

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Found this delightful ad featuring Miss Nina Simone. I know she must have absolutely hated doing it, but I still love it!

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Nina Simone performs live on stage at Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, Rhode Island, United States on 4th July 1968. Photographed by David Redfern.

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Bernard Gotfryd (photograph), Nina Simone and James Baldwin, (gelatin silver print), 1965 [Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. © Bernard Gotfryd]

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Bernard Gotfryd (photograph), Nina Simone and James Baldwin, (gelatin silver print), 1965 [Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. © Bernard Gotfryd]

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Bernard Gotfryd (photograph), Nina Simone and James Baldwin, (gelatin silver print), 1965 [Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. © Bernard Gotfryd]

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Singing in small group with Lorraine Hansberry and Nina Simone, 1963 [New York Public Library Digital Collections, Music Division, The New York Public Library, New York, NY]

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Nina Simone, Mississippi Goddam, [originally released as Mississippi *@!!?*@!], (45rpm recording and recording sleeve), from the album Nina Simone in Concert, PHM 200-135, Philips, 1964 [Carnegie Hall, New York, NY]

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Russell Young, Nina Simone, (hand-pulled acrylic, enamel screen print and diamond dust on linen), 2017 [The Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC. © Russell Young]

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Nina Simone with Babatunde Olatunji arriving at the Lagos Airport from New York, December 14, 1961, for the AMSAC Arts Festival on December 18 and 19, 1961 [Langston Hughes papers, Series XII: Photographs, 1862-1967, Yale University Library, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, New Haven, CT]

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Nina Simone, Broadway-Blues-Ballads, [’The One and Only Nina Simone’, by Langston Hughes], (draft, typescript carbon and proof, corrected), 1964 [Langston Hughes papers, Series V: General Writings, 1922-1967, Yale University Library, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, New Haven, CT]

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Operation: Get Down Presents A New Spiritual Experience, Starring High Priestess of Soul Nina Simone, with Myrna Summers & The Interdenominational Singers, and Black Poetess Nik[k]i Giovanni, Masonic Temple, Detroit, October 24, 1971. Poster Design: Globe Poster Company