Nina Simone @ninasimone.com

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

24.09.2025 15:14 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

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.

09.09.2025 16:15 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

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.

04.09.2025 15:35 — 👍 15 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

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

03.09.2025 14:00 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

#ninasimone in Algiers, 1969 — 📷 by Philippe Gras

12.08.2025 17:32 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

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)

19.07.2025 21:39 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

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

03.07.2025 17:40 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

#ninasimone #nemequittepas - 📷 by Burt Goldblatt

02.07.2025 14:29 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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

27.06.2025 17:01 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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

26.06.2025 17:03 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Nina Simone, circa 1977 — 📷 by Danny Gotfried

18.06.2025 19:33 — 👍 12 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1

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

08.06.2025 18:32 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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

07.06.2025 15:39 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

#ninasimone — 📷 by Bruno Bebert

06.06.2025 23:34 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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

05.06.2025 14:42 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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

04.06.2025 15:23 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

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

29.05.2025 14:56 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

📷 by Thierry Le Goues

28.05.2025 20:17 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

#ninasimone #thelookoflove (photographer unknown)

28.05.2025 18:22 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

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

26.05.2025 17:01 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Langston Hughes (2/1/1901 - 5/22/1967) #langstonhughes

"Words Like Freedom" recited by Langston Hughes at ULCA in February, 1967 - 📷 by Jack Delano

22.05.2025 16:04 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

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

21.05.2025 14:47 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

#ninasimone #saveme — 🎨 by Ell La'Simone

20.05.2025 16:23 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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

18.05.2025 16:34 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

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)

09.05.2025 20:28 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0