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Alyn Shipton presents your requests for music by the great American singer and pianist Nina Simone, who was born 90 years ago this week.

A selection of your favourite recordings by the iconic American singer and pianist Nina Simone, who was born 90 years ago this week, and an excerpt from the last radio interview she gave in the UK, in which she talked to Alyn Shipton about her admiration for Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela, and about the songs she most loved to sing. Get in touch: jrr@bbc.co.uk or use #jazzrecordrequests on social.

59 minutes

Last on

Sun 19 Feb 2023 16:00

Music Played

  • Nina Simone

    Mood Indigo

    • Nina Simone & Her Trio - My Baby Just Cares For Me.
    • Phoenix Records.
    • 1.
  • Nina Simone

    Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair

    • Nina Simone - The Complete 1959-61 Live Recordings.
    • Essential Jazz Classics.
    • 1.
  • Nina Simone

    I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free

    • Nina Simone - Silk & Soul.
    • RCA Victor.
    • 1.
  • Nina Simone

    Backlash Blues

    • Nina Simone: The Montreux Years.
    • BMG.
    • 2.
  • Nina Simone

    You Can Have Him

    • Nina Simone - The Complete 1959-61 Live Recordings.
    • Essential Jazz Classics.
    • 5.
  • Nina Simone

    See Line Woman

    • Nina Simone - The Montreux Years.
    • BMG.
    • 4.
  • Nina Simone

    Feeling Good

    • Nina Simone - I Put A Spell On You.
    • Philips.
    • 1.
  • Nina Simone

    African Mailman

    • Nina Simone & Her Trio - My Baby Just Cares For Me.
    • Phoenix Records.
    • 14.
  • Nina Simone

    Just Say I Love Him

    • Nina Simone - Forbidden Fruit.
    • Essential Jazz Classics.
    • 8.
  • Nina Simone

    Sinnerman

    • Compact Jazz - Nina Simone.
    • Mercury.
    • 16.
  • Nina Simone

    My Baby Just Cares For Me

    • Nina Simone - The Montreux Years.
    • BMG.
    • 4.

Broadcast

  • Sun 19 Feb 2023 16:00

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