to play the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland. That meandering, hour-long performance would become another pivotal moment in her career when she confessed it would be her last jazz concert.

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The play presents Simone interacting with three characters who represent different aspects of Black womanhood.

Simone, known as the high priestess of soul, rose to fame in the 1960s with signature jazz ballads and such powerful protest songs as “Mississippi Goddam” and “To Be Young, Gifted, and Black ...

Mary J. Blige recently expressed her desire to star in a Nina Simone biopic and says she wants to learn to play piano.

Blige was set to play the role years ago, but a biopic surrounding the late jazz musician, Nina Simone didn't premiere until 2016, starring Zoe Saldana.

Between the songs in "No Fear and Blues Long Gone: Nina Simone," the sensitive script crisply touches on formative biographical details.

And using Nina Simone as an example for that.” The play is also a journey that leads these four women through a transformation as they try to heal their community.

"Nina Simone: Four Women" is not a musical, but it pulses with music. Based on Simone's song “Four Women,” the play, like the song, is told from the perspective of four very different women ...