Nina Simone Piano Songbook Volume 1

Of all the major singers of the late 20th century, the author was one of the hardest to label. She recorded extensively in soul, jazz, and pop and was also comfortable with blues, gospel, and Broadway. She has subsequently been labelled as a 'soul' singer in terms of emotion, rather than form.

Over a dozen excellent transcriptions of some of Nina Simone’s best-known songs. What more can one say? Evergreens, self penned numbers and pop hits from one of the greatest exponents of jazz piano and voice. Also with chord boxes for guitar for that extra bit of appeal, pianists should scoop this up – and a few braver vocalist and guitarists too.

MI Pro Magazine, September 2007

Of all the major singers of the late 20th century, Nina Simone was one of the hardest to label. She recorded extensively in soul, jazz, and pop and was also comfortable with blues, gospel, and Broadway. She has subsequently been labelled as a ‘soul’ singer in terms of emotion, rather than form. Her repertoire included jazz standards, gospel and spirituals, classical music, folk songs of diverse origin, blues, pop, songs from musicals and opera, African chants as well as her own compositions.

Nina Simone Piano Songbook Volume 1 contains authentic piano and vocal transcriptions of 15 of her best-known songs, including Feeling Good, I Put a Spell On You, Sinnerman and My Baby Just Cares For Me, with guitar chord boxes. 

 

• | Author: NA
• | Publisher: Faber Music Ltd
• | Publication Date: Jul 04, 2007
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780571528639
• | ISBN-10: 0571528635