Simone (Nina): Round Nina (2014)

Epic or intimate, ferocious or tragic, meditative or funky, the repertoire of Nina Simone today has the aspect of a global music heritage. It is that universal legacy which this album salutes in the form of an anthology conceived as a collection of impassioned rereadings of Nina Simones most important standards and cult-titles: Sophie Hunger picking up the dark, brooding I Put a Spell on You, or Gregory Porter revisiting the fragile song Black is the Color; Olivia Ruiz shaking up the hit My Baby Just Cares (For Me), and Melody Gardots appropriation of the enigmatic song Four Women; Hindi Zahra putting in a performance on Just Say I Love Him, while Ben lOncle Soul makes the classic Feeling Good his very own; Camille singing a poignant version of Lilac Wine, Lianne La Havas giving twisting funk to Baltimore, and Youn Sun Nah bringing tragedy to Plain Gold Ring while Keziah Jones sends her Sinnerman reeling. (bron: Verve/Universal)

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