Nina Simone originally aspired to become a classical pianist, but her work covers an eclectic variety of musical styles besides her classical basis, such as jazz, soul, folk, R&B, gospel, and pop music.
Her vocal style is characterized by intense passion, a loose vibrato, and a slightly androgynous timbre, in part due to her unusually low vocal range which veered between the alto and tenor ranges (occasionally even reaching baritone lows).
Sometimes known as the High Priestess of Soul, she paid great attention to the musical expression of emotions. Within one album or concert she could fluctuate between exuberant happiness or tragic melancholy. These fluctuations also characterized her own personality and personal life, worsened by bipolar disorder with which she was diagnosed in the mid-1960s, but was kept secret until 2004.
The self published book of photography, Nina Simone: Black is the Color, features Simone's life in pictures. Andy Stroud compiles photos of the High Priestess of Soul and presents them in an 8.5 X 11 format.
Get a visual perspective on the life of Nina Simone in this self published Xlibris book.
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Find out how to get your own book of photography published.
Her vocal style is characterized by intense passion, a loose vibrato, and a slightly androgynous timbre, in part due to her unusually low vocal range which veered between the alto and tenor ranges (occasionally even reaching baritone lows).
Sometimes known as the High Priestess of Soul, she paid great attention to the musical expression of emotions. Within one album or concert she could fluctuate between exuberant happiness or tragic melancholy. These fluctuations also characterized her own personality and personal life, worsened by bipolar disorder with which she was diagnosed in the mid-1960s, but was kept secret until 2004.
The self published book of photography, Nina Simone: Black is the Color, features Simone's life in pictures. Andy Stroud compiles photos of the High Priestess of Soul and presents them in an 8.5 X 11 format.
Get a visual perspective on the life of Nina Simone in this self published Xlibris book.
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Find out how to get your own book of photography published.
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