Soul-Jazz Musicians - Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Maceo Parker, Nina Simone, Bernard Purdie, the Crusaders, King Curtis, Junior Walker, Gene Harris (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 30. Chapters: Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Maceo Parker, Nina Simone, Bernard Purdie, The Crusaders, King Curtis, Junior Walker, Gene Harris, Roy Ayers, James Blood Ulmer, Chuck Rainey, The J.B.'s, Idris Muhammad, Johnny Lytle, Junior Mance, Shep Shepherd, Trudy Pitts, Bobbi Humphrey, Bill Doggett, Bobby Lyle, Reuben Wilson, List of soul-jazz musicians, Cornell Dupree, Wilton Felder, Ronnie Foster, Cynthia Layne, Charles Kynard, Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers, Funk, Inc.. Excerpt: Eunice Kathleen Waymon (February 21, 1933 - April 21, 2003), better known by her stage name Nina Simone (), was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist widely associated with jazz music. Simone aspired to become a classical pianist while working in a broad range of styles including classical, jazz, blues, folk, R&B, gospel, and pop. Born the sixth child of a preacher's family in North Carolina, Nina's prodigious musical talent prompted her ambition to become the first black concert pianist, but the realities of poverty and racial prejudice forced her to redirect her ambitions. Her musical path changed direction after she was denied entry by the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, despite an excellent audition. Simone was later told by someone working at Curtis that she was rejected because she was black. She then began playing in a small club in Philadelphia to fund her continuing musical education to become a classical pianist and was required to sing as well. She was approached for a recording by Bethlehem Records, and her rendition of "I Loves You Porgy" became a smash hit in the United States in 1958. Over the length of her career, Simone recorded more than forty albums, mostly between 1958 - when she made her debut with Little Girl Blue - and 1974. Her distinctive and original style arose from...