@@rickyratte5643 She’s improvising a kind of fugue in the style of JS Bach. That’s why it sounds like two songs- it’s two subjects, or ‘themes’ being played together. The guitarist is also joining in. Amazing.
@@samuellaz "premeditated" and "improvised" are not mutually exclusive. You must not be a musician lol, and certainly not trained at all in improvisation. Sit this one out, chief.
I had read she was a piano prodigy but had a difficult time getting in to a conservatory because of her ethnicity when she was young. So cool to see her play in this video.
She was told by a professor at the Curtis institute In Philadelphia that no one would pay to see and hear a colored woman to play Bach . Can you imagine that ?
Can we take a moment to commend Ed Sullivan for putting this incredible talent on his show, during a time when performers of her caliber were virtually absent from network television merely because of the color of their skin?
The idea that black performers were excluded from television performances is not based in fact. Sullivan was exceptional but Nina was quite well know in the sixties and was on television somewhat frequently considering she never had a top 10 or and 1 top 20 hit popular chart record in the USA. Her highest. USA chart position was 18. She did hit #2 on R & B chart wit “Porgy” and #8 R & B with Young, Gifted and Black. Despite her great talent commercial success was elusive. In England she was far more popular on the popular charts: "To Love Somebody" reaching #5 and "Ain't Got No, I Got Life"(1969) reaching #2. Urban audiences didn’t support the “High Priestess Of Soul” as much as you would think??
Your top five rappers of today probably made more in their career then she could never dream of making in her career ,but those same top five rappers could never dream to be more talented then her.
And those same 5 rappers have most likely referenced her music or sampled her voice or piano arrangements. Kanye, Jay Z, Lil Wayne, and Beyoncé just to name a few.
I hate comments like this. So much negativity. Those 5 rappers could be Jay-z, Nas, Eminem, 2pac and Chris Wallace. All amazing artists in their right. Can paint a beautiful picture with words and wisdom. Completely different discipline. Tupac was a big fan of Simone and they were actually very good friends before he passed. She loved his poems to bits.
@@JamieLandan Beyonce does rap, her last few projects will show you that. Black is King, Everything is Love, and her latest single has rap verses. Beyonce has done more than just her first few R&B and pop albums. Also, her music is heavily steeped in hip-hop culture and aesthetics. As a matter of fact, she has experimented with almost every main and sub genre out there. So please, do your research before you try and come for me.
Back when people actually needed raw talent to become a star. Artists back in those times didn’t need auto-tune. They just had the God given talent!! I’m only 18 but this is exactly why I will always listen to older music from the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s because music was better back in those days. And the musicians could really sing and they played actual instruments!
Sheer GENIUS!!!!! I "discovered" her in 1969 when I was 16 years old. For many years, I never knew anyone who was familiar with her -- let alone her work. I had all of her albums, and could listen endlessly.
You could easily have been an Arthur Rubinstein, if not for the unfortunate times, u lived in, when black artist were not allowed to play classical music. Bless u, Nina. U continue to live on forever our hearts.
I discovered Nina Simone in the 1980’s working in a French Bistro playing on a ‘reel to reel’. Such a force and ‘completely misunderstood’ through much of her career. Little Girl Blue remains my favourite album. A sublime genius
Her time feel is what I find most special, especially the juxtaposition of the freedom (voice) and metronomic (piano; counterpoint improvisations, specifically). Does anyone know who the guitarist is (contributing to the counterpoint bits)?
26 ans : un sourire ensorcelante et déjà au sommet de son génie musical et expressif.....dans cette vidéo sublime, Nina Simone me fait presque oublier Billie Holiday......et me transporte dans un univers musical d une légèreté merveilleuse......
If I could sum it up in one word, I would say this performance is simply sensational. Her piano playing skills are impeccable. And to think, that's all she really wanted to do. She never even wanted to sing, but orchestras & symphonies wouldn't give a black woman a chance back then. She really did pave the way for great artists to come & made the veterans before her, proud. I know I am extremely proud of the true musician she was.✊🏾 p.s. I'm glad they made her sing. I love her voice.❤
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Nina Simone deserves so much more than the world gave her.
so true.
Great performance. Nina's piano skills are amazing. Her classical training is on full display here.
FACK ME Yes!!
Does she play two Songs in her Solo? Sounds like
@@rickyratte5643 No
@@rickyratte5643 She’s improvising a kind of fugue in the style of JS Bach. That’s why it sounds like two songs- it’s two subjects, or ‘themes’ being played together. The guitarist is also joining in. Amazing.
@@canterlevi danke für die freundliche Antwort 🙏
The difficulty of improvising counterpoint....there's really no way to express what a masterpiece this is.
Yes it is! She was truly gifted!😊❤🎹
You really think that was improvised? I think it was premeditated for sure
@@samuellaz "premeditated" and "improvised" are not mutually exclusive. You must not be a musician lol, and certainly not trained at all in improvisation. Sit this one out, chief.
@@samuellaz Improvisation requires practice. 🙂
@@ssinssg Bro how could this be improvised, the guitar imitates the harmony and the rhythm perfectly in sync with her. It's clearly a pre-planned solo
Nina Simone was a unique talent.
her talent wasnt unique what she chose to do with that talent was
Wow! Watch her go from a simple one hand melody into Bach-style!!
Miss. Nina Simone was a classically trained pianist. There was no hard part for her dear.
Gifted!😊❤🎹
@@lisablack8804 if we’re talking Bachian fugue, there are hard parts for everyone
@@willzimjohn Nope. It's all her on piano. There's another instrument with her, but the piano is all her.
Absolutely Awesome
The portmento classical technique, the Baroque counterpoint motives, mixed with the jazz improvisation! The girl was BAD!!!! 👊🏽
Ancestor Nina Simone was a musical genius. Her savant abilities on the piano, vocal phrasing and tone are all working in concert on this performance.
Brilliant comment!
@@Ghostmanriding thank you! She was a brilliant artist. RIP
She's an elder, not an ancestor 😢😢!! I love her do much
Well said.
Maravilhosa!
I had read she was a piano prodigy but had a difficult time getting in to a conservatory because of her ethnicity when she was young. So cool to see her play in this video.
What a lot of nonsense you believe.
@@sidecar7714 the Curtis Institute of Music rejected her admission in 1951 on the basis of her race.
@@jacobbullock2070 Why did they accept earlier African American candidates then?
She was told by a professor at the Curtis institute In Philadelphia that no one would pay to see and hear a colored woman to play Bach . Can you imagine that ?
@@ettoredipugnar6990 No, because it’s bullshit. The Curtis Institute had previously admitted African American candidates.
Absolute diamond performance... Even though Nina is well known, I believe her skill as a pianist is greatly unappreciated...
Can we take a moment to commend Ed Sullivan for putting this incredible talent on his show, during a time when performers of her caliber were virtually absent from network television merely because of the color of their skin?
The idea that black performers were excluded from television performances is not based in fact. Sullivan was exceptional but Nina was quite well know in the sixties and was on television somewhat frequently considering she never had a top 10 or and 1 top 20 hit popular chart record in the USA. Her highest. USA chart position was 18. She did hit #2 on R & B chart wit “Porgy” and #8 R & B with Young, Gifted and Black. Despite her great talent commercial success was elusive. In England she was far more popular on the popular charts: "To Love Somebody" reaching #5 and "Ain't Got No, I Got Life"(1969) reaching #2. Urban audiences didn’t support the “High Priestess Of Soul” as much as you would think??
The absolute BEST version of this song. Nina Simone made it hers! Genius!
Incredible. Beautiful fingers. Wish I could have known her.
A genius, clearly
Nina Simone was one of a kind!
A LADY who most definitely knew what she was about. SUPERB TALENT!!!
Your top five rappers of today probably made more in their career then she could never dream of making in her career ,but those same top five rappers could never dream to be more talented then her.
And those same 5 rappers have most likely referenced her music or sampled her voice or piano arrangements. Kanye, Jay Z, Lil Wayne, and Beyoncé just to name a few.
why do you have to compare her with rappers and vice versa?? lol so weird. rapping is an entirely different skill set.
@@benjaminjackson9449 is this the stupid hour? Beyoncé is not a rapper.
I hate comments like this. So much negativity. Those 5 rappers could be Jay-z, Nas, Eminem, 2pac and Chris Wallace. All amazing artists in their right. Can paint a beautiful picture with words and wisdom. Completely different discipline. Tupac was a big fan of Simone and they were actually very good friends before he passed. She loved his poems to bits.
@@JamieLandan Beyonce does rap, her last few projects will show you that. Black is King, Everything is Love, and her latest single has rap verses. Beyonce has done more than just her first few R&B and pop albums. Also, her music is heavily steeped in hip-hop culture and aesthetics. As a matter of fact, she has experimented with almost every main and sub genre out there. So please, do your research before you try and come for me.
I think the Ed Sullivan show was the best show ever
Back when people actually needed raw talent to become a star. Artists back in those times didn’t need auto-tune. They just had the God given talent!! I’m only 18 but this is exactly why I will always listen to older music from the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s because music was better back in those days. And the musicians could really sing and they played actual instruments!
Amen brother!🙌👍✌️
do you play?
Love that this is coming from a youngster
God, shut up.
this is a very naive mindset, i hope you realize that as you get older
She turned it into a minuet on a harpsichord. 💝
A glance/ tribute/ gift for the great J. S. Bach😊
Every time I hear this, Ms. Simone blows me away. EVERY TIME.
Absolutely the favourite daughter of J. S. Bach❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Super rare treat. Had no idea the High Priestess of Soul made an appearance on the show in her early career. 60 years later it still holds up.
Amazing…makes you stop and pause. Supreme talent.
She was underated genius
Watching Nina all day today is a treat. Her piano work here is unparalleled, but her voice only gets bigger and more beautiful as the years go on.
Oh how I love her voice! It is so rich and unique, but infused with so many different styles.The sound is like a neoclassical soul.
Bach and Simone two genieße combined.
She does a classical style straight time solo over a swing rhythm and it works out great
Exactly
Love you my beautiful Nina! 💕 I'm on your path as an artist 😉
wicked concoction of classical and jazz
Que gran soundtrack escogió el profe O’FARRIL para su intervención, 20/10 es GOD y cine
Sheer GENIUS!!!!! I "discovered" her in 1969 when I was 16 years old. For many years, I never knew anyone who was familiar with her -- let alone her work. I had all of her albums, and could listen endlessly.
You could easily have been an Arthur Rubinstein, if not for the unfortunate times, u lived in, when black artist were not allowed to play classical music. Bless u, Nina. U continue to live on forever our hearts.
64 years later, you and i watch this on our phones etc
64 years from now, i wonder how they will watch this ans other stuff
I wish this could be remastered because this is hands down the best version
Miss. Nina Simone such a beautiful talented woman just lovely.
She’s a legendary icon.
That woman could play the piano! Wow !
One of a kind Miss Simone
It is criminal that this video has only 34,000 views!
Nina at her best!
As I write this, it has nearly 500,000 views.
She has two independent brains, one for the right hand and other one for left hand. Extra-natural!
No three.....another for her singing
Nina was magnificent. I loved her all my life. I finally got to see her in person before she passed. Brilliant pianist, songwriter and singer.
God bless you Miss Simone
Is my first time listening Nina Simone, im from Argentine, im listening tango and yt recomend this video. Amazing
😍
Rarely we see someone that is a “Talent”, this is it!
Breath-taking performer. Every time I watch her she blows me away.
Wow…the fugue improvisation in the bridge is mind blowing what a real talent….
A voice for the Souls of everybody .....
she's absolutely perfect
INCREDIBLE ON THE KEYS
I discovered Nina Simone in the 1980’s working in a French Bistro playing on a ‘reel to reel’. Such a force and ‘completely misunderstood’ through much of her career. Little Girl Blue remains my favourite album. A sublime genius
She was before my time, but I really adore her.
She is a League of Her Own. Wow. She blows me away. Grand Prize, gurl!
Breaks character into a full fledged improv classic pianist then slips back into her day job! Just WoW 🙌🙌🙌
Genius at work!!
Thank God that we can enjoy beauty
Shes the greatest. She sings, plays a mean piano and composes. Tripple threat.
There has been no one who can compare to her. She was living in more than one world.
Gorgeous ✨✨
What a beautiful talent . She could be a concert pianist easily. Bach style baroque at it's best . ❤❤❤❤❤
Second to none. We miss u, Simone. Yr talent was just incredible. May yr beautiful soul rest in peace. U r simply awesome.
Once in a lifetime artist
Her time feel is what I find most special, especially the juxtaposition of the freedom (voice) and metronomic (piano; counterpoint improvisations, specifically). Does anyone know who the guitarist is (contributing to the counterpoint bits)?
OMG I must investigate her further! ❤
You will find fabulous music.
26 ans : un sourire ensorcelante et déjà au sommet de son génie musical et expressif.....dans cette vidéo sublime, Nina Simone me fait presque oublier Billie Holiday......et me transporte dans un univers musical d une légèreté merveilleuse......
Whoa! That interlude! What an amazing piece. Got goosebumps. Played it over and over again.
oh wow, footage I have never seen before. This is fantastically wonderful. Loved it!!
Fantástica! Bravo🎉🎉
What a genius! Pure euphoria!
Amazing Piano/guitar solo.
Yes, thank you. I knew there is a guitar playing alongside the piano solo. So many people think it's only Simone playing the solo.
The great Nina Simone
Very nice piano work with classical riffs all over the place!
My forever favorite musician ❤
Será que hoje em dia veremos talentos comos esses! Perfeito!
Es lo más egregio que se puede ver y escuchar. Gracias eternas, Nina.
I actually teared up watching this. What a genius.
Gurl can you hear me? That was an awesome performance. And we got it, to listen to, till the end of time.
Thank you for that 💜🙏🤟
настоящее искусство... вечно... браво ...
I love this song, but I’ve never seen someone style it so fantastically!!!!! What a maestro she is, Ms Nina Simone 🙌✨👑
Ughhhhh such a Majestic Talented Artist. She’s so brilliant it hurts. ❤
Epic performance and Brilliant Talent Beautiful Nina
Thank you Ms Simone for paving the way your still one of the greatest ever!
Absolutely wonderful….nothing compares to her❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Pure art
My favorite Nina song
I agree with you! Simply the best!
Thank you, God.
what a bloody masterpiece!
A brilliant person. Brilliant.
The one, the only!
Excellent piano player
If I could sum it up in one word, I would say this performance is simply sensational. Her piano playing skills are impeccable. And to think, that's all she really wanted to do. She never even wanted to sing, but orchestras & symphonies wouldn't give a black woman a chance back then. She really did pave the way for great artists to come & made the veterans before her, proud. I know I am extremely proud of the true musician she was.✊🏾 p.s. I'm glad they made her sing. I love her voice.❤
She was amazing on that piano.
beautiful, and very talented
An absolute wizard ❤
So beauiful. She always will br my favorite singer and pianoplayer.
Wow… I keep rewinding the piano solo parts it amazes me how she play
AMAZING VOICE AND PIANO ORCHESTRA AS WELL
That was wonderful!!
Not a lot of people make me cry.
WOW! Just...wow!
Some Bach’s influence in this piano. Beautiful !!!