06. In the dark - Nina Simone (Nina Simone sings the blues, 1967)

This woman was a tour de force package - she composed and arranged music, played the piano like nobody’s business, and sang raw, intensely erotic jazz with such ease and class. I love her bluesy voice with every electron in my body and wouldn’t mind having a little Simone any time of the day - from cheerful self-affirming, booblies-checking in the morning …

… to wistful yearning in the afternoon …

… to stormy evening …

… and the band (her majesty) picks up …

… and we get a little bold …

… to that time when all you can do is wait …

… and then, it was gone.

:heart:

{My 50 ALL-TIME FAVOURITE FEMALE VOCALISTS list continues (tagged Female Vocalists)! The criteria are simple: they are female of the species, I love their voice, and they have attempted to sing in English at one point in their career. The present list is focused mostly on the quality/uniqueness of their tone (voice box), and their ability to emote the hell out of the songs.}