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Christina Aguilera performing "I Love you Porgy" as a tribute to late Nina Simone. Let's hope she did not mind it.

#Christina Aguilera #Gerschwin #Porgy

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Art Ford 's Jazz Party, late 50s, Anita O'Day as guest, singing Body and Soul after teasing the band with her massively solid hairdo.

#anita o'day #live #jam

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Nina Simone's late performance of Hawkins' I put a spell on you in Montreal, Canada in 1992.

#nina simone #Screamin' Jay Hawkins #live

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A gloomy alternate take of Summertime from Ella Fritzgerald.  

#Ella Fitzgerald #jazz #summertime #Gershwin #live

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Nina Simone singing her true classic interpretation from Gerschwin, Porgy, aka "I Loves you Porgy" in 1962.

#nina simone #porgy #piano #live #Gerschwin

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Early Nina Simone performing Love me or Leave me, with the weirdest hairdo and makeup ever on stage.

#nina simone #love me or leave me #piano #live

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Billie Holiday performing Strange Fruit, one of the first anti-racism songs of America. The background and impact of the song was perfectly covered by a documentary under the same title. 

#strange fruit #Bilie Holiday #live

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Kati Kovács, Hungarian singer's performance of "Az eső és én" ( The Rain and Me) with Gabor Szabo, on his first post-emigration Hungarian performance.

Recorded at Magyar Radio 8.Studio; Budapest, Hungary, on September 12, 1974, full version here: this Kovács Kati - voc. Szabó Gábor - guitar Pege Aladár - db. bass Másik János - keyb  Kőszegi Imre - dr. Dely László - perc.

#Kati Kovács #Gabor Szabo #Aladar Pege #bossa #jazz #rain

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Ella Fitzgerald standup comedy-like performance of "It Don't Mean a Thing", 1974 recording at a German TV studio.

#Ella Fitzgerald #fun #jam #jazz #live #Duke Ellington

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Love for Sale - Anita O'day singing Cole Porter's classic in Tokyo, 1963.

#anita o'day #cole porter #tokyo 63 #jazz