Feeling Good

Nina Simone · 1965

Context

Written by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse for the musical "The Roar of the Greasepaint" (1964), the song was recorded by Nina Simone in New York in January 1965. Long left as an album track, it enjoyed a new surge after a 1994 British advertisement, then numerous samplings.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese. Among the origins and influences of Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese: Classic blues (women singers), Swing, big bands, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).

By the same artist

• I Put a Spell on You (1965)
• Sinnerman (1965)
• Mississippi Goddam (1964)
• Four Women (1966)
• To Be Young, Gifted and Black (1970)
• My Baby Just Cares for Me (1958)

Sources

• EN: Feeling Good
• EN: I Put a Spell on You (album)

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