Mississippi Goddam

Nina Simone · 1964

Context

Nina Simone wrote this protest song in less than an hour, after the events of 1963 in the United States. The reference version comes from her concerts at Carnegie Hall in March 1964, released on the album In Concert (Philips). Several Southern states banned it from the radio; the Library of Congress added it to the National Recording Registry in 2019.

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

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

Sources

• EN: Mississippi Goddam
• EN: Nina Simone in Concert

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