Die Nina Simone Story feat. FOLA DADA

Her music, her life, her time.

She dreamed of one day being the first black classical pianist in America.She became the "Highpriestess of Soul". Her music made her the voice of the American civil rights movement, the legendary diva of jazz - "black classical music" in her words. This is the life of one woman: Nina Simone, the girl everyone called "Niña".

Fola Dada, the Stuttgart soul and jazz singer, Florian Dohrmann and band and presenter Katharina Eickhoff (SWR2) shed light on this story. Nina Simone's story.

The circumstances, the longing, the search for her African roots. The pain and her struggles with love, society, its prejudices and, above all, the struggles with herself.

Singing/moderation: Fola Dada (German Jazz Award 2022)

Narrator: Katharina Eickhoff

Double bass and concept: Florian Dohrmann

Piano: Ulf Kleiner

Drums: Felix Schrack

Guitar: Christoph Neuhaus (State Jazz Prize Ba-Wü 2021)

Illustrations: Uli Gleis