Nina Simone is undoubtedly one of the finest singers that jazz has produced and her musicality is unarguable. Her ability to put phrases in just the right spot is as skilful as the first rank of jazz instrumentalists.
That art, of choosing when to interpolate a phrase, involves teasing the listener with what they expect, then doing something that is different but might have been something they expected had they been clever enough to have such a sophisticated set of expecta…
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