Nina Simone - Feeling Good Apr 2026

: When the massive brass horns finally swagger in, it isn't just a band playing; it is the loping, unstoppable stride of a giant.

Nina Simone didn't just sing the song; she possessed it. Denied her dream of being a classical concert pianist due to institutional racism at the Curtis Institute of Music, Nina was a woman who knew exactly what it meant to fight for her own agency. 🕊️ A Deep Story of Liberation Nina Simone - Feeling Good

In January 1965, Nina Simone stepped into a New York recording studio to record the song for her album I Put a Spell on You . : When the massive brass horns finally swagger

In 1964, British composers Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley wrote "Feeling Good" for a theatrical musical called The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd . 🕊️ A Deep Story of Liberation In January