Nina Simone Live at Ronnie Scotts (1985)

Ronnie Scotts opened in 1959 to provide a place where British Jazz musicians could jam Eventually American music musicians such as Johnny Griffin Roland Kirk Al Cohn Stan Getz Sony Stitt Benny Golson Donald Byrd and Ben Webster played at the club making it the legendary Jazz club it is today Today the club still books the greatest Jazz acts in the world but also plays host to such diverse musicians as the talented Nina Simone This film features Nina Simone vocals piano delivering an intense emotional performance at the legendary Ronnie Scotts in Soho London on November 17 1985 Simone is an eclectic musician who adds a soulful mystique to whatever material she interprets This brilliant performance at Ronnie Scotts is testament to this fact