Portrait: CD BF30 Nina Simone - I Am

Nina Simone - I Am Blessed - Ginton Remix

young guitar star George Benson

feverish recording

and cinematic orchestration

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Portrait: CD BF30 Nina Simone - I AmBorn from of a relentless global tour schedule, Samara Joy took her touring band, made up of other rising young jazz musicians, into the legendary Van Gelder Studios (the venerable studio from which A Love Supreme and so many of the great catalog records from Impulse and Blue Note were recorded) in February of 2024. Recorded across three days, Samara and her musicians were able to capture an incredible snapshot of who she is today and the promise of