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I had heard blues and jazz all my life but I was never aware that it was associated with nightclubs and drinking.

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Nina Simone
Age: 75 †
Born: 1933
Born: February 21
Died: 2008
Died: April 21
Composer
Jazz Pianist
Recording Artist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Tryon
North Carolina
Eunice Kathleen Waymon
High Priestess of Soul
Drinking
Jazz
Aware
Heard
Never
Life
Nightclubs
Associated
Blues

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