Most fans, friends, music critics and fellow artists remember Nina Simone’s unique power to transform an audience -- even to affect trance, transport, transcendence. She was dubbed the “High Priestess of Soul” by a record label. That might have been clever branding at the time, but the phrase is not in her case hyperbole. In the world, she was untampered, imperious, unstable and difficult at times. In music, she was uncompromising -- a force to be reckoned with. Our show includes songs which are among Nina Simone’s best: "I Loves You Porgy", "Sinnerman", "My Baby Just Cares for Me", "Little Girl Blue", and (how could we leave it out?) "Feeling Good". We will also perform some of her lesser-known, though exquisite, pop, folk and classical song interpretations. Truly, as a vast number of songs and styles in her discography are considered “essential” Nina Simone, this program is eclectic, diverse and powerful as the pianist- singer herself.