Nina Simone

Hindi Zahra’s mesmerising version of ‘Just Say I Love Him’, the fourth track on ’Round Nina: A Tribute to Nina Simone (Verve ****), is a huge highlight of a new all-star tribute to Nina Simone (above) to be released in the UK/Ireland on 10 November. It's a song Simone sang on 1961's Forbidden Fruit.


A spoken word version teaser for ‘Just Say I Love Him’ featuring Hindi Zahra, above

Also featured with the world/jazz French Moroccan singer, who debuted with her album Handmade four years ago, are Lianne La Havas singing Randy Newman’s ‘Baltimore’; Keziah Jones, the spiritual ‘Sinnerman’; Sophie Hunger, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins’ ‘I Put a Spell on You’; Gregory Porter ‘Black is the Colour (of My True Love’s Hair)’; Olivia Ruiz on a boogaloo ‘Sidewinder’-flavoured take on ‘My Baby Just Cares For Me’; Ben l’oncle Soul, the closest to the source, on ‘Feeling Good’; Melody Gardot, in another stand-out, Simone’s ‘Four Women’ from Wild is the WindYoun Sun Nah ‘Plain Gold Ring’; and Camille on an involving ‘Lilac Wine.’