Nina Simone has been one of my favored jazz singers for a long time. I counted myself until January 16th as a connoisseur of her entire work. But on Martin Luther King day I heard her civil rights song Mississippi Goddam on the radio that showed me that having all her „Best of CDs“ is no guarantee that one gets to know the best songs of an artist. The live recording of Mississippi Goddam strikes me as one of the best political songs ever.