![]() Lenora handpicked the players that will be performing in the big band alongside Nina’s daughter Lisa Simone on Saturday, August 17 at the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh. ![]() ![]() This couldn’t be further from the truth in the case of the upcoming Celebrating Nina Simone: Featuring Lisa Simone in Concert. They assume that there is somebody in the band that is calling the shots.” “A lot of times when people see a singer in a big band, they don’t assume that you’re the band leader. “It is a niche in that you don’t find a lot of women big band leaders and often they are instrumentalists,” she said. “It's kind of exciting and scary at the same time,” she says. Lenora Zenzalai Helm Hammonds is a singer, songwriter, composer, educator, and activist who has earned international acclaim for six solo recordings and is one of a handful of female, African American big band leaders. ![]() Honoring a Legacy: Lenora Helm Continues Down the Path of Nina Simone ![]()
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