Princess Noire: The Tumultuous Reign of Nina Simone

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Contributor(s): Cohodas, Nadine (Author)

ISBN: 0807872431 EAN: 9780807872437

Publisher: University of North Carolina Press (View Publisher's Titles)

US SRP: $ 22.00 US

Binding: Paperback - Other Formats

Pub Date: February 01, 2012

Annotation: Born Eunice Waymon in Tryon, North Carolina, Nina Simone (1933-2003) began her musical life playing classical piano. A child prodigy, she wanted a career on the concert stage, but when the Curtis Institute of Music rejected her, the devastating disappointment compelled her to change direction. She turned to popular music and jazz but never abandoned her classical roots or her intense ambition. By the age of twenty six, Simone had sung at New York City's venerable Town Hall and was on her way. Tapping into newly unearthed material on Simone's family and career, Nadine Cohodas paints a luminous portrait of the singer, highlighting her tumultuous life, her innovative compositions, and the prodigious talent that matched her ambition.