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 enlarge | Author: Nina Simone
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Category: Book
List Price: $17.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 109101
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 208
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.8 x 0.6
ISBN: 0306813270
Dewey Decimal Number: 780
EAN: 9780306813276
ASIN: 0306813270
Publication Date: September 3, 2003
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Nina Simone July 28, 2005
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I found this book to be a very insightful look in the personal life and perofessional life of Nina Simone. I particularly enjoyed learning about how her musical talents were shaped by her family and her upbringing in the South. This book provides a very facinating look into the life of a gifted artist.
 I LOVE this book January 4, 2004
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
This is a most fabulous book! I could not put it down! It's a fascinating account of Nina's life.....which is never a dull moment. Lots of incredible insight into what it's like to be a performer. Beautifully written, as though she's in the room with you, telling you her own story. Nina was such an amazing person, and there is so much depth in this book. I highly recommend this book....I can't say enough. If you love Nina, if you love autobiographies.....this is THE book!
 Nina Simone writes about lovers, not music or her life September 8, 2003
11 out of 25 found this review helpful
It's a sad commentary that Nina Simone wrote such a meaningless book in 1991. I couldn't wait to purchase it after it was released, yet I kept asking myself why she wrote it and who this woman really was. Besides being an interesting interpretor of jazz classics and folk songs, and well known for her ascerbic manner onstage and off, it would have been more thrilling to read about Simone as an artist, instead of finding out about her litany of lovers. I felt a bit short changed by her writing...although most of it was no doubt ghostwritten, Nina Simone seemed to show no real interest in music, instead considering jazz an afterthought in her career. She never goes into any details about her life except to blame her husband Andy Stroud for mismanaging her career, America for not giving her a chance, Curtis Institute of music for not accepting her application to study there, and the list goes on...if it were well-written, perhaps it would have been interesting reading, but most of this book is not well written at all...it is quite amateurish, and often boring...even the discography included at the back is lack luster..Nina Simone was so well associated with the Civil Rights Movement, yet you get no real feeling or emotion from her words, After reading the book, I continued to buy and listen to her music, but my respect for her is lacking. It's a shame that Nina Simone didn't realize her potential, but there were many artists worse off than Nina Simone, and I for one think she owes a great debt to the US for giving her success and the opportunity to succeed.
In Memoriam April 24, 2003
8 out of 27 found this review helpful
In Memoriam of Nina Simone, the great singer, pianist, composer, arranger, songwriter, feminist, activist, mother and woman.Nina was born in North Carolina, USA, February 21, 1933. Although Nina was called the "High Priestess of Soul" by her fans and was regarded by them as an almost religious figure, she was often misunderstood as well. The High Priestess would walk different paths to find the adequate songs to spread her message. A protest singer; a jazz singer; a pianist; an arranger and a composer, Nina Simone is a great artist who defies easy classification. She is all of these: a jazz-rock-pop-folk-black musician. In fact, we can find her biography in jazz, rock, pop, black and soul literature. Her style and her hits provided many singers and groups with material for hits of their own. Nina Simone passed away on April 21, 2003 in Carry-le-Rouet, France. She was Aged 70. She is survived by her daughter and will be forever missed - yet forever treasured. May our high priestess find her path to peace.
A book of facts not feeling February 10, 2003
22 out of 22 found this review helpful
Nina Simone is one my All-time favorite artists and to read her story in her own words was quite a thrill. She has led a very interesting, unusual, and adventurous life. However, I found myself wishing that she would be a little bit more introspective in the telling of the story. She went from event to event without really giving a detailed picture of how she actually felt. When the book was over I didn't really feel any different than when I began reading the book, just more knowlegeable.
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