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jazzy_daveAlan Light "What Happened Miss Simone? : A Biography" (Canongate)
I'm one of those fans who discovered Nina when there was renewed interest into jazz and related genres from jazz clubs opening up in the late eighties,so I knew how incredibly talented she was, and seeing her live in a concert at the Brighton Dome in the nineties, but not how she battled racism, an abusive marriage (on both sides) and mental illness during her incredible life and career. This is a relatively short book yet is a powerful and difficult biography to read, if a little disjointed and judgemental.
I'm one of those fans who discovered Nina when there was renewed interest into jazz and related genres from jazz clubs opening up in the late eighties,so I knew how incredibly talented she was, and seeing her live in a concert at the Brighton Dome in the nineties, but not how she battled racism, an abusive marriage (on both sides) and mental illness during her incredible life and career. This is a relatively short book yet is a powerful and difficult biography to read, if a little disjointed and judgemental.
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