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What Happened, Miss Simone? A Biography

Categorie	Jazz & Blues
Boeknummer	#305599-VA10
Titel	What Happened, Miss Simone? A Biography
Auteur	Light, Alan
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	Edinburgh/London : Canongate
Jaar van uitgave	2016
ISBN10	1782118713
ISBN13	9781782118718
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original black boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrated with b/w photographs, 8vo.
Samenvatting	Inspired by the Oscar-nominated Netflix documentary, this is the story of the real Miss Simone. What Happened, Miss Simone? tells the story of incandescent soul singer and Black Power icon Nina Simone, one of the most influential, provocative, and least-understood artists of our time. Drawn from a trove of rare archival footage, audio recordings and interviews (including Simone's remarkable private diaries), this nuanced examination of Nina Simone's life highlights her musical inventiveness and unwavering quest for equality, while laying bare the personal demons that plagued her from the time of her Jim Crow childhood in North Carolina to her self-imposed exile in Liberia and Paris. Harnessing the singular voice of Miss Simone herself and incorporating candid reflections from those who kne... (Lees verder)w her best, including her only daughter, music journalist Alan Light brings us face to face with a legend, examining the very public persona and very private struggles of one of our greatest artists.
Pagina's	309
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 12,50

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