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Review: 'Princess Noir' chronicles Nina Simone's rise in the jazz world and eventual descent into mental illness

Nadine Cohodas' fascinating, if flawed, book corrects factual deficiencies in the singer's own autobiography, but 'Princess Noire' remains strangely distanced and brittle.

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23:22 on February 24 2010

Review: 'Princess Noir' chronicles Nina Simone's rise in the jazz world and eventual descent into mental illness

Mercury News, California — Nadine Cohodas' fascinating, if flawed, book corrects factual deficiencies in the singer's own autobiography, but 'Princess Noire' remains strangely distanced and brittle... more info

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