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at Wlnston-Salam. From left to
right .back row) art Turleton
Davis, a taachar from Central
High School of Hillsborough
who accompanied the coup;
Benjamin D. Clark, Lacey Tin
nin and Donald Beasley.
Left to right (front row):
Clyde Payne, Roger Trayham
jnd Cornelius Cathcart.
Nina Simone's Rise to Stardom
(Continued from last week)
"Nina Simone's family moved i
to Philadelphia to be near her
during her studies at Julliard. 1
After a year the fund was de
ily in Philaelphia, working as
pleted and she joined her fam-!
an accompanist for vocal stu
dents at the Arlene Smith
studio and giving private piano
lessons. With her earnings she
studied with Vladimer Soko- j
loff, the Curtis Institute of Mu
sic's distinguished Master.
At th estudio most of th stu- !
dents were oriented toward pop '
music and Nina's gospel and
classical musicianship took on
an added dimension. Too, she
developed a keen interest in i
jazz and began improvising clas. |
sical themes. Her musical ap- ;
preciation knew no limits and J
she enjoyed listening with equrfl
fervor to the singing of Kitty
White, Louis Arstrong and the
late Nat "King" Cole and the
virtuoso playing of classical
concert artists such as Myra
Hess, Schweitzer and Brailow
sky.
I The summer of 954 saw most
j of the studio's clientele depart
I for vacation and resulted in a
seasonal shutdown of the studio
and the stark reality of unem
'! ployment facing Nina. She
sought work as a pianist at the
: many hotels in the nearby re
] ever, the only opening she came
sort area of Atlantic City. How
i upon was for a singer. Nina
tiad never sung professionally.
; Her only experience had been
| as a child in church choirs and
j occasionally helping at the
tudif>. but 590.00 a week loom
i fd like a life-saver and she took
; t. She changed her name to
j Nina, fear ful that her students'
j narents would take a dim view
! of her working in a night club
| and out of respect for her own
oarents who had returned to
residence in Tryon.
The name derived from her
childhood wen she had some
times been called "Nina,"
meaning little one. Simone was
euphonic and just happened to
sound well with it.
The summer went well. Au
diences were enthusiastic, no
doubt awakening in her that
indescribable thrill a perform
er (eels when his work is ac
cepted and appreciated. A hard
core local following developed
and a reputation as a fine jazz
pianist and vocal stylist was
gained. At summer's end she
faced the dilemma of trying to
carve a career in the entertain
ment world, or returning to the
relative security of her job'
with the studio. Not fully con
'ident. she returned temporari
ly to the studio. After a few
months of musing and telling
herself "maybe 1 can. maybe I
can", she left the studio and
started along the path of a ca
rer that since uncer
tain days has never seen a back
ward or faltering step.
For the next two years she
worked in small clubs in and
around appeared
onlocal TV shows and spent
one summer with her own trio
atthe New Hope Playhouse Inn,
Bucks County, Pa. During this
time she made a demonstra
tion record and was signed by
an independent jazz recording
firm.
SAT., JUNE 28, 19C3 THE CAROLINA TIMES-
Recognition came—and grew
and soon industry trade papers
were hailing her as the musk
find of the year. Night clubs,
all welcomed her as sure-fire
theatres, concert auditoriums
"box-office." She became, and
remains, a favorite attraction
on colleg campuses from coast
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to coast.
Her meteoric rise was un
able to outdistance Cupid's ar
row and after a somewhat
whirlwind courtship, she mar
ried Andy Stroud in Decem
ber, 1961. He had been a much
decorated police sergeant in
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