Baroness Rothschild Thelonious Monk

Thelonious monk and a siamese cat of nica rothschild thelonious monk.

Baroness rothschild thelonious monk.

The mad monk or the high priest of bebop. Their enduring friendship begins in 1954 and ends only with monk s death in 1982. Born into the hugely wealthy rothschild banking dynasty and married to a french diplomat the baroness known as nica gave up a world of privilege for the love of jazz and devoted herself to monk. He is thelonious sphere monk a musical genius fighting against the whims of his troubled mind.

Nica and monk are paralleled miriam rothschild and jones are paralleled but hannah remains obdurately alone. Brilliant eccentric and one of the true giants of jazz monk was an incredible pianist the composer of jazz standards. Hannah rothschild champions the life of the jazz musician thelonious monk. Kathleen annie pannonica rothschild was born in december 1913 in london the youngest daughter of charles rothschild and his wife hungarian baroness rózsika edle von wertheimstein daughter of baron alfred von wertheimstein of transylvania she was born into a branch of the wealthiest family in the world at the time.

Richard williams on the woman who bewitched. Hannah states early in the jazz baroness that she wants to find out whether her. The jazz baroness and the bebop king she was the rothschild heiress who shocked her family by living with and going to jail for a giant of jazz. The true story of a british heiress s love for jazz genius thelonious monk.

She is kathleen annie pannonica de koenigswarter a free spirited baroness of the rothschild family. Her paternal grandfather was nathan rothschild 1st baron rothschild. Thelonious monk was an american jazz pianist and composer. In 1944 monk made his first studio recordings with the coleman hawkins quartet.

Thelonious monk iii son of jazz legend thelonious monk discusses the encouragement and financial support rothschild family heiress baroness pannonica de ko. With deborah cavendish chico hamilton roy haynes quincy jones.