Baroness Rothschild Thelonious Monk

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.

Baroness rothschild thelonious monk.

Richard williams on the woman who bewitched. Thelonious monk was an american jazz pianist and composer. He is thelonious sphere monk a musical genius fighting against the whims of his troubled mind. 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.

Thelonious monk and a siamese cat of nica rothschild thelonious monk. Rachel cooke the moment she first heard thelonious monk play the piano baroness pannonica de koenigswarter walked out on her own life including five children and devoted herself to the american. Hawkins was one of the. Nica and monk are paralleled miriam rothschild and jones are paralleled but hannah remains obdurately alone.

Their enduring friendship begins in 1954 and ends only with monk s death in 1982. 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. Her paternal grandfather was nathan rothschild 1st baron rothschild. In 1944 monk made his first studio recordings with the coleman hawkins quartet.

Hannah rothschild champions the life of the jazz musician thelonious monk. With deborah cavendish chico hamilton roy haynes quincy jones. The mad monk or the high priest of bebop. Hannah states early in the jazz baroness that she wants to find out whether her.

Directed by hannah rothschild. Thelonious monk iii son of jazz legend thelonious monk discusses the encouragement and financial support rothschild family heiress baroness pannonica de ko.