Gina schwarz pannonica project cd baby music store. She let jazz musicians play their music and crash with her at each of the new york hotels where she lived until the noise not to mention the death of charlie parker, on the sofa in her suite at the stanhope, got her thrown out. Born into the wealthy rothschild family and married to a french ar. Aug 23, 20 i was drawn as a moth to a flame to the baroness. In 1951, after leaving her husband and children she moved to new york city and quickly became associated with the 52nd. Im only about 100 pages in so far, but the book already has debunked several widely held myths. In 1955 charlie parker died on a sofa in her fifth avenue. In the early 1930s she studied art history in venice, vienna and munich. David amram met her in 1956, when he was a 25yearold french horn player in bassist oscar pettifords band. An intimate look at jazz greats has 1 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. Kelleys understanding of monk is multilayered, markedly different from the crackedbrain genius he was often marketed as. The baroness greatniece hannah has researched nicas story for radio and television documentaries, and has now put her findings in book form. In 1951, after leaving her husband and children she moved to new york city and quickly became associated with the 52nd street jazz scene.
Jul 22, 2012 pannonica is a tune written by thelonius monk. A new book of photographs sheds light on a fabled rothschild heiress with a special passion. My wishes are very modesti want nothing but the best. This edit will also create new pages on comic vine for. When i read about the publication of nicas dream, the first book length biography devoted this patron of modern jazz, i downloaded the book to my kindle and looked forward to a great read. He and monk would sit for hours and play one song, and find all the different ways to play it, jazz pianist, educator, and harris acolyte eli yamin told me in a phone call a few days. The book does not describe when this happened but this must have taken place in the last days of monks life. Kathleen was closely connected to thelonious monk as well as to his family, and in return for her selfless support as a. In the 1970s, he famously lived with thelonious monk in the weehawken, n. Readers will follow monk on his journey to make it in new york cityto find the essence of music and to find the music the country needed. These were a series of lavishly leather bound books that gave a tantalizing insight into how she had originally conceived the unpublished book. The story of pannonica is essential reading for all fans of art, culture and jazz. Their enduring friendship begins in 1954 and ends only with monks death in 1982. Monk thelonious, pannonica, and the friendship behind a.
The baroness who backed thelonious monk wall street journal. Oct 19, 2008 a new book of photographs sheds light on a fabled rothschild heiress with a special passion. Harris lived with monk at konigswaters house in weehawken, new jersey, just. Three wishes, a book of photographs, sheds new light on. Harris lived with monk at konigswaters house in weehawken, new jersey. He is thelonious sphere monk, a musical genius fighting against the whims of his troubled mind. At 21 she met a kindred spirit at le touquet airfield in france. Known as the jazz baroness she was born into the wealthy rothschild family and later married a french aristocrat she befriended such giants as thelonious monk, charlie parker, barry harris. She was a dear friend of thelonious monk and charlie parker, among others, and a great patron of jazz. The book begins with the unhappy event that defined the jazz baroness to the public. An unprecedented, behindthescenes look at jazz legends.
The baroness by hannah rothschild jazz history online. In the middle of the eighteenth century, their ancestor jonas hirsch konigswarter emigrated to furth, bavaria, where he established a business that made him wealthy. Daoudi gets major props for creativity and uniqueness in his illustrations. Beware, you are proposing to add brand new pages to the wiki along with your edits. Beautifully drawn and a great story about thelonious monk i cannot recommend this book enough for anyone who is a fan of the late great monk. Known as the jazz baroness she was born into the wealthy rothschild family and later married a. Having been a longtime fan of monks music, i had always been intrigued by the connection between him and the woman who was a patron and friend to him and many other jazz musicians the woman known as nica. Compiled between 1961 and 1966, it is a book of interviews with 300 musicians who told her what their three wishes would be, and is accompanied by her polaroid photographs. She was friends to a lot of jazz musicians during the bebop era including charlie parker and mary lou williams. The life of nica she cried the first time she heard thelonious monks round midnight, and proceeded to dedicate her life. Gina schwarz releases pannonica bass musician magazine. He says nica, as she was often called, took jazz seriously. Ive never seen a book illustrated anything like this.