Saturday, February 18, 2012

"Dare to be different." Pannonica.

The Jazz Baroness (2009) is a made for television documentary an unusual friendship: Pannonica ‘Nica’ Rothschild (the beautiful married mother of five) and Thelonious Monk, produced by her great-niece, Hannah Rothschild - member of the Rothschild banking family.
The basic story of Nica is one of a woman trapped in an unhappy marriage to a French diplomat, the ambassador to Mexico."My husband liked military drum music; he hated jazz,"Nica is quoted as saying in the film. One day, she heard a recording of Monk’s "Round Midnight,"which appeared to be a transformative experience.

Nica, who was often referred to as"the bebop baroness,"left her family in Mexico, moved to New York, and, in 1954, met Monk in Paris. They were virtually inseparable from then until his death in 1982. Rothschild immersed herself in the New York jazz world and became a patron to many musicians.
"You don’t have to live a two-by-four life," Rothschild says. "Dare to be different."

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