Pannonica de Koenigswarter, née Rothschild in 1913, was the guardian angel of some of the finest jazzmen in New York City during the 1950s and 1960s. ... a Parisian painter and the baroness’s ...

“The Jazz Baroness” is a made-for-television documentary that traces the background and mutual influence of the inventor of Bebop, Thelonius Monk, and his great supporter, muse and mentor ...

Parker had come to rely on funds from an eccentric rich jazz fan called Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter. When Parker visited her at her suite in the Stanhope Hotel, he told her his ulcer was ...

Together, they debuted two tributes to the pianist’s friend and patron, Baroness Nica de Koenigswarter: “Ba-lue Bolivar Ba-lues-are” and “Pannonica” (featuring Monk on the celesta). Several days later ...

The "Nica" of "Nica's Dream" was the real-life Rothschild heiress and Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter (1913-1988). She left her husband and children to support and encourage the jazz artists and ...

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By the 1970s, he had befriended pianist Thelonious Monk, as well as famed jazz patron and Rothschild heiress Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter.

Since the late 1960s, he had lived in a house owned by the Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter; Thelonious Monk also lived there during his final years, and he and Harris became friends.

In New York, Harris befriended the Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter, who was a lover of jazz and an heir of the Rothschild fortune. One of Monk's best-known tunes, "Pannonica," is named after her.

In New York, Mr. Harris befriended the Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter, who was a lover of jazz and an heir of the Rothschild fortune. One of Monk’s best-known tunes, “Pannonica,” is ...