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Baroness Kathleen Annie Pannonica de Koenigswarter ( née Rothschild; 10 December 1913 – 30 November 1988) was a British-born jazz patron and writer. A leading patron of bebop, she was a member of the Rothschild family .
Jul 19, 2011 · Now, a new biography called Nica's Dream tells the story of Kathleen Annie Pannonica de Koenigswarter. David Amram met her in 1956, when he was a 25-year-old French horn player in bassist...
Oct 17, 2008 · IF the mysterious Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter is at all remembered today, it is for her proximity to the deaths of two legendary jazz musicians.
- Barry Singer
After hearing a singular piece of music, Baroness Nica de Koenigswarter, daughter of the Rothschild dynasty, abandoned her gilded cage to become a patron saint to the High Priest of Jazz, Thelonious Monk, and a muse to countless other musicians.
There Pannonica de Koenigswarter—the British scion of the Rothschild dynasty and patroness of the New York jazz scene, which dubbed her the “Jazz Baroness”—befriended Harris and introduced him to many luminaries, including pianist Monk.
Dec 2, 1988 · Pannonica de Koenigswarter, a patron of jazz performers, died Wednesday of heart failure at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. She was 74 years old.
Nov 15, 2021 · The extraordinary life of Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter is laid bare in this extract from The Women of Rothschild
