| Edition |
First American edition. |
| Description |
285 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Summary |
A biography of the author's great-aunt, jazz patroness Nica de Koenigswarter, drawing on family records to examine the traditions that shaped her youth, her marriage to Baron Jules de Koenigswarter, and her role in supporting the New York jazz world. |
| Bibliography |
Includes discography (page 253), filmography (pages 265-267), bibliographical references (pages 259-264) and index. |
| Contents |
The other one -- Queen of the fleas -- The rose of Hungary -- Fight, flee, flounder -- Long, dark prison -- Rothschildiana -- The butterfly and the blues -- Pure pre-war perfection -- The Commander-in-Chief -- You're the top -- Stormy weather -- Pistol-packing mama -- Take the A-train -- Black, brown and beige -- A blast -- Loneliest monk -- Black bitch, white bitch -- Bird -- Pannonica -- Strange fruit -- Blood, sweat and tears -- Gotten me crazy -- Luvya -- 'Round midnight. |
| Subject |
Koenigswarter, Pannonica de.
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Monk, Thelonious.
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Rothschild family.
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Women music patrons -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Music patrons -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
9780307961983 hardback $26.95 |
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0307961982 hardback |
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