Nica's Dream: The Life and Legend of the Jazz Baroness - Couverture rigide

Kastin, David

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ISBN 10 : 0393069400 ISBN 13 : 9780393069402

Editeur : WW Norton & Co, 2011

Synopsis

Nica's Dream Kastin delivers the first biography of Kathleen Annie Pannonica Rothschild de Koenigswarter, known as Nica, the Rothschild heiress who became a muse and patron to jazz masters Charlie Parker and Thelonious Monk. Full description

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Brought up in fairy-tale splendour, Kathleen Annie Pannonica Rothschild de Koenigswarter (known as "Nica") piloted her own plane across the English Channel, married a French baron, fought in the Resistance and had five children - but then she heard a recording of Thelonious Monk's "'Round Midnight". Beguiled by the beauty and liberating spirit of jazz, she moved to Manhattan, where she began hosting jam sessions, socialising with Beat poets and driving her silver Rolls Royce to the Five Spot and other fabled jazz venues. The tabloids first splashed her name across the headlines after Charlie Parker died in her hotel suite but through her ministrations to Monk and other musicians she became a legend. Based on interviews with musicians, family members, historians and artists, this, the first biography of Nica, unwraps this enigmatic figure and evokes New York during the birth of bebop and the advent of abstract expressionism.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Music historian and educator David Kastin is the author of I Hear America Singing. His work has appeared in DownBeat, The Village Voice and the Da Capo Best Music Writing series.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: WW Norton & Co
• Date d'édition: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0393069400
• ISBN 13: 9780393069402
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 288