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Nica's dream : the life and legend of the jazz baroness / David Kastin.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML429.K72 K37 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kastin, David.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Koenigswarter, Pannonica de.
- Impresarios--United States--Biography.
- Impresarios.
- United States.
- Jazz--History and criticism.
- Jazz.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 272 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : W. W. Norton, [2011]
- Summary:
- In this contribution to the history of jazz and the avant garde arts scene in New York, NY, music historian Kastin (I Hear America Singing) traces the life and patron role of heiress Pannonica ("Nica") Rothschild de Koenigswarter (1913-1988) in the careers of such jazz greats as Thelonius Monk and Charlie Parker (who died in her hotel suite). The book includes photographs and a discography of works dedicated to the Baroness by Monk and others. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Contents:
- Overture: Bird in the Baroness's Boudoir 1
- Chapter 1 A Weird Mishbocho 11
- Chapter 2 Battlefield Dispatches: From the Front Lines and the Home Front 33
- Chapter 3 New World Order: The Rise of Midcentury Modernism 51
- Chapter 4 Nica's Dream: The Birth of the Jazz Baroness 67
- Chapter 5 Monk and the Baroness Each Find a Home 103
- Chapter 6 Beyond the Five Spot: Midcentury Modernism Goes Mainstream 133
- Chapter 7 The Sixties: The Best of Times, the Worst of Times 161
- Chapter 8 Chez Nica: The Cathouse Years 189
- CodaThe Legend Lives On 219.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780393069402
- 0393069400
- OCLC:
- 668194849
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