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	Nica de Koenigswarter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Baroness Pannonica "Nica" de Koenigswarter (10 December 1913 – 30 November 1990) was a British bebop jazz enthusiast and member of the prominent Rothschild international financial dynasty.
		Nica worked for Charles de Gaulle during World War II.
		Baroness Nica de Koenigswarter died in 1990 at the age of 74.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nica_de_Koenigswarter (459 words)

	The Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		By this time she was married to Jules de Koenigswarter, a pilot, diplomat, and during the war, a resistance fighter.
		After the war her husband was in the French diplomatic corps and the couple moved to Mexico City but the Baroness grew bored with her life in Mexico and, in 1951, she moved to New York and rented a luxury suite at the Stanhope on Fifth Avenue.
		The Baroness Nica de Koenigswarter died in 1990 at the age of seventy-four.
	www.howardm.net /tsmonk/nica.php (586 words)

	Miriam Rothschild - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Miriam Rothschild was born in 1908 in Ashton Wold, near Oundle in Northamptonshire, the daughter of Charles Rothschild of the famous Rothschild family of Jewish bankers and Rózsika Edle Rothschild (née von Wertheimstein), a Hungarian sportswoman.
		Her brother was Victor Rothschild, 3rd Baron Rothschild and her sister Kathleen Annie Pannonica Rothschild (Baroness Nica de Koenigswarter) would later be a bebop jazz enthusiast and patroness of Thelonious Monk and Charlie Parker.
		Miriam's father had described 500 new species of flea, and her uncle Lionel Walter Rothschild had built a private natural history museum at Tring.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Miriam_Rothschild (720 words)

	Nica de Koenigswarter: biography and encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In 1935 she married French (French: The Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France) diplomat Jules de Koenigswarter, later a Resistance (Resistance: Group action in opposition to those in power) hero.
		She met Thelonious Monk in Paris (Paris: The capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce) while attending the "Salon du Jazz 1954", and championed his work in the USA.
		After Monk ended his public performances he retired to Nica's house in Weehawken (Weehawken: more facts about this subject), New Jersey (New Jersey: A Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic; one of the original 13 colonies) and died there in 1982.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/nica_de_koenigswarter (300 words)

	Thelonius Monk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		For De Wilde, 1964 is just part of what he labels Monk's "Glory" decade, 1957-1967.
		Gourse claims that this was the last time Monk touched the piano but gives neither the date nor the sideman (you will find them in De Wilde), and how she knows what she knows she does not say.
		He spent these at the apartment of his friend the Baroness Nica de Koenigswarter in Weehawken, across the Hudson from Manhattan.
	www.bostonphoenix.com /archive/music/99/04/08/THELONIUS_MONK.html (786 words)

	Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Thelonious Monk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The long-lost tape of that concert was rediscovered in the collection of the Library of Congress in January 2005.
		In 1958, Monk and de Koenigswarter were detained by police in Wilmington, Delaware.
		As his health declined, his last years were spent as a guest in the New Jersey home of his long-standing patron, Baroness Nica de Koenigswarter, who had also nursed Charlie Parker during his final illness.
	www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref/index.php?title=Thelonious_Monk (1638 words)

	The Database of Recorded American Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		“Nica's Dream” is one of the many compositions dedicated to Baroness Pannonica (“Nica”) de Koenigswarter, a great friend of jazz musicians since the early fifties, when she first came to New York.
		Thelonious Monk's “Pannonica” and Gigi Gryce's “Nica's Tempo” are other well-known tributes to the jazz baroness, as she has been called.
		“Nica's Dream” is one of Silver's most memorable compositions and is typical of his best work at the time.
	dlib.nyu.edu /dram/note.cgi?id=1308 (5217 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Thelonious Monk
		It was here that he first met Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter, "Nica", member of the English branch of the Rothschild family and patroness of several New York City jazz musicians.
		She would be a close friend for the rest of his life.In 1964, he appeared on the cover of Time magazine.
		His last years were spent as a guest in the New Jersey home of his long-standing patron, Baroness Nica de Koenigswarter.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Thelonious_Monk (764 words)

	bird-KLON week 15 (3)
		On Wednesday, March 9, he decided to stop by the pad of the famous jazz baroness, Pannonica (Nica) de Koenigswarter at the Stanhope Hotel, which, I noticed a few years ago, is just kiddy-corner from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Fifth Avenue.
		Again, Russell takes eleven pages to tell the story, but basically, he exhibited very alarming symptoms, Nica called her doctor, he came, insisted Bird go to the hospital.
		Nica suggested she nurse him in her pad.
	www.angeltowns.com /town/ladenso1/Bird/BirdKLON15pt3.html (2062 words)

	American Masters . Charlie Parker \| PBS
		The cheap red wine he had become addicted to was exacerbating his stomach ulcers, and he even once attempted suicide.
		On March 9, 1955, while visiting his friend, the "jazz baroness" Nica de Koenigswarter, Charlie Parker died.
		The coroner cited pneumonia as the cause, and estimated Parker’s age at fifty-five or sixty.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/americanmasters/database/parker_c.html (819 words)

	Cullinane Journal 2002 Dec. 16-31
		She was known to the New York press as the Jazz Baroness and to the fl musicians for whom she was something of a patron, simply as Nica.
		Not that V. is Nica in any roman a clef sense: she is not.
		Nica is a Rothschild whose life reflects the issues Pynchon wants us to attend in V.
	log24.com /blog/0212b.html (3386 words)

	Charlie Parker - A Flight Ended Too Soon
		Born on August 29, 1920 in Kansas City, Kansas, he died on March 12, 1955 in the New York City apartment of the Baroness Pannonica (better known as "Nica") de Koenigswarter.
		But Parker was also a heroin addict and an alcoholic, a man of gargantuan tastes who massively abused himself.
		He had “dried out” and was trying to put his life together when the Baroness de Koenigswarter, a wealthy and attractive “patroness” of jazz, invited him to stay for several days in her apartment.
	www.holeintheweb.com /drp/bhd/CharlieParker.htm (700 words)

	Organissimo Jazz Forums - The place to discuss the band, jazz, and more! > Monk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Wasn't in the Straight No Chaser documentary that Monk is described as living in a bedroom (in Nica's house?), and when someone played the piano in the adjoining room, if he liked what he heard, the door opened wider, but if he didn't, the door would close...
		Jul 29 2004, 08:04 AM If we are to believe the Leslie Gourse biography (believing Leslie Gourse is not usually a good proposition, but she did interview Monk's widow, Nica, and others close to him), Monk suffered from very serious mental illness during his last years.
		If we are to believe the Leslie Gourse biography (believing Leslie Gourse is not usually a good proposition, but she did interview Monk's widow, Nica, and others close to him), Monk suffered from very serious mental illness during his last years.
	www.organissimo.org /forum/lofiversion/index.php/t12064.html (6747 words)

	Nellie Monk: 1921-2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The couple first met in 1935, when Nellie was only 14, and were together from around 1947 until the pianist's death in 1982.
		In the final decade of his life, they moved from New York to the house of Baroness Nica de Koenigswarter in New Jersey, but she returned to live in New York after his death.
		She seldom spoke in public about her relationship with Monk, but is featured in the documentrary film Straight No Chaser.
	www.jazzhouse.org /gone/lastpost2.php3?edit=1025250145 (171 words)

	DigiGuide : Nica de Koenigswarter
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	library.digiguide.com /lib/person/96292 (89 words)

	Al Timothy: 1915-2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		He met the famous American jazz patron and Rothschild heiress, Baroness Nica de Koenigswarter, when sharing a bill with pianist Teddy Wilson, and she installed him as the resident bandleader when she opened a modern jazz club in the city.
		His connection with the Baroness, known to all as Nica, brought him to New York in 1956, where she opened doors to the saxophonist, and introduced him to pianist Thelonious Monk.
		His career suffered a decline in subsequent decades, although he continued to work as a saxophonist and bandleader, and as a songwriter.
	www.jazzhouse.org /gone/lastpost2.php3?edit=977214797 (445 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Pannonica de Koenigswarter, "Nica", member of the English branch of the
		No diagnosis was ever made public, but some have noted that Monk's symptoms suggest bipolar disorder or
		His last years were spent as a guest in the New Jersey home of his long-standing patron, Nica de Koenigswarter.
	www.brujula.net /english/wiki/Thelonious_Monk.html (642 words)

	Jazz History Time Line - 1972
		Hard bop trumpeter Lee Morgan is shot dead at 33 by his common-law wife, Helen More, at Slug's, a New York City jazz club, on February 19.
		Thelonious Monk shuts himself up in the home of Baroness Nica de Koenigswarter.
		Recall that Charlie Parker died in 1955 in Baroness Nica de Koenigswarter's apartment.
	www.allaboutjazz.com /php/timeline_year.php?year=1972 (191 words)

	Bird Lives - The End and After
		He told Nica de Koenigswarter that he was "just a husk".
		What I heard was a recorded message "red-winged bobtail spotted this morning on the Ipswich marshes" One of my employees had dialled the Audubon Society as a practical joke.
		The next day, I picked up a newspaper and discovered that Charlie Parker had died in the Baroness Nica De Konigswarter's Stanhope Hotel apartment.
	birdlives.co.uk /content/view/10/12 (2928 words)

	A A World . Reference Room . Articles . Charlie Parker \| PBS
		He wanted to study with classical composer Edgard Varèse, but, before the two could collaborate, Parker's battle with ulcers and cirrhosis of the liver got the better of him.
		While visiting his friend Baroness Nica de Koenigswarter, he was persuaded to remain at her home because of his illness; there, a week after his last engagement, he died of a heart attack.
		The impact of Parker's tone and technique has already been discussed; his concepts of harmony and melody were equally influential.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/aaworld/reference/articles/charlie_parker.html (1129 words)

	Europe and Travels in the 50s
		She moved into the Hotel Cristal on the Left Bank, where she kept company with such fellow luminaries as writers James Baldwin and Chester Himes, actor Canada Lee, singers Eartha Kitt and Annie Ross, and Baron Timme Rosenkrantz and his companion Inez Cavanaugh.
		It was also in Paris that she first met Baroness Nica de Koenigswarter and Nicole Barclay.
		Her Vogue recordings with Byas demonstrated that bop no longer dominated her playing, but had been fully absorbed into her style.
	newarkwww.rutgers.edu /ijs/mlw/europe.html (1121 words)

	Cowboy Movie Mall :: Thelonious Monk - Straight No Chaser
		Interviews with his son, longtime manager Harry Colomby and saxman Charlie Rouse provide real insight into Monk's music, his personality and lifestyle.
		His wife Nellie and Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter are also honored for their love and support of the man.
		Some very revealing footage includes studio sessions, plus one where Monk becomes upset that a take was not being recorded.
	www.ropersonly.com /amazon/index.php?Operation=ItemLookup&ItemId=B000053VC9 (922 words)

	Sax Appeal: Sax: Saxophonists: Parker, Charlie
		On the twelth he died in New York City due to heart seizure, hemorrhage, and just plain bad health.
		He died in the home of Baroness Nica de Koenigswarter in front of the television.
		He was watching Tommy Dorsey and his band.
	www.geocities.com /BourbonStreet/Delta/9590/sax/saxophonists/parker.html (1087 words)

	Amazon.com: Thelonious Monk - Straight No Chaser: DVD: Larry Gales,John Coltrane,Tommy Flanagan (II),Barry Harris,Harry ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Features live performances by Monk and his band, and interviews with friends and family about the offbeat genius.
		In a club kitchen, Monk clowns with Baroness Nica, who befriended many jazz musicians and in whose apartment Charlie Parker died.
		There's a montage of his records, including _Underground_, which boasts the single coolest album cover in the history of recorded music.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000053VC9?v=glance (2188 words)

	Rock & Roll Library - Thelonious Monk's home page.
		Monk took ill shortly before he died and, although doctors performed numerous medical tests, were unable to diagnose his sickness.
		He died at the home of his mentor and old friend, the Baroness Nica de Koenigswarter.
		He competed in the weekly amateur contest at the Apollo Theater and by age 13, had won so many times that he was no longer allowed to enter.
	www.rocklibrary.com /Library/Entity.aspx?id=8c3950dd-7a6e-4922-8325-8888c240677d (271 words)

	Literary Review: Bird in words. - Martin Gray, 'Blues for Bird' and Dan Jaffe, 'Playing the Word: Jazz Poems,' on ...
		He spread out his arms, bending over the instrument and seeming about to embrace it, when suddenly, as though smitten by a blow, he fell sidewise from his seat and to the floor."
		Parker died in the Park Lane suite of Baroness Pannonica "Nica" de Koenigswarter, a European-born patron of jazz musicians, who later tended to Thelonious Monk in his decline.
		Parker had been drinking, in his words, "about a quart a day" and in his last moments sat in front of the television set.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m2078/is_3_45/ai_87210980 (1373 words)

	The Microscopic Septet
		The earliest and most important member of the Micros after Johnston himself was pianist Joel Forrester, whom Johnston had already been playing with in Joel's Quartet.
		Born in 1946, in New Kennsington, Pennsylvania, Forrester had been associated with Thelonious Monk and legendary jazz patroness Baroness Nica de Koenigswarter.
		Forrester almost immediately became co-musical director of the Micros, writing approximately half of the band's ever-burgeoning library of arrangements.
	www.phillipjohnston.com /micros.htm (1057 words)

	Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser movie posters and memorabilia at MovieGoods (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		She claimed, "If I had a third career (she was formerly a model), I’d want to be a landscape gardener."
		Cast: Jimmy Cleveland, Harry Colomby, John Coltrane, Ray Copeland, Nica De Koenigswarter
		Cast: Jimmy Cleveland, Harry Colomby, John Coltrane, Ray Copeland, Nica De Koenigswarter DIRECTED BY: Zwerin, Charlotte
	www.moviegoods.com /movie_product.asp?affiliateID=415&adID=200&master_movie_id=19244&sku=233983 (216 words)

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