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The Jazz Baroness
Tuesday 12 February 2008 13:30-14:00 (Radio 4 FM)
Repeated: Saturday 16 February 2008 15:30-16:00 (Radio 4 FM)
Film maker Hannah Rothschild tells the extraordinary story of her eccentric great aunt Pannonica Rothschild, who settled in New York after World War II and became famous as the Baroness of the Bebop jazz revolution. Such greats as Charlie Parker and Thelonious Monk were beneficiaries of her patronage.
Followed by News.
