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Baroness Kathleen Annie Pannonica de Koenigswarter (née Rothschild; 10 December 1913 – 30 November 1988) was a British-born jazz patron and writer. A leading patron of bebop, she was a member of the Rothschild family.
There Pannonica de Koenigswarter—the British scion of the Rothschild dynasty and patroness of the New York jazz scene, which dubbed her the “Jazz Baroness”—befriended Harris and introduced him to many luminaries, including pianist Monk.
Jul 19, 2011 · Now, a new biography called Nica's Dream tells the story of Kathleen Annie Pannonica de Koenigswarter. David Amram met her in 1956, when he was a 25-year-old French horn player in bassist Oscar...
Dec 2, 1988 · Pannonica de Koenigswarter, a patron of jazz performers, died Wednesday of heart failure at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. She was 74 years old. The Baroness de Koenigswarter offered...
Oct 17, 2008 · IF the mysterious Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter is at all remembered today, it is for her proximity to the deaths of two legendary jazz musicians.
- Barry Singer
Nov 15, 2021 · Pannonica (Nica for short) Rothschild was born 1913 and grew up surrounded by immense wealth at Tring Park, Hertfordshire. In 1934, she was presented at court and a year later married the French...
Dec 8, 2009 · Pannonica de Koenigswarter ('Nica' for short) was a British heiress to the Rothschild international financial dynasty. Her great-niece, Hannah Rothschild, wrote a radio profile of her...
