Thelonius Monk
Rothschild Heiress and ‘Miss Havisham of Bebop’
Nica Rothschild was the jazzy black sheep of the staid banking family. A new book tells how she hung out with Charlie Parker and even took a drug rap for Thelonius Monk.
Heard Fresh: Innovative Jazz Pianist Fred Hersch
The Cincinnati-born Jewish jazz pianist Fred Hersch, who will be giving a much-anticipated solo concert on March 31 at New York’s Weill Recital Hall, has been scaling barriers for decades.
Berlin Jews and Jazz
As Blue Note Records turns 70, the anniversary is being celebrated where it all started: Berlin. The Jewish Museum is schwinging into action with an exhibition of photographs by Blue Note co-founder Francis Wolff and his colleague Jimmy Katz.